关键帧是视频编辑中定义过渡、效果或动画在视频或视频内元素上的起始、中间和结束点的标记。这些关键帧代表变化发生的位置，如位置、缩放、旋转、不透明度、颜色或随时间可变的任何其他属性。

一个很好的例子是动态颜色变化。在VSDC中，我们采用了一种独特的算法，将在本教程中详细说明。然而，如果您对动画或效果定制更感兴趣，那么请继续阅读下面的指导。

如何访问关键帧编辑器

要开始在VSDC中使用关键帧，第一步是选择您想要调整的效果或对象。VSDC支持在广泛的视频效果、滤镜、过渡和甚至音频效果（如放大音量变化和淡入/淡出过渡）中设置关键帧，总是以'...'表示。关键帧修改也适用于运动效果，如VSDC中的移动动画，在我们的指南中有详细描述，并附有视频教程。

如何开始使用关键帧

无论选择哪种效果，关键帧的编辑窗口在所有选项中都保持一致。在本指南中，我们将使用流行的放缩效果作为示例，展示如何开始使用关键帧：

1. 创建新项目： 首先，通过选择启动窗口中的空的项目选项来创建一个新项目。创建后，您可以轻松地将文件拖放到时间线上。或者，如果您有现成的视频文件，使用导入内容功能。
2. 调整对象的参数： 在时间线上左键点击所需的文件，导航至属性窗口并选择设置与父元素相同的大小。这一步对于创建放缩效果至关重要，因为它可以防止在放大小对象时出现可能的像素化，并允许正确调整其他参数。
3. 应用视频效果： 在时间线上右键点击所需的文件，在出现的上下文菜单中，导航至视频效果 >> 变换 >> 放缩.
4. 打开效果选项： 应用的效果将出现在时间线上。确保效果被突出显示，然后移动到场景右侧的属性浏览器。如果属性浏览器窗口不可见，右键点击效果并选择属性…。
5. 配置效果的关键帧： 在属性浏览器窗口中，寻找允许关键帧的参数，标识为"…"。在我们的示例中，我们选择水平参数并点击其旁的三个点图标。 注意: 如果在"…"参数旁有一条直线，您可以右键点击它来设置特定的参数更改：
   • 常量参数值:您设置的参数值在媒体持续时间内保持不变。例如，将剪辑的缩放设置为50%会保持该级别到结束，只用一个关键帧。
   • 线性参数更变:参数随时间以恒定速率变化。例如，将剪辑的大小从0%逐渐增加到100%，在10秒内设置两个关键帧在开始和结束。
   • 沿着轨线的线性参数更变:参数变化遵循指定的路径或轨迹，应用三个或更多关键帧，使对象在场景上可见期间多次更改其参数。
   • 沿着曲折线更变参数:这涉及沿曲线路径改变参数，允许在关键帧之间进行更细微的更改，例如平滑地放大或缩小。
   • 沿贝塞尔曲线的参数变化:贝塞尔曲线是由关键帧定义的特定类型曲线，允许对变化轨迹的更精确控制。
   • 模板: 此选项允许您从预制的时间变化效果模板中选择。值得注意的是，有一个编辑节拍效果的模板，我们在单独指南中进行了介绍。
6. 转到关键编辑器窗口 当您点击参数旁的三个点图标或选择所需模板时，关键编辑器窗口将在属性浏览器下方打开。您可以根据自己的喜好调整此窗口的位置。

使用关键帧

在关键编辑器窗口中，您将看到一个表示对象持续时间的时间线，在这里您需要创建关键点以标记对象应该发生变化的时刻。时间线上方有一个标签区域，允许您同时为多个对象打开关键编辑器，并使用这些标签在它们之间切换。更上方是一个工具栏，用于在时间线上添加、编辑和删除关键点。最后，右侧有一个垂直面板，用于缩放效果变化曲线所在的区域。

让我们创建一个简单的放缩进出效果，带有中心偏移，使对象在放大时从角落过渡到场景中心，并在结束时返回到另一个角落，类似于YouTube上经常看到的视频反应。

1. 将对象大小设置为初始点的40%。在曲线上选择它，并在工具栏上的数值字段中输入值。
2. 将光标移动到对象应保持相同放缩值不变的位置。在此位置的曲线上双击创建一个点，并为此点设置40%的值。
3. 再次移动光标，在曲线上双击并分配一个值为100%，标记在此位置，帧应从40%增长到100%。
4. 添加另一个值为100%的点，指示对象应保持此大小。
5. 再添加一个点，标记对象将再次减少到40%。
6. 也为最终点设置40%的值。

我们现在有一个总共6个点的曲线。您可以使用工具栏上的红色按钮启用项目预览，看看对象随时间如何变化。接下来，让我们更改中心值，使对象从角落移出并回到角落：

1. 在时间线上选择放缩效果并返回属性浏览器。找到X中心/Y中心参数并点击其中任一个旁边的三点图标；编辑器将自动调整参数。
2. 在关键编辑器窗口中，点击时间线上方工具区的第三个图标参数，从下拉菜单中选择水平。这将显示该参数及其关键点的曲线，使调整中心曲线变得更容易。
3. 在这个新的水平曲线上创建关键点，将它们放置在之前的点的正下方。
4. 4. 将红色播放头光标放在曲线开始的第一个点上，并选择该点，然后将对象的中心移动到场景的右上角，调整其位置。对曲线上的第二和第三点重复此操作。不要忘记每次移动红色播放头光标，以检查每个点处对象的位置。

   快速提示: 您可以复制上方工具栏上表示的点值，以精确保持对象的位置与前一个点相同。

5. 5. 将光标定位在第四点上，此时对象的大小仍为100%，并应开始变为40%，将对象的中心移动到左上角。为第五和第六点设置相同的对象位置。效果准备就绪！

编辑关键帧的工具

现在我们已经使用关键帧创建了一个简单的效果，让我们探索关键编辑器窗口中可用的所有工具，以便您根据需要增强效果或进行控制：

• 复制端点: 允许您复制曲线上设置的所有点。
• 粘贴端点: 允许您将之前复制的关键点粘贴到新的曲线上。
• 参数: 在背景中显示另一个效果参数的曲线，这对比较很有用。
• 预览: 在单独的窗口中启动项目预览，可选择质量。
• 播放场景: 在场景中开始项目预览。
• 路徑属性: 允许您更改沿着曲折线更变参数和沿贝塞尔曲线的参数变化选项的点属性。例如，您可以使选定的点成为曲线上的中间点或轨迹的最后一个点。仅在选择沿着曲折线更变参数时，额外的选项才可用，使您可以根据过去或即将到来的点计算选定点的参数，以平滑过渡。
• 靠左边锁点位: 此选项在时间线上更改效果持续时间时保持曲线上关键点之间的距离不变，仅更改曲线上最后一个点和倒数第二个点之间的值。
• 缩放点位: 允许您在调整时间线上效果持续时间时均匀地改变曲线上关键点之间的距离，以保持原始组成。
• 靠右边锁点位: 此选项在时间线上更改效果持续时间时保持曲线上关键点之间的距离不变，仅更改曲线上第一个点和第二个点之间的值。
• 插入端点: 在曲线上光标的位置添加一个关键点。
• 刪除: 移除选定的关键点或曲线上的所有点。
• 显示时间/帧: 在时间线上显示时间或帧值。
• 数值: 显示关键点的当前时间位置，并允许以百分比设置其值。
• 模板: 提供用于更改对象值的预设模板选择。

总结

使用关键帧提供了一个广阔的画布，可以展开并实现您所有的创意想法。我们已经提供了一个基本的概述，但想象一下，如果您应用不同的偏移量，创建组合，并同步所有内容——将实现真正令人难以置信的视觉效果！

看看诸如以下组合效果：震动过渡、烟雾轨迹效果或使用贝塞尔曲线的过渡这样的组合效果——这些只是几个例子。我们祝您成功，并且始终很高兴在 Facebook、YouTube或该Email地址已收到反垃圾邮件插件保护。要显示它您需要在浏览器中启用JavaScript。上的社交网络上为您提供帮助。

为您的视频找到合适的音轨，增加氛围感可能是一项真正的挑战。即使音轨看似完美，音乐速度可能过快或过慢，导致音质失真。但幸运的是，现代技术的魔力为您提供了许多改变视频速度的方法，尤其是在使用正确的视频编辑软件时。无论您是想增强视频的情绪，调整MP3的节奏，还是简单地试验时间调整，VSDC都提供了一套您可以轻松掌握的工具。继续阅读，我们将指导您如何在VSDC视频编辑器中增加和减少音频速度！

关键收获

在这篇文章中你将发现：

• 三种加速VSDC中音频的方法；;
• 三种在VSDC中减慢音频的方法；;
• 一些有用的关于在VSDC中处理音频文件的想法；;
• 一个简短的FAQ指南。

如何使音频更快

方法 1: 速度 参数

1. 创建一个新项目并通过从文件资源管理器拖放或使用编辑器选项卡上的添加对象选项将您的MP3文件添加到时间线上。
2. 在时间线上选择你的音频文件并导航到属性浏览器。你会在音频对象的设置部分看到速度参数，默认设置为100%。提高此参数以加快声音速度（例如，要加倍速度，请将其设置为200%）。请注意，当你改变音频的速度时，整个文件的持续时间也会减少。

方法 2: 循环模式

当你需要将音频文件加速到特定持续时间时，这种方法非常方便。

1. 创建一个新项目并通过从文件资源管理器拖放或使用编辑器选项卡上的添加对象选项将您的MP3文件添加到时间线上。
2. 在时间线上选择你的音频文件并将文件末端向左拉伸以缩短到期望的持续时间。
3. 导航到属性浏览器并在音频对象的设置部分找到循环模式参数。设置播放整个音频以加速声音。

方法 3: 速度变更 效果

1. 创建一个新项目并通过从文件资源管理器拖放或使用编辑器选项卡上的添加对象选项将您的MP3文件添加到时间线上。
2. 在时间线上右键点击你的音频文件并选择音频效果 >> 时间延长/变调 >> 速度变更。
3. 调整时间线上速度变更效果的位置和持续时间并导航到属性浏览器。在速度变化效果的设置部分找到速度参数并将音乐加速到期望的值。请记住：速度变更效果保留了音频文件的持续时间，由于音乐变快，你的音频文件末尾会留下静音，所以你可能需要通过移动文件的右边界来缩短它。

如何使音频变慢

方法 1: 速度 参数

1. 创建一个新项目并通过从文件资源管理器拖放或使用编辑器选项卡上的添加对象选项将您的MP3文件添加到时间线上。
2. 在时间线上选择你的音频文件并导航到属性浏览器。你会在音频对象的设置部分看到速度参数，默认设置为100%。减少此参数以减慢声音（例如，要将速度降低两倍，将其设置为50%）。请注意，当你改变音频的速度时，整个文件的持续时间也会增加。

方法 2: 循环模式

当你需要将音频文件减慢到特定持续时间时，这种方法非常方便。

1. 创建一个新项目并通过从文件资源管理器拖放或使用编辑器选项卡上的添加对象选项将您的MP3文件添加到时间线上。
2. 在时间线上选择你的音频文件并将文件末端向右拉伸到期望的持续时间。
3. 导航到属性浏览器并在音频对象的设置部分找到循环模式参数。设置播放整个音频以减慢声音。

方法 3: 速度变更 效果

1. 创建一个新项目并通过从文件资源管理器拖放或使用编辑器选项卡上的添加对象选项将您的MP3文件添加到时间线上。
2. 在时间线上右键点击你的音频文件并选择音频效果 >> 时间延长/变调 >> 速度变更。
3. 调整时间线上速度变更效果的位置和持续时间并导航到属性浏览器。在速度变化效果的设置部分找到速度参数并将速度减少到期望的值。请记住：速度变更效果保留了音频文件的持续时间，由于音乐变慢，你的音频文件的末尾会被剪切。为了避免这种情况，拉伸你的音频文件以增加持续时间。

导出您的项目

当您完成后，可以通过以下方式之一导出您的项目：

• 作为视频导出：转到导出项目选项卡并在功能区上选择所需格式，然后选择简介并调整导出设置（如有必要），点击场景上方的导出项目图标。要了解有关高级设置自定义的更多信息，请查看我们的指南制作MP4文件。
• 作为音频导出：转到导出项目选项卡并在源文件窗口找到您的音轨。右键单击它并选择导出音频, 调整设置并点击导出。

提升您的项目： VSDC中的音频创意工作方法

VSDC为处理音频文件提供了许多选项，远超简单的速度调整。VSDC提供了一个广泛的工具包，旨在提升您的音频编辑能力。要开始掌握您的技能，请考虑我们的通用指南，然后探索一些有趣的想法：

• 如何替换音频轨道;
• 如何应用音频效果;
• 创建音频同步;
• 创建圆形音频频谱;
• 同步音频和视频;
• 将音频波形转换为遮罩;
• 从您的音频中减少/消除噪音;
• 如何使用编辑节拍工具.

音频编辑通常伴随视频操作，因为调整播放速度的技术——无论是加速还是减速——都非常相似。因此，探索我们的速度调整指南可能会提供一些有洞察力的提示和策略，这些都适用于音频编辑。

结论

从增强视频的情绪到使音频轨道与视觉元素完美对齐，本文概述的方法和工具提供了全面的解决方案来加快或减慢您的MP3文件。使用VSDC，您拥有实现您愿景的灵活性。探索在VSDC中使用音频的创意方式，包括替换音轨、应用效果以及音频与视频的同步，展示了我们软件在简单速度调整之外的广泛能力。我们鼓励您尝试这些技术，以在您的视频项目中发现新的维度，使它们引人入胜。

常见问题解答

我可以只加速或减慢音频轨道的一部分吗？

当然，您可以使用分成部分工具制作一个单独的部分，在时间线上选择它，然后对其应用速度效果。

改变速度会影响我的音频的音调吗？

声音的音调直接与其波的频率相关。加速播放会增加频率，从而提高音调。然而，如果您希望改变您的音频轨道的音调，您可能会考虑使用变调，这是一种增加或减少音频音调的声音效果。

加速音频有哪些常见用途？

一个典型的例子是TikTok视频。鉴于TikTok的快节奏特性，观众通常注意力较短，因此需要加速歌曲的BPM [每分钟节拍]，以确保听众在音轨的最吸引人的部分保持参与。然而，实际上，是否需要加速音频轨道取决于您的视频项目的创意，当您改变声音或歌曲的速度时。继续创造！

If you’re a video creator, there are three reasons why it’s crucial to learn color correction. First, it helps you to enhance your videos and make them look professional. Second, it allows you to color-match several clips so they look more consistent. And finally, color correction can help you fix overexposed, underexposed, and washy footage — all three being the result of poor lighting conditions or wrong camera settings.

However, when you’re just getting started, you might not be ready to commit to purchasing expensive programs. Thankfully, there is free software you can use to practice.

For this article, we’ve reviewed 9 best color grading software. These video editors include all the essential tools for both primary and secondary color correction, as well as other features to help you create a beautiful movie.

Key Takeaways

We are going to consider 9 best free video editors with a rich set of color grading tools:

1. VSDC Free Video Editor
2. Adobe Premiere Pro
3. iMovie
4. Final Cut Pro
5. Red Giant Magic Bullet Suite
6. FilmConvert Nitrate
7. Baselight
8. ColorDirector
9. SpeedGrad

What Makes Great Color Grading Software

There’s no short answer to this question, and here is why. Technically speaking, color correction tools – such as color wheels, black-and-white balance pickers, HSL curves, and contrast, brightness & gamma controls – are either very similar or the same, regardless of the video editing software. As long as you understand the main principles of color correction, and how each of these tools works, you can perform it in any program.

Importance of Color Grading

Even when using professional cameras for shooting, the resulting video doesn’t always satisfy us: the picture might be gloomy or overexposed, there happen to be some glares, flashes of light and the overall atmosphere doesn’t look cinematic at all. There can be many reasons why your footage comes out in poor quality: bad lighting, wrong camera settings or it’s just impossible to create some particular environment. But what really matters is whether it can be fixed. Luckily, most video editors offer a wide variety of color grading instruments to improve the picture, setting the tone and enhancing the visual storytelling of the movie.

Color Grading vs Color Correction

Although in both cases you get to work with the colors of the video and these two notions are often used interchangeably, color correction and color grading are different techniques. When you perform color correction, it typically means that you want to enhance your video by making it look more natural and vibrant. If you’re merging several pieces of footage shot in different lighting conditions, color correction also means color-matching clips and making sure they have the same level of brightness, contrast, and gamma.

Color grading is also aimed at enhancing your video, but this technique doesn’t mean just color balance adjustment. Instead, editors use color grading to create a certain mood and visual aesthetics, express their artistic vision, so that the colors in the video become a part of the story. Color grading often means using filters and changing color tones; it always comes after color correction.

Some great examples of unique, memorable color grading works are Melancholia (dramatic cool color tones), Sin City (black-and-white effect, plus color isolation used to create a resemblance with a comic book), Batman (dimmed colors, dark tones), and, of course, movies like La La Land, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Scott Pilgrim.

Key Considerations Before Choosing

So how do you choose good color adjustment software? For starters, you can narrow your search by looking at system requirements. For example, if your computer is low on RAM, you may need to eliminate Adobe Premier because it requires a powerful machine to perform well; or if you’re a Mac user, you’ll have to eliminate VSDC because this video editing software only works on Windows PC (Though VSDC is definitely a compelling option with valuable features, accessibility and no need for powerful computers that makes VSDC a universal choice).

Next, think of other tools or effects you might need for your projects. For example, if you’re planning to use special effects a lot, no video editing software beats Final Cut Pro. If you need elaborate audio editing tools, iMovie might be an excellent choice.

Once you have 2-3 options left, go ahead and test the remaining programs. Only then will you be able to choose the software you’re comfortable with. And if you fail to find everything you need in a single program, it’s a common practice to use several solutions for video editing.

Best Top 9 Color Grading and Color Correction Software

1. VSDC Free Video Editor

VSDC is a free video editor for Windows that has firmly established itself as a highly effective tool for both color grading and color correction, as well as a versatile video editing suite that goes far beyond. Whether you're looking to correct footage with lighting issues or aiming to achieve a particular artistic style, VSDC equips you with a broad range of tools to master your video editing skills.

When it comes to color correction, creators usually refer to primary color correction and secondary color correction. Primary color correction implies “broad strokes,” or adjustments that affect the overall video aesthetics. Such adjustments include white balance, brightness and contrast levels, and color tone correction. In VSDC, you can perform primary color correction using the Lift, Gamma & Gain color wheels, black & white balance points, RGB and Hue & Saturation curves, as well as manual color controls (brightness, contrast, gamma, saturation, temperature, etc.). This means that you can fix overexposed or underexposed videos, correct highlights, midtones, and shadows, and just quickly enhance the way your video looks. To analyze the color distribution and perform clip color match, you can use the dedicated Color scopes window.

For secondary color correction, which implies correcting isolated colors or scopes of color tones, you can use the built-in LUT editor, which also allows for creation of custom LUTs. For example, you can adjust a specific color tone on the video by making it more saturated or less powerful — this works well for artifacts and skin tone correction. Also, you can entirely swap certain colors in the video or make them change dynamically and create cinematic effects like those in famous movies (check out to recreate Barbie or Oppenheimer look).

VSDC has a PRO version if you’re interested in using most popular video editing tools like masking, video stabilizer, or motion tracking. However, if you’re only looking for video color correction software, all the features are free, and you’ll be able to export your footage in up to 4K quality without format or duration limits. In addition to the video editing feature set, it includes add-ons like a video recorder, a screen recorder, and a voice recorder. All this makes VSDC a top choice — just download the program and see it for yourself!

Pros

- Primary and secondary color correction tools;
- Lift, Gamma & Gain color wheels;
- Black & white balance points;
- RGB and Hue & Saturation curves;
- Manual color controls;
- Color scopes window for color analysis and matching;
- Built-in LUT editor for custom adjustments;
- Applying LUTs to BRAW Files;
- 4K export without format or duration limits;
- A wide variety of additional features;
- Plenty of educational guides and tutorials on Youtube.

Cons

- Windows only.

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2. Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro is one of the most popular software worldwide that is truly appreciated for a wide array of professional-grade color correction tools designed to enhance video projects. Among the versatile color correction effects available, you'll discover such options as the Brightness & Contrast effect for adjustment of the tonal range of your video clip, enhancing highlights, shadows, and midtones simultaneously. Similarly, the Change Color effect provides control over hue, lightness, and saturation, allowing for targeted adjustments to specific color ranges within your footage, and achieving desired visual effects.

Moreover, Premiere Pro introduces advanced tools like the Lumetri color effect with comprehensive color grading and correction functionalities. With features like Basic correction for adjusting exposure and contrast, creative presets for quick stylistic adjustments, and curves for precise color manipulation, Lumetri Color empowers users to achieve professional-grade results efficiently.

Pros

- Channel mixer effect for advanced color adjustments;
- Lumetri color for comprehensive grading and correction functionalities;
- A built-in LUT editor;
- Regular updates and improvements;
- Integration within the Creative Cloud ecosystem.

Cons

- High system requirements;
- A steep learning curve for beginners;
- Only 7 days of free trial.

3. iMovie

iMovie is an easy-to-use video color grading app for Mac OS. It provides basic color correction tools that will work if you’re getting started and need to quickly adjust the look of your video without dealing with RGB curves. iMovie comes preinstalled on Mac computers and it’s completely free.

Color correction tools in iMovie can be divided into two groups: automatic adjustment and manual adjustment. The automatic adjustment toolset allows you to enhance video colors based on the skin tone, use the white balance picker, and match color tones in several clips. This third option comes in handy if you’re merging multiple videos shot in dramatically different light conditions. iMovie helps fine-tune the contrast and brightness settings and match all videos to the clip of your choice.

Essentially, automatic color correction tools in iMovie improve the contrast and remove a color cast in the video to make it look more professional. Manual color correction tools allow you to adjust shadows, contrast values, highlights, color saturation, and temperature values using sliders.

While iMovie doesn’t include color wheels, curves, or LUTs, its automatic adjustment algorithm can be sufficient for basic-level color correction.

Pros

- Perfect for beginners without complicated tools like RGB curves;
- Tools for both manual and automatic adjustments;
- A great variety of preset filters;
- Included with standard Mac OS;
- Integrates easily with YouTube and Facebook.

Cons

- Mac OS only;
- The program can slow down when working with large files;
- A wide but basic toolset without professional color grading features;
- Limited format compatibility.

4. Final Cut Pro

Final Cut Pro is a non-linear video editor invented by Apple, and it has been the next step for those who have outgrown iMovie. Many Mac owners prefer using Final Cut Pro because of its convenient interface and rendering speed. Just like in iMovie, Final Cut Pro offers tools for both manual and automatic color correction for enhancing video quality. The software's Analyze and fix feature automatically balances colors, exposure, and contrast during import, while the Balance color tool allows for clip-by-clip adjustments. Additionally, the Match color feature enables users to replicate the look of one video file onto another one to speed up the editing process.

For more precise adjustments, Final Cut Pro offers manual color grading tools such as the Color board, Color wheels, Color curves, and Hue/Saturation curves. These tools allow users to fine-tune highlights, midtones, shadows, and overall color balance. Masks can be applied to specific areas of clips for targeted corrections, and effects can be layered and timed using keyframes for advanced editing. With real-time updates and visual representations through Video Scopes, Final Cut Pro facilitates a comprehensive and intuitive color grading process for professional-level video editing.

Pros

- Ability to replicate color grades;
- Automatic balance of colors;
- Manual adjustment of color, saturation, and exposure;
- Targeting specific colors or areas;
- Support for masks and layering effects for targeted corrections..

Cons

- Non-traditional timeline;
- Mac OS only;
- Some advanced features are overly simplified.

5. Red Giant Magic Bullet Suite

The Red Giant Magic Bullet Suite offers a comprehensive set of plugins designed to enhance the look of your footage directly on your editing timeline. Beyond simple color correction, Magic Bullet provides accurate simulations of lens filters and film stocks, allowing to achieve cinematic contrast and sophisticated color palettes reminiscent of big-budget movies. With customizable presets inspired by popular films and TV shows, you can achieve professional-quality results with Hollywood-like aesthetics.

Magic Bullet Suite excels in skin tone balancing and cosmetic cleanup, enabling you to quickly enhance the appearance of talent by reducing wrinkles and removing blemishes while maintaining a natural look.

The Magic Bullet Looks plugin offers over 300 fully customizable presets, allowing you to effortlessly apply professional-grade color grading to your footage. With support for over 30 new camera profiles and advanced color handling controls, Magic Bullet seamlessly integrates into high-end workflows, ensuring compatibility with any footage and editing process.

Pros

- Comprehensive plugin suite;
- Powerful color adjustments;
- Efficient skin tone balancing;
- Effective noise reduction;
- Customizable presets.

Cons

- Requires a powerful PC;
- High price tag.

6. FilmConvert Nitrate

FilmConvert Nitrate is a powerful color grading plugin for enhancing a simple digital footage with the aesthetic and texture of real film. By selecting from an extensive range of film stocks and grain presets, users can achieve precise, filmic color with ease. Nitrate’s distinctive feature is its camera-specific profiling, which tailors the color grading process to the particular make, model, and profile of the camera used for shooting. This ensures that any color adjustment is accurately aligned with the camera’s characteristics for more convenience.

Additionally, Nitrate allows to manage exposure, temperature, tint, and saturation, while its film settings introduce a suite of film stock emulations based on the Cineon LOG standard, ensuring dynamic range preservation. Unique features such as Grain Settings and Halation effects add depth and authenticity, simulating the physical properties of film. Furthermore, Nitrate’s Level option, Color Correction tools, and the capability to export LUTs offer comprehensive control over the grading process, making FilmConvert Nitrate an valuable tool for achieving cinematic color grades.

Pros

- Authentic film emulation;
- Comprehensive camera profiles;
- Grain customization;
- LUT export capability.

Cons

- Lacks comprehensive manuals;
- Limited NLE Compatibility.

7. Baselight

Baselight 6.0 introduces a broad spectrum of innovative features for color grading and correction. Key highlights include the revolutionary X Grade tool, which streamlines the selective color work process, enhancing productivity by simplifying interactions with imagery. It enables colorists to execute multiple localized and complex corrections in a single layer, eliminating the need for keys or mattes. Additionally, Chromogen allows for the adjustment and repair of parts of a LUT without "breaking" the footage, perfect for modern wide-dynamic-range camera data. The Face Track technology also transforms beauty work by offering precise facial tracking capabilities, significantly improving the efficiency of color correction tasks.

Pros

- Extended creative palette;
- Unique layer architecture;
- X grade tool;
- Face track technology;
- Customizable presets;
- Educating resources.

Cons

- High price tag.

8. ColorDirector

ColorDirector offers a comprehensive suite of tools for transforming any video footage into a cinematic production. It enables seamless color correction, enhancement, and styling to achieve the perfect color effect. Users can create multiple color variations within a single clip using keyframe controls and masks, export LUTs, reproduce color styles from reference clips and ensure color harmony across their videos. The platform supports automatic light source detection to enhance footage with customizable sparks, dynamic lighting effects like sunlight and lens flares, and atmospheric effects such as glow, bokeh, and black mist to add depth and texture to scenes.

ColorDirector also introduces advanced stylized visual effects, including grain, glitch, blur, vignette, and HDR, to add artistic textures or atmospheres to videos. Its professional color tools enhance productivity with features like histograms, RGB parades, waveform monitoring, and AI-powered motion tracking for targeted adjustments. The software includes a green screen maker, access to royalty-free stock assets, and AI color enhancement for precise control over the visual appearance.

Pros

- Support for many different file formats;
- Keyframe controls and masks;
- LUTs Support;
- Customizable presets;
- AI-powered motion tracking.

Cons

- Hardware acceleration doesn't operate for color and pixel adjustment;
- Lack of tutorials.

9. SpeedGrade

Adobe SpeedGrade is a powerful color grading tool that offers features for stylizing digital video projects. SpeedGrade provides with the ability to correct colors, match colors between shots, and apply unique, stylized looks to footage. Additionally, SpeedGrade is equipped with several film stock effects to achieve the look of traditional film on digital video, further enhancing the cinematic quality of projects.

Starting with Premiere Pro 2015.3, Adobe discontinued the Direct Link workflow between Premiere Pro and SpeedGrade, urging users to adopt the Lumetri color tool in Premiere Pro for color grading tasks. Despite this change, the legacy of SpeedGrade lives on through the Lumetri tool, allowing users to save and apply looks as Lumetri effects and offering a broad selection of export formats for various platforms, including YouTube and Vimeo.

SpeedGrade's capabilities, such as the Shot Matcher tool for applying consistent looks across clips and the ability to send graded projects back to Premiere Pro with all adjustments intact, highlight its significance in the evolution of color grading software.

Pros

- Integration with Premiere Pro;
- Multiple layers of grading, masks, and effects;
- Robust tools for correcting colors;
- Color grades edited sequences from Premiere Pro;
- Advanced 3D stereographic editing.

Cons

- Limited updates;
- Interface is not not intuitive for beginners.

Conclusion

Color grading and color correction stand out as crucial artistic mechanisms that shape the mood and style of your video, directly influencing audience reaction manipulating with light and color to evoke specific emotions. Mastery of these techniques can evoke emotions, engage the audience, and establish a unique, recognizable style in your work.

There’s a great variety of color grading and correction tools, each offering its own set of advanced features. Our choice is VSDC Free Video Editor as the best program for color grading for both beginners and professionals: its various color correction tools, including Lift, Gamma & Gain color wheels, black & white balance points, and a built-in LUT editor, make it exceptionally versatile for any color grading needs. Unlike other software that may require powerful hardware or come with a steep learning curve, VSDC offers a straightforward and user-friendly interface, ensuring that users can achieve professional-grade color grading without unnecessary complexity. Whether you're looking to fix lighting issues or create cinematic effects reminiscent of iconic films, VSDC provides all the necessary tools free of charge, making it the ultimate choice for enhancing the visual storytelling of your videos.

FAQ

I'm new to color grading. Where do I start?

VSDC is a great starting point because it offers a comprehensive set of tools for both primary and secondary color correction, without overwhelming beginners. To help you get started with VSDC, there's a wealth of resources available: our YouTube channel is packed with tutorials tailored to new users, guiding you through the software's features step by step. Additionally, the VSDC website hosts how-to articles that cover a wide range of topics, from basic color grading techniques to more advanced strategies. By leveraging these tutorials and articles, you'll not only learn the fundamentals of color grading but also how to apply them effectively using VSDC, allowing you to bring your creative vision to life.

I'm on a tight budget. Are there powerful free options?

VSDC offers both Free and Pro versions of its video editing software: while the PRO version boasts a broader spectrum of capabilities, the Free version is fully equipped to teach you the basics of video editing and color grading. It's an excellent starting point for those new to the field, providing all the necessary tools to learn the fundamentals and create engaging video content without the initial investment.

My computer is old. Can I still do color grading?

Absolutely! One of the great advantages of VSDC is its compatibility with older computer systems. VSDC is designed to be lightweight and efficient, allowing it to operate smoothly without lags even on older PCs. This means you can dive into color grading and video editing without needing the latest hardware. So, even if your computer is showing its age, VSDC makes color grading accessible and achievable.

Can I try these editors before buying?

Certainly! Many video editing software options, including those for color grading, offer free trials allowing users to test their features before making a purchase. This is a great way to explore various editors and find the one that best suits your needs. What sets VSDC apart in this context is the generosity of its free version. Unlike typical trials or limited versions, VSDC's free version is truly unlimited. It provides users with a comprehensive set of editing tools without time restrictions, making it an exceptional option for those looking to dive into video editing and color grading without financial commitment.

一旦您掌握了在单一场景中通过一个视频叠加到另一个视频上来组合多个视频的能力，您将在视频编辑中打开广泛的创意可能性。

这种方法使您能够：

• 在另一个视频上叠加视频、图片、文本或其他元素，反之亦然；
• 将不同的视频片段合并为一个单一的作品；
• 为视频的特定区域创建个性化的叠加效果。

在本教程中，您将了解掌握这一绝妙功能所需的一切，并学习如何在VSDC视频编辑器中创建美丽的视频叠加效果。

什么是叠加效果

叠加效果是指您在原始影片上添加的某些元素，常被称为画中画效果。但是，选项是无限的：这些元素可以是形状、图像、文本或其他视频。换句话说，这些元素被添加到现有影片之上，以便它们同时播放，产生独特的效果。您可以以不同的配置层叠视频和图像：将它们一个叠加在另一个上面，放置在并排或甚至在同一场景中对角放置。您还可以调整每个文件的不透明度级别，这意味着一张图像可以作为半透明层覆盖在视频上——或反之亦然。

叠加效果的重要性

叠加效果可以根据您需要实现的效果服务于任何目的。它们可以用作视频上的滤镜以创建惊艳效果，为您的影片创造特定氛围或通过添加浪漫、恐怖或神秘元素来设定某种特定情绪。

掌握叠加效果是基础技术之一，是每个有抱负的视频创作者必须知道的技能，它开启了无限的视频编辑可能性，确保每个视频项目都是精致和复杂的。

不同类型的视频叠加效果

您可以使用许多技术来创建叠加效果，从模糊背景以获得柔焦效果到融入渐变、自然元素或着色叠加，正确的技术可以转变您影片的视觉吸引力。

这里有一些流行的方法：

• 通过添加雪花、雨滴或镜头光晕等大气效果来丰富您的影片，创造特殊的氛围；
• 将文本嵌入您的视频中传达信息或强调要点，使它们突出；
• 只叠加视频的某些部分以吸引注意或创造对比；
• 引入光线或色彩效果的叠加以增强视觉情绪；
• 用水印保护您的内容；
• …还有更多！

这些方法每一种都属于叠加效果的广泛类别，扩展了您在视频编辑中可以实现的范围。

如何添加叠加效果

现在，谈到过程的技术方面，叠加视频非常简单。首先，确保您已经下载了 VSDC视频编辑器一款适用于Windows的免费视频编辑软件。VSDC视频编辑器 - 一款适用于Windows的免费视频编辑软件。

方法1：基本叠加

1. 开始创建一个新项目使用开始屏幕上的“空的项目”按钮。在出现的窗口中调整项目设置（如有必要）并点击“结束”。
2. 通过从文件资源管理器拖放视频文件到场景中来添加您的视频文件。
3. 在时间线上定位您的视频，将它们放置在不同的层上，一个叠在另一个上面。这种设置作为叠加的基础，允许您尝试各种效果，例如：

   应用过渡

   当您在时间线上排列文件，使得一个视频的开头与另一个的结尾重叠时，您就创造了一个过渡的位置。了解我们如何实现交叉淡入淡出效果，并且想要获得创建过渡的详细指导，请参考我们的视频指南。

   创建并排效果

   如果视频在时间线上一个叠加在另一个上面，它们自然会重叠。然而，通过调整场景中一个视频的大小然后是另一个，确保它们不重叠，您可以同时查看两个视频，创建并排效果。

   制作画中画效果

   使用类似的方法，您可以创建画中画效果。关键区别在于您保留其中一个文件为整个场景的大小，同时将第二个文件置顶，使其看起来更小。

   在视频上覆盖文本

   叠加效果不仅可以通过媒体文件创建，还可以通过对象和文本创建。观看我们的视频指南，发现如何将文本添加到您的视频并置顶或插入字幕。

方法2：混合模式

这种创建叠加效果的方法也值得考虑。与第一种方法不同，这种技术不依赖于直接在时间线上层叠文件，而是利用额外的选项来达到所需效果。为此，请遵循以下步骤：

1. 将您的视频文件添加到场景中，就像前一种方法中描述的那样。在时间线上双击它，然后通过从文件资源管理器拖放，将您的叠加视频添加到场景中。
2. 移动到时间线的左侧并打开“混合”菜单。选择“屏幕”并观察两个文件如何混合。
3. 导航到编辑器选项卡上的“工具”部分，并点击扳手图标。现在您的叠加效果已经准备好编辑：如果您想让它更透明，调整不透明度级别。
4. 此时，您可以释放您的创造力，开始玩弄设置。例如，您可能想部分地层叠效果或使叠加效果逐渐消失。您也可以使用其他混合模式编辑您的叠加效果，或者尝试以下我们提出的一些创意想法。

在VSDC中使用叠加效果的创意想法

为了给您一些灵感，这里列出了在VSDC中进行叠加时您可以做的事情：

• 在视频中替换绿幕；
• 如何添加水印；
• 制作双重曝光效果；
• 将文本放置在对象后面；
• 添加弹出标签；
• 创建光泄漏过渡；
• 插入自定义的“订阅”按钮；
• 制作对角分屏效果；
• 应用遮罩；
• 向您的视频添加现成的模板。

什么使得视频叠加如此受欢迎？

视频叠加之所以获得如此大的流行，是因为它们能将普通的素材转变为引人入胜、专业外观的内容。它们提供了创意自由和灵活性，允许将不同元素——文本、图像和特效——与主视频无缝融合。这不仅增强了视频的美学吸引力和参与度，还使得故事讲述更加沉浸。叠加效果易于应用，并且在大多数视频编辑程序中都可用，使得所有技能水平的创作者都能实验和创新，进一步推动了它们在视频制作中的流行。

结论

如果您正在寻找一种突出而简单的技术来增强您的视频项目并使它们吸引人，视频叠加是最佳选择。准备好将其付诸实践了吗？那么就前进吧——下载VSDC，尝试一些叠加视频，让您的创造力接管一切。

享受吧！

常见问题解答

为什么我会使用视频叠加？

使用文本叠加来突出关键点并有效传达一些附加信息，或创造惊艳效果并在您的素材中创造独特的氛围。

我可以在VSDC中创建哪些类型的叠加？

VSDC提供了一套广泛的基础和高级工具，以轻松创建任何复杂度的高质量叠加。无论您是想加入文本、图像还是特效，VSDC都能满足您的需求。只需查看我们的YouTube频道，找到符合您需求的灵感和教程。

我如何控制我的叠加的时间和位置？

在VSDC中控制叠加的时间和位置既直观又灵活。使用VSDC的时间线工作时，您可以轻松地对其进行缩放、自定义并使用各种按钮进行快速而精确的导航。要了解所有时间线功能的更多信息，请查看我们的全面指南。