How to Make My Videos in Black & White in Adobe Premiere Pro
Converting your color home movies or video clips to black and white can give them a stylish, arty look or a historic feel. Converting color video to black and white is a straightforward procedure with Adobe Premiere Pro video editing software. The key to an impressive result is to apply the necessary image effects to the video clip in the correct order. Open the video clip in Adobe Premiere Pro and use the program's equalize effects and black and white image controller to convert your color video clips.
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Instructions
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Launch Adobe Premiere Pro.
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Click "File" followed by "Open" to open the video clip that you want to convert from color to black and white. This adds the video clip to the "Timeline" pane in the program window.
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Click the "Effects" tab at the top of the left-hand menu. Drag the "Equalize" effect from the menu and drop it onto the video clip in the "Timeline" pane.
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Click the "Brightness" tab under "Equalize." Adjust the settings slider under "Amount to Equalize" until you're happy with the contrast levels in the color clip. Choose a contrast level that effectively separates the various elements of the images in the video clip, because this results in a sharper black and white image.
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Type "black and white" into the search box at the top of the left-hand menu.
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Click "Black & White" under the "Image Control" heading in the left-hand menu. Adjust the contrast of the black and white effect by again adjusting the setting under "Amount to Equalize."
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Click "File" followed by "Save" to save the converted video clip. Repeat this process for each video clip that you want to convert to black and white.
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Tips & Warnings
You can further tweak the black and white effect by selecting the "RGB Curves" option from "Image Control" in the left-hand menu. This allows you to alter each color channel on the clip to give a range of effects, including an old-fashioned sepia look.
