How to Use Audio Filters in Final Cut Pro

Video Transcript

"Hi this is Shana Bethune and on behalf of Expert Village and I'm going to talk to you about using video filters in final cut pro. One of the common uses for video filters is to correct footage that does not look quiet right. You can adjust the color, you can adjust the lighting and stuff like that. Another use is to make footage appear differently when it was originally shot. You can over expose it or you can make color footage black and white, there are whole number of things you can do to it afterwards. So to use a video filter on a clip double click on a clip so it appears in the viewer, go over to the filter tab, and then choose the filter that you like to use by going to effects and down to video filters. So let's say for this I decide the clips are too dark and I want to make it lighter. I would go into image control and gamma correction. So over here I can move this lighter to change the gamma level. If I want to make it lighter I lower it by moving it to the left or if I want to make the clip darker I move to the right to make it darker. So let's say I have decided that the clip is way too boring and I want to add some color to it and make it more exciting I can use a filter such as polarize which is located in the stylize tab. This would basically give me a reverse image and I can choose how extreme I want it to be by moving this slider here. The best way to learn about filters is by exploring them and figuring out what each one does once you have done this you would be able to figure out when the appropriate time to use each one is. "