1 00:00:00,005 --> 00:00:02,004 - [Instructor] Let's explore, punching up an image 2 00:00:02,004 --> 00:00:05,008 or a video clip by using the color enhancement tools 3 00:00:05,008 --> 00:00:08,003 in Camtasia. 4 00:00:08,003 --> 00:00:11,000 My first recommendation for a quality image 5 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:14,001 or video clip is get things looking as good 6 00:00:14,001 --> 00:00:16,007 as you can in camera. 7 00:00:16,007 --> 00:00:18,001 Take the time to get your lighting, 8 00:00:18,001 --> 00:00:21,008 framing, and camera settings right before you shoot. 9 00:00:21,008 --> 00:00:23,009 You can find all kinds of tips 10 00:00:23,009 --> 00:00:25,000 and tricks about that here 11 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,005 in the Learning library. 12 00:00:27,005 --> 00:00:30,003 Color tools in Camtasia are pretty basic. 13 00:00:30,003 --> 00:00:32,009 So if you're a phone or camera has a preset 14 00:00:32,009 --> 00:00:37,000 or a filter that looks good, go ahead and use it. 15 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:37,009 All that said, 16 00:00:37,009 --> 00:00:39,005 let's see what we can do to punch things 17 00:00:39,005 --> 00:00:41,005 up a bit in post production. 18 00:00:41,005 --> 00:00:43,008 The steps I'm going to show are identical 19 00:00:43,008 --> 00:00:46,005 for both video and images, 20 00:00:46,005 --> 00:00:49,000 and I'll be demonstrating using this steel frame 21 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,001 from my demo project. 22 00:00:51,001 --> 00:00:54,002 I'm going to pop open the "Visual effects" tab here 23 00:00:54,002 --> 00:00:56,007 and I'm going to choose "Color adjustment" 24 00:00:56,007 --> 00:00:59,001 and just drag it to my clip. 25 00:00:59,001 --> 00:01:02,005 And I'm honestly not sure why this apocalyptic 26 00:01:02,005 --> 00:01:05,000 looking preset is the starting point. 27 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:06,003 So I'm going to just go ahead 28 00:01:06,003 --> 00:01:08,001 and reset everything to zero here 29 00:01:08,001 --> 00:01:10,004 so I have a nice starting point 30 00:01:10,004 --> 00:01:12,001 that makes sense. 31 00:01:12,001 --> 00:01:14,005 And we're back where I started. 32 00:01:14,005 --> 00:01:17,005 Pop that back open, make sure the clip is selected 33 00:01:17,005 --> 00:01:19,007 and the properties panel is open. 34 00:01:19,007 --> 00:01:21,009 Now you can work through these parameters 35 00:01:21,009 --> 00:01:23,002 in any order you want 36 00:01:23,002 --> 00:01:25,004 but I usually start with contrast. 37 00:01:25,004 --> 00:01:27,004 I'm just going to bump this up and take it easy. 38 00:01:27,004 --> 00:01:28,009 If you go too far to the right 39 00:01:28,009 --> 00:01:32,000 that obviously looks ridiculous. And if you go to the left, 40 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:33,005 you get this really washed out. 41 00:01:33,005 --> 00:01:37,006 So I usually just go a little bit of contrast. 42 00:01:37,006 --> 00:01:39,003 Let's go with like six or seven, 43 00:01:39,003 --> 00:01:41,009 10 do what looks good to your eye. 44 00:01:41,009 --> 00:01:46,003 Next, I'm going to add just a tad of saturation. 45 00:01:46,003 --> 00:01:48,007 The reason I do this is I've noticed my videos 46 00:01:48,007 --> 00:01:50,002 lose a bit of color when I render. 47 00:01:50,002 --> 00:01:52,008 So adding just a touch of extra saturation here 48 00:01:52,008 --> 00:01:54,008 can help combat that. 49 00:01:54,008 --> 00:01:57,006 And maybe just a little bit of brightness. 50 00:01:57,006 --> 00:02:00,006 It's really easy to ruin your image with brightness 51 00:02:00,006 --> 00:02:03,005 so be careful here. 52 00:02:03,005 --> 00:02:06,002 Now a really cool way to AB this and make sure you 53 00:02:06,002 --> 00:02:08,004 like your changes is to pop open this 54 00:02:08,004 --> 00:02:11,001 "Show Effects" box here. 55 00:02:11,001 --> 00:02:14,000 And what I have here is an adjustment layer, 56 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,003 and wherever the layer is, 57 00:02:16,003 --> 00:02:17,007 that's where the effect is applied. 58 00:02:17,007 --> 00:02:20,001 It's not applied here, but it is applied here. 59 00:02:20,001 --> 00:02:21,007 So you can kind of go back and forth and see 60 00:02:21,007 --> 00:02:23,000 if you like your changes. 61 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,008 Just remember to reset this before you render 62 00:02:25,008 --> 00:02:27,009 out your project. 63 00:02:27,009 --> 00:02:30,004 Next, I'm going to add a bit of a color cast 64 00:02:30,004 --> 00:02:35,000 using the colorize effect, just drag and drop it. 65 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,009 And once again, the starting point here 66 00:02:36,009 --> 00:02:39,001 is a little extreme. 67 00:02:39,001 --> 00:02:41,005 First off, this color obviously does not work 68 00:02:41,005 --> 00:02:42,008 for my project. 69 00:02:42,008 --> 00:02:44,003 I'm going to change this to, 70 00:02:44,003 --> 00:02:46,004 let's just go with a nice yellow orange. 71 00:02:46,004 --> 00:02:49,005 You can use any color you want. 72 00:02:49,005 --> 00:02:52,007 Adjust a touch more orange, 73 00:02:52,007 --> 00:02:54,009 and that's obviously way too much. 74 00:02:54,009 --> 00:02:59,004 I'm going to back this way, way down. 75 00:02:59,004 --> 00:03:01,003 Just a hint of warmness there. 76 00:03:01,003 --> 00:03:02,001 And same thing, 77 00:03:02,001 --> 00:03:04,002 you can AB things here with your adjustment layer. 78 00:03:04,002 --> 00:03:06,002 There's with it off and on. 79 00:03:06,002 --> 00:03:07,006 If you don't like it, 80 00:03:07,006 --> 00:03:09,008 go back and tweak things a bit. 81 00:03:09,008 --> 00:03:14,008 And remember to reset that. 82 00:03:14,008 --> 00:03:16,008 Of course use any color you want here. 83 00:03:16,008 --> 00:03:19,003 Sometimes blue or turquoise looks nice 84 00:03:19,003 --> 00:03:21,000 if you want to cool things down. 85 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,005 Play around and see what looks good to you. 86 00:03:24,005 --> 00:03:27,004 Like I said at the start, these are basic tools. 87 00:03:27,004 --> 00:03:28,009 So get things looking as good 88 00:03:28,009 --> 00:03:31,002 as you can in camera first 89 00:03:31,002 --> 00:03:33,003 then use the color tools in Camtasia 90 00:03:33,003 --> 00:03:35,007 to add just a bit of punch to your project.