Video adjustments

Video adjustment step is an important part in the video production world. This step is the touch up step where as, the Premiere video project is being polished to make it look sharp. Some of the adjustment methods in Premiere that I will cover in this post are:

• Color correction
• footage stabilization

Color correction.
Color correcting is the process of adjusting various setting such as contrast, brightness, exposure and saturation accordingly to the need of your footage. To apply color correcting in Premiere, is always best to use adjustment layer. In the project panel click the (New Item) button and select adjustment layer. Then click and drag the created adjustment layer from the project panel to the timeline right above your edited video clip. Extend the adjustment layer to cover the length your clips or sequences.

Open (Effects) panel right next to the project panel, double click to open (Video Effects) and the (Color Correction) roll-outs. Then drag the Brightness & Contrast preset to the adjustment layer. At this point, go to  (Window) on the top menu and click to select (Effects Controls). As the (Effects Controls) appear on the left screen slide to adjust the values on Brightness and Contrast  from zero to any number. In doing so, your video clip may look sharper, contrasted and vibrant depending on your needs.

Here are the images before and after the adjustment.

Before color adjustment.

After color adjustment.

Footage stabilization.
Oftentimes you may want to stabilize some shaking footage in your project. One of the best tool in stabilizing footage in Adobe Premiere is the Warp Stabilizer preset. To apply Warp stabilizer effect preset, type the word stabilizes to the Search window on the Effects panel. Then click and drag the Warp Stabilizer direct to your shaky video footage. As the Stabilizing process in motion, a sign showing stabilizing in background (step 1 of 2) will appear on your program screen. As soon as the sign disappear, The shaky video clip will be made stable.

For more in-depth training about Warp stabilizer, refer to the link on the sidebar.