Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Step Nine:
Let's try it out: double-click on your video
clip, then click the Contrast double-right-
arrow button three or four times and look
at how contrasty the image onscreen looks.
That's not just affecting the thumbnail—
it applied that to the entire video (cool,
right?). You'll also notice that a number
of editing controls here are grayed out,
and that's because you can't apply all
the Quick Develop controls to video (for
example, you can't apply Clarity or use
the Highlights and Shadows controls), but
again, I'll show you in a moment how to
get at least some more controls than these.
Step 10:
So, while you can apply overall changes like
changing the white balance for the entire
video (how handy is that?!), or making your
whole video clip brighter or darker using
Exposure, or more vivid using the Vibrance
controls, there probably are still a lot of
things you wish you could do that are over
in the Develop module, right? Right! But
we just learned that the Develop module
doesn't support video, right? Right. So
what do we do? We cheat. There's a cool
workaround that lets you use a lot more
(but not all) of the controls in the Develop
module by pulling a single frame from
the video, taking that over to the Develop
module, tweaking it there using everything
from the Tone Curve to the HSL panel, and
while you're applying these tweaks, the
same edits are being applied to your entire
video in real time. Totally sick. I know! :)
Okay, let's try it: Click the Reset All button
at the bottom of the Quick Develop panel,
then grab a frame from somewhere inside
your video (choose Capture Frame from
the Frame pop-up menu), and then when
the JPEG image appears next to your video
clip in the Filmstrip at the bottom, press
D
to jump over to the Develop module.
