15 Change the text
Your title settings will appear in a new section underneath
the Colour Correction bit of the VFX window: scroll down to see
all of it. Simply replace the sample text with whatever you want
to see. You can also adjust the typeface size and opacity, its
positioning and its shadow or outline. Those two are particularly
handy where the video moves from dark to light or vice versa.
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Change the colour
This is an extreme example of what happens when you
change video settings: we’ve whacked the brightness right down
to give a more dramatic effect on our sunrise. Like any kind of
filtering, unless you’re turning everything up to 11 for artistic
reasons it’s usually best to do as little as possible when you colour
correct: too much can make your footage look distinctly odd.
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Trim your clips
Trimming a clip gets rid of the beginning or the end of it. To
trim clips in Lightworks, right-click over the clip you want to trim
and you’ll see the Segment Commands options. Trim In enables
you to grab the edge and pull it in to get rid of the bits you don’t
want without affecting any other clips. Use Slip and Slide if you
want to adjust where one clip ends and another begins.
16 Adjust the audio
Click on the Audio tag to add equalisation or crossfades to
your sound. There are some presets for reducing background
noise, or you can roll your own too. Adjust volume levels by
dragging the blue arrows on the sound meters at the top right. To
export your project, simply return to the Edit screen, right-click on
the timeline and select Sequence Commands > Export. Q14
Add your titles
If you look closely above the colour correction header you’ll
see a little ‘+’ sign. This is where you can add items such as
scrolling titles or the video IDs you get on music video channels
and YouTube clips. You can also get it by right-clicking on a video
clip in the V1 track and choosing Edit > Effects > Add > Titles. Here
we’ve gone for Star Wars-style text that rolls up the screen.12 Add effects
If you click on the VFX tab you can do some interesting
things to your video. The first time you click on the tab you’ll be
taken to this, the colour correction screen. You can do two
common tasks here: you can adjust the colours in a clip so it looks
more natural or blends better with the rest of your project, or you
can make more dramatic changes to its colour.Explore
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