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[bobstripower]

I want to lighten a few sections of a video.There are 12 different tracks and 3 are too dark.Ive got 7.5 .Coildnt find any similar posts--thanks for the advice

[grandpabruce]

bobstripower, on Jul 22 2006, 05:20 PM, said:

I want to lighten a few sections of a video.There are 12 different tracks and 3 are too dark.Ive got 7.5 .Coildnt find any similar posts--thanks for the advice

Bring your video into VideoWave, and do splits for the areas that you want to change.  You need to be in Timeline view to do this.

Once you have split out the areas that you want to change the brightness, right click on one of those clip splits, and click on Edit.  You will see the screen that I have attached.  Play around with the brightness settings until you get what you want, but you may not make it perfect.

Let us know if it works for you.

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Edited by grandpabruce, 22 July 2006 - 02:35 PM.

[bobstripower]

grandpabruce, on Jul 22 2006, 02:34 PM, said:

Bring your video into VideoWave, and do splits for the areas that you want to change.  You need to be in Timeline view to do this.

Once you have split out the areas that you want to change the brightness, right click on one of those clip splits, and click on Edit.  You will see the screen that I have attached.  Play around with the brightness settings until you get what you want, but you may not make it perfect.

Let us know if it works for you.

Bruce  thanks--to show my ignorance Im not familiar with the term split--can you help with how i do that--bob

[Merv]

bobstripower, on Jul 23 2006, 01:06 PM, said:

Bruce  thanks--to show my ignorance Im not familiar with the term split--can you help with how i do that--bob

What Bruce means by "split" is to cut out the section of the video you want to lighten.  If you don't do that, the entire video clip will be lightened using the process Bruce described.  For example, let's say you have a 15 minute video clip that includes a dark section between 5 to 10 minutes that you want to lighten.  You must split that clip to create a separate section that includes only the 5 to 10 minute portion.  To do that, try this:

1. Open videowave and navigate to the video file in the media selector window
2. Drag the video to the video track
3. In the timeline view, play the video or drag the orange marker to the beginning of the section you want to lighten (the 5 minute mark in the above example).  Use the Previous/Next Frame buttons to tweak the location.
4. Right click the mouse and select Split
5. Now play the video to the end of the section you want to lighten (10 minute mark), point to the video, right click, and select split.

Now you can perform the process to lighten the 5 to 10 minute split as Bruce described.  When previewed, the video should play seamlessly while the one portion is lightened.

Hope that helps clarifies things.

[bobstripower]

Merv, on Jul 23 2006, 09:47 AM, said:

What Bruce means by "split" is to cut out the section of the video you want to lighten.  If you don't do that, the entire video clip will be lightened using the process Bruce described.  For example, let's say you have a 15 minute video clip that includes a dark section between 5 to 10 minutes that you want to lighten.  You must split that clip to create a separate section that includes only the 5 to 10 minute portion.  To do that, try this:

1. Open videowave and navigate to the video file in the media selector window
2. Drag the video to the video track
3. In the timeline view, play the video or drag the orange marker to the beginning of the section you want to lighten (the 5 minute mark in the above example).  Use the Previous/Next Frame buttons to tweak the location.
4. Right click the mouse and select Split
5. Now play the video to the end of the section you want to lighten (10 minute mark), point to the video, right click, and select split.

Now you can perform the process to lighten the 5 to 10 minute split as Bruce described.  When previewed, the video should play seamlessly while the one portion is lightened.

Hope that helps clarifies things.

Merv--thanks very helpful and clear.last question, if i were to edit the video to leave out sections that i cant repair,how would i do that.would i use the same splice technique and somehow delet(scary) unwanted sections--bob

[ml]

Yes.   Use the same technique to 'split' out sections that you don't want.   Click on the ones you don't want so that they are highlighted in orange.  Then click on the red X to delete.

Your original video will not be affected.   What you are doing in VideoWave and DVD Builder is making an editing file that uses the original video.   When you burn the DVD, the program will 'render' a new movie that includes all your changes.

[grandpabruce]

Merv, on Jul 23 2006, 12:47 PM, said:

What Bruce means by "split" is to cut out the section of the video you want to lighten.  If you don't do that, the entire video clip will be lightened using the process Bruce described.  For example, let's say you have a 15 minute video clip that includes a dark section between 5 to 10 minutes that you want to lighten.  You must split that clip to create a separate section that includes only the 5 to 10 minute portion.  To do that, try this:

1. Open videowave and navigate to the video file in the media selector window
2. Drag the video to the video track
3. In the timeline view, play the video or drag the orange marker to the beginning of the section you want to lighten (the 5 minute mark in the above example).  Use the Previous/Next Frame buttons to tweak the location.
4. Right click the mouse and select Split
5. Now play the video to the end of the section you want to lighten (10 minute mark), point to the video, right click, and select split.

Now you can perform the process to lighten the 5 to 10 minute split as Bruce described.  When previewed, the video should play seamlessly while the one portion is lightened.

Hope that helps clarifies things.

Thanks for the help, Steve and ml.  I was down at the lake all day, with those 2 granddaughters in my avatar, and did not get back here until about an hour ago.  We have Gilliann for the whole week.  Life is good.

Edited by grandpabruce, 23 July 2006 - 08:09 PM.

[Merv]

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Merv--thanks very helpful and clear.last question, if i were to edit the video to leave out sections that i cant repair,how would i do that.would i use the same splice technique and somehow delet(scary) unwanted sections--bob

Your welcome Bob and ml answered your other question.  I answered with the same information he provided, but he posted his first so I just deleted mine.  I need to learn to type faster.    

grandpabruce, on Jul 24 2006, 12:08 AM, said:

Thanks for the help, Steve and ml.  I was down at the lake all day, with those 2 granddaughters in my avatar, and did not get back here until about an hour ago.  We have Gilliann for the whole week.  Life is good.

No problem, Bruce.  Have fun this week with Gilliann, and stay off the boards to give her more of your time.

[ml]

Merv, on Jul 24 2006, 01:15 PM, said:

Your welcome Bob and ml answered your other question. I answered with the same information he provided, but he posted his first so I just deleted mine. I need to learn to type faster.   

OOPS!  Sorry.  

I didn't mean to stomp on your fingers.       I didn't check to see if you were online.   


Have fun with that granddaughter, Bruce.   They grow up much to fast and if you blink, they turn into teenagers.

[Merv]

mlpasley, on Jul 24 2006, 05:56 PM, said:

OOPS!  Sorry.  

I didn't mean to stomp on your fingers.       I didn't check to see if you were online.   
Have fun with that granddaughter, Bruce.   They grow up much to fast and if you blink, they turn into teenagers.

No need to be sorry and you did not step on anything, ml    The more help the better.

[bobstripower]

Merv, on Jul 24 2006, 05:05 PM, said:

No need to be sorry and you did not step on anything, ml    The more help the better.

I wanted to thank you guys again.Its so nice to be helped.One more question, when i use the overlay feature it takes me a little time to fit it over a single picture.When i first drop it into the overlay track, its spread over the whole production.I then have to edit it to the exact frame i want.Is there an easier way to drop the overlay to a single spot.Thanks again

[myguggi]

bobstripower, on Jul 29 2006, 11:44 AM, said:

I wanted to thank you guys again.Its so nice to be helped.One more question, when i use the overlay feature it takes me a little time to fit it over a single picture.When i first drop it into the overlay track, its spread over the whole production.I then have to edit it to the exact frame i want.Is there an easier way to drop the overlay to a single spot.Thanks again

To overlay only a single picture:
1-switch to the timeline view and expand the track so that you can identify the picture in the track
2-double-click the picture you want to overlay and the internal track for that single picture will open
3-drag the overlay to the overlay track
4-click the green up arrow to return to the main track

the overlay you added applies only to the single picture. You can also add audio, effects, text this way if you want it to apply to a singe picture (or a single video clip)

Edited by myguggi, 29 July 2006 - 09:57 AM.

[bobstripower]

myguggi, on Jul 29 2006, 09:56 AM, said:

To overlay only a single picture:
1-switch to the timeline view and expand the track so that you can identify the picture in the track
2-double-click the picture you want to overlay and the internal track for that single picture will open
3-drag the overlay to the overlay track
4-click the green up arrow to return to the main track

the overlay you added applies only to the single picture. You can also add audio, effects, text this way if you want it to apply to a singe picture (or a single video clip)

EXCELLENT--Worked great--thanks alot--bob