Edius 7 Techniques

Colour Balance

When editing our short film we found that some shots looked darker than others. Therefore, we chose to edit the colour balance in order to raise the contrast and brightness levels. In particular the image above consisted many red and blue levels therefore we adjusted it to our preference.

To access colour balance on Edius you need to navigate to the effects column. Then drag the effect onto the clip you wish to edit colour.

This pop up will appear.

Colour CorrectionTo access Colour Correction on Edius you need to navigate to the effect column. Then drag the effect onto the clip you wish to edit colour on.

Colour correction helped us achieve a more rounded ‘film’ look and kept the colour levels of all our clips consistent throughout. This made our film look professional as a product.

Image Cropping

Image cropping was done is order to eliminate and reduce any unnecessary lead room. This enabled us to transform our shots for example medium shots to close up that wasn’t achieved through filming. This emphasised emotion which we wished to convey in our film.

To crop a shot and adjust the framing we selected ‘F7’ which enabled this pop up to come.

Editing Sound Levels

Editing sound levels was effective as we could layer the T.V sound and clips so we could have a differing visual image and sound – (i.e. the football match playing in the background).

To adjust sound levels we had to select the sound level and enter reference point where want to increase or reduce any audio. We could also adjust the sound level by creating point on the line to create a gradual fade.

Strobe Effect

In our film we wanted to show a realistic series of flashbacks the character the Doug experiences. To do this we accessed the strobe effect by clicking on the heading ‘Effects’ . This was successful because the effect conveys sense of confusion and disorientation.

Dissolve Effect

This was also the same in order to use the dissolve effect. The dissolve effect added to the natural atmosphere and contributed to the natural pace of our film.