Making editsĮditing video using Photoshop uses many of the same principles you may be familiar with when working with still images.ĭepending on the camera and lens combination used to shoot your video, you may want to apply a lens-correction filter. Once this has been done, any adjustments you make through filters will be reflected in all frames on that particular layer. A purple clip means that the layer has been converted to a Smart Object. This will allow you to apply filters to the entire video image in one particular layer - even if there are cuts or transitions.Ĭhoose the correct layer name and then select Layer > Smart Objects > Convert to Smart Object. The next thing you may want to do before launching into the edit is to turn the video layer into a Smart Object. Note that if you playback the file within the edit window, Photoshop may drop the frame rate to keep displaying the footage in real time. Like any traditional video editor, Photoshop lets you scrub through the footage and gives you some basic controls over audio. The video will now be available for editing in the timeline. Once the new document has been created, import the video file itself by going to Layer > Video Layers > New Video Layer from File. Select Film & Video from the drop-down menu and change to the appropriate values. Either drag a supported video into the Photoshop main window or click the filmstrip icon in the timeline and select 'Add Media.'Īlternatively, for more precise control over the file when it comes to exporting, go to File > New. Alternatively, head to Window > Workspace > Motion to bring up the entire suite of video controls. Make sure that Timeline is selected, which will bring up the video toolbar at the bottom of the screen. Open up Photoshop and head to the Window menu.

Photoshop can read the following major file formats and more:Ī full list of supported file formats is available on this Adobe support page. Photoshop CC and CS6 are mostly the same when it comes to video features. If you are running an older version of Photoshop, here is our tutorial on how to cut video using CS5 Extended.

Video editing has been part and parcel of Photoshop since CS3 Extended. Did you know that you can edit video within Adobe's image-editing program? There is no need to learn the ins and outs of Premiere or Final Cut when Photoshop does just fine for some simple edits and transformations.

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