Think Bigger From Filmora User Guide

Brief introduction of the precise settings

• Exposure: Drag the slider to modify the nonideal exposure in the video. The right side with positive values means increasing tonal values and expanding highlights. The left side with negative values means decreasing tonal values and expanding shadows.

• Brightness: Drag the slider to adjust the brightness of the video. The right side with a positive value is to make the video brighter. The left side with a negative value is to make the video darker.

• Contrast: Drag the slider to adjust the contrast between light and dark areas. With a positive value, the right side is to make dark areas darker and light areas lighter. The left side with a negative value is to make darks lighter and lights darker.

• Vibrance: Drag the slider to adjust the intensity of muted colors and saturated colors. The right side, with a positive value, is to increase the intensity of muted colors while leaving saturated colors untouched. The left side with a negative value is to decrease the vibrance and makes the video gray.

• Saturation: Drag the slider to adjust the saturation of color. The right side with a positive value is to increase the color intensity, which makes the video more intensely colored. The left side with a negative value is to reduce the color intensity, which makes the video fade or desaturated and look gray.

Adjust the Tonal Scale to Videos

Here are the steps for adjusting the tone scale.

Step 1: Importing the Clip to the Timeline

To begin, download Wondershare Filmora, launch it, and locate the "New Project" button in the main display window. After creating a new project, import your clip into the Media Library using the "Command+ I" keyboard shortcut. Then, employ the drag-and-drop functionality to place your clip on the timeline and select it.

Import media to filmora

Step 2: Accessing the Color Tab

Following the previous step, proceed to the left-side panel and access the "Color > Basic" tab. Here, you’ll find a variety of color tone adjustment elements, including "Presets", "LUT", "Color", "Light", and more.

Access color settings on mac

Step 3: Enabling the Light Option

Select the video in the timeline and navigate to the settings panel on the left side of the editing window. Within the "Color > Basic" tab, scroll down until you locate the "Light" section and activate it. In this section, you can adjust elements such as "Exposure", "Brightness", "Contrast", "Highlight", "Shadow", "White", and "Black".

Lead to light option

Step 4: Adjust precise settings

Change the value of Exposure, Brightness, Contrast, Vibrance, and Saturation based on your needs. Click Ok when you are done.

Step 5: Saving the Color Tones

After adjusting, preview your video to ensure the results align with your expectations. To preserve these custom edits, click the "Save as custom" button. To reset the existing settings, click the "Reset" button at the bottom.

Set tones and save or reset

Remove Tonal Scale Settings

If you want to delete the feature, click the clip first to return to the property panel. Then, you can click the Return icon beside the corresponding feature to remove the specific adjustment. Or, you can click the return button in the Color section if you want to reset them all.

Apply the Keyframes on Tone

In many cases, you only need to modify the color of the video at some specific points. You can apply the keyframe to do so. Drag the process bar to wherever you need to edit, change the settings of the color, then click the keyframe button beside the feature. Filmora will automatically analyze the setting at different keyframes and connect the changes of color smoothly and naturally.