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Filters

Filters in Filmora let you quickly change a video's look and mood without adjusting every color setting by hand. You can apply a filter, fine-tune its settings, save useful filters to Favorites, and remove any filter that no longer fits your edit.

This guide covers the full process, from adding and customizing filters to saving your favorites and removing them when needed.

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Add Filters

Step 1. Choose and Download the Filter

Open your project and import your video clip into the timeline. Select the Filters tab located in the top navigation panel and choose from themed categories like Cinematic, Mono, or Vintage. Select the Download icon if it is your first time using it.

Select the Download icon

Step 2. 2 Methods to Add the Sticker

Apply the filter using one of these methods:

  • Click the plus icon + that appears when you hover over the filter to add it to the timeline.
  • Drag and drop the filter directly onto your video clip or onto a new video layer right above your footage.
Add the filter to the project
Note:
If you are editing a portrait (9:16) clip in a 16:9 video, you can add background blur filters to replace the black bars.

Customize Filters

Wondershare Filmora enables you to change the duration or opacity of filters.

To Change the Duration

The default length is 5 seconds, but you can drag the edge of the effect in your timeline to change its duration.

Expand the filter effect

To Change the Strength and Other Settings

Select the filter on the timeline to open its Video settings on the right. Under Basic, adjust Strength to make the filter lighter or stronger. Use any other available controls, such as Enhance, to fine-tune the result. You can also open the Mask tab if you want the filter to affect only part of the frame.

Select the filter settings

Favorite Filters

Step 1. Choose a Filter and Add a Tag

Go to the Filters tab and find the filter you want to save. Hover over its thumbnail and click the Star icon to add it to Favorites. Open the filter's options and choose Add tag. Select an existing tag such as Recently Used or Commonly Used, or click the + button to create your own tag.

Add a tag for the filter

Step 2. Find It Later

Open Mine and Favorites to quickly access the saved filter. You can also use your custom tag to keep similar filters grouped together.

Add filters to Favorites

Remove Filters

There are 3 ways to remove filters from your project:

  • Method 1. Select the filter in the timeline and hit Delete on the toolbox.
Click the Delete icon on the timeline
  • Method 2. Right-click on the filter in the timeline and select Delete from the menu.
Select the Delete option
  • Method 3. You can also press the Delete (Del) key on your keyboard to remove it quickly.