Editing A Sepia Effect Onto A Video Clip

Firstly, I searched 'RGB' in the effects search box and dragged and drop 'RGB Colour Corrector onto the video clip, on the timeline, of the first shot of the video. I then change the Gamma to 1.6, Pedestal to 0.2 and Gain to 0.8. This changed the overall brightness and levels of darkness of the image.

Gamma: Affects the slope in the colour curve to lighten or darken the image overall, with minimal effect on the bright and dark areas already present in the image.

Pedestal: Affects the low-end cut off value of the curve. Increasing the Pedestal value pushes pixels towards the lighter end of the curve. The Pedestal value is added to the colour value of each pixel.

Gain: Affects the high-end cut off value of the curve. Increasing the Gain value lightens the image uniformly.

Next, I searched 'Tint' and dragged and drop this onto the video clip. I selected the colour picker box next to 'Map Black To' and chose a muddy brown colour (as told and shown in the tutorial). I did the same with 'Map White To' but chose a brighter colour. With the HTML code of each colour, I can copy and paste it when adding the effect to other clips instead of trying to match the colour. I then made sure to change the Amount to Tint percentage so it didn't look like a block colour had just been put over the video. I changed this to 40%- also suggested by the tutorial. Finally, I rendered the footage. by pressing enter, in order for the video to play smoothly.


This is the tutorial I used to help alter the colour of the video. While the colour of my video isn't the same as that in the video, I think it still effective.