Sepia, Blur Fill, Ken Burns, Cinematic Bars and VHS Tape

Applies to 0.11Updated 6 Nov 20262 min read

Five more VLFilm looks for one clip: Sepia, Blur Fill for vertical video, Ken Burns / Punch-In, Cinematic Bars and VHS Tape. A Pro feature.

Drop one of these on a clip and set it in Effect Controls. They are in the Effects panel under Video Effects › VLFilm. Searching "VLFilm" finds every one.

Sepia

Effects › Video Effects › VLFilm › Film & Texture › Sepia

• Amount: how much of the original colour gives way.
• Warmth: from a neutral brown to a warm golden one.
• Film Fade: an old print's lifted blacks and softened whites.

Blur Fill (Shorts)

Effects › Video Effects › VLFilm › Blur & Focus › Blur Fill (Shorts)

A wide clip in a 9:16 or 1:1 sequence fits the frame, with a blurred, zoomed copy of itself behind it instead of black bars. Controls: Background Blur, Background Darken, Background Zoom and Background Saturation. It does nothing when the clip already has the frame's shape.

Ken Burns / Punch-In

Effects › Video Effects › VLFilm › Camera & Motion › Ken Burns / Punch-In

A zoom and pan with no keyframes. Style is "Ken Burns (over the whole clip)" or "Punch-In (at a moment)". Set Start Zoom and End Zoom, the start and end focus (X and Y) and Easing. For a punch-in, also Punch-In At and Punch-In Duration. The framing never leaves the picture, so no edge shows.

Cinematic Bars

Effects › Video Effects › VLFilm › Frame › Cinematic Bars

Bars for 2.39:1, 2.35:1, 2:1, 1.85:1, 4:3 or 1:1, measured against the frame. Set Bar Color, Edge Softness, Slide In, Slide Out and Opacity.

VHS Tape

Effects › Video Effects › VLFilm › Film & Texture › VHS Tape

Colour bleed, scanlines, tape noise, tracking noise and wobble. Show PLAY and Counter adds a PLAY ▶ counter that runs from the clip's time.

The other VLFilm effects are in VLFilm clip effects.

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