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Expand Up @@ -26,14 +26,53 @@ Effects are used in OpenShot to enhance or modify the audio or video of a clip.
and can generally enhance your video projects. Each effect has its own set of properties, most which can be animated
over time.

Effects can be added to any clip by dragging and dropping them. Each effect is represented by a small colored
icon and the first letter of the effect name. To view an effect's properties, click on the effect icon.
The property editor will appear, where you can edit these properties. Note: Pay close attention to where
the play-head (i.e. red playback line) is. Key frames are automatically created at the current playback
position, to help create animations.
Effects can be added to any clip by dragging and dropping them from the Effects dock to a clip. Each effect is
represented by a small colored icon and the first letter of the effect name. To view an effect's properties,
click on the effect icon. The property editor will appear, where you can edit these properties. Note: Pay
close attention to where the play-head (i.e. red playback line) is. Key frames are automatically created at
the current playback position, to help create animations quickly.

.. image:: images/clip-effects.jpg

List of Effects
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OpenShot Video Editor has a total of 27 built-in video and audio effects.

.. table::
:widths: 30 10 80

============================= ============ ===============
Name Type Description
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Alpha Mask / Wipe Transition Video Uses a grayscale mask image to gradually wipe / transition between 2 images.
Bars video Add colored bars around your video.
Blur video Adjust the blur of the image.
Brightness & Contrast video Adjust the brightness and contrast of the frame's image.
Caption video Add text captions on top of your video.
Chroma Key (Greenscreen) video Replaces the color (or chroma) of the frame with transparency (i.e. keys out the color).
Color Saturation video Adjust the color saturation.
Color Shift video Shift the colors of an image up, down, left, and right (with infinite wrapping).
Crop video Crop out any part of your video.
Deinterlace video Remove interlacing from a video (i.e. even or odd horizontal lines)
Hue video Adjust the hue / color of the frame's image.
Negative video Negates the colors, producing a negative of the image.
Object Detector video Detect objects through the video.
Pixelate video Pixelate (increase or decrease) the number of visible pixels.
Shift video Shift the image up, down, left, and right (with infinite wrapping).
Stabilizer video Stabilize video clip to remove undesired shaking and jitter.
Tracker video Track the selected bounding box through the video.
Wave video Distort the frame's image into a wave pattern.
Compressor audio Reduce the volume of loud sounds or amplify quiet sounds.
Delay audio Adjust the synchronism between the audio and video track.
Distortion audio Alter the audio by clipping the signal.
Echo audio Reflection of sound with a delay after the direct sound.
Expander audio Louder parts of audio becomes relatively louder and quieter parts becomes quieter.
Noise audio Random signal having equal intensity at different frequencies.
Parametric EQ audio Filter that allows you to adjust the volume level of a frequency in the audio track.
Robotization audio Transform the voice present in an audio track into a robotic voice effect.
Whisperization audio Transform the voice present in an audio track into a whispering voice effect.
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