Post production
I will be showcasing my entire editing process here. Initially, I edited the music video using CapCut. After completing the edit, I was dissatisfied with the color grading, as it lacked a professional touch. As a result, I decided to refine the video in Adobe Premiere Pro. Additionally, I created a rough cut on my iPhone using CapCut to get a sense of how it would look.
Editing the music video:
How to import the clip, and basic tools.
over here you have to double tap on "add your media" in order to import the clip
After double tapping it will open up your files, select which video you want to import, after selecting your clip just press "open"
after importing your clip, drag the clip to the editing panel
after this i can start editing this clip or any other clip by importing.
the splitting tool helps to split the clips and the select tool helps to select the clips.
after splitting your clip, you can cut the other clip which you don't want. With the speed duration tool, you can change the speed of a clip, either make it go faster or make it go slower.
I can color grade the clip directly from this point, utilizing basic correction, creative adjustments, curves, and vignette effects. I did not use the color wheel, color match, or HSL secondary throughout the entire music video, so I chose not to include them in showing my editing procedure.
How to import the music audio.
This is how i added the audio to my music video, I began by searching my song for the music video, which is chasing cars by Snow Patrol, i screen recorded the lyrical music video from YouTube, then i imported it into Adobe Premiere Pro. Since the video was in MP4 format, I needed it to be in MP3 audio format. I found a tutorial on YouTube that showed how to convert an MP4 video to MP3 audio in Premiere Pro, the first step is to press "export" on the top.
after pressing export, go onto format and scroll in format until you see mp3, after choosing mp3, you can export the video clip and it will turn into an audio clip.
now the video has turned into audio and we can import it by pressing "open".
now i will show the editing of my music video
this is the first clip in my music video, the speed of the clip is 1.19x, on the other side we can see the basic correction. temperature is 13.4, Tint is -6.1, saturation is 101.2, exposure is 0.2, contrast is 2.4, highlight is -30.5, shadow is -9.6, whites is -15.9, blacks is 0.
after basic correction we have creative, intensity is 0, faded film is 0.0, sharpen is 0.0, vibrance is 1.2, saturation is 104.9, tint balance is 0.0.
this is curve, i edited it in a way where i wanted more contrast in the video and i wanted the dark colors in the music video to seem more darker.
i didn't use the color wheel match or Hsl secondary throughout the entire music video. so i didn't include it in this post. vignette, amount -0.6, midpoint 46.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0.
with color grading
without color grading
color grading of next shot, basic correction, temperature 0, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.3, contrast 20.5, highlights 5.1, shadow 5.1, white 2.6, blacks 0.0,
creative, intensity 0, faded film 0, sharpen 12.8, vibrance 0.0, saturation 112.8, tint balance 0.0.
Curve, i wanted the curve to look more yellow.
vignette, amount -0.6, midpoint 46.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0.
with color grading
without color grading
color grading of next shot, basic correction, temperature 26, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.5, contrast 7.7, highlights 23.1, shadows 20.5, white 0.0, blacks 2.6.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 12.8, vibrance 5.1, saturation 100.0, tint balance 0.0.
curve, i made the curve here so that the orange/yellow wall would look more prominent.
vignette, amount -0.8, midpoint 44.9, roundness -4.1, feather 50.
without color grading
color grading of next scene, basic correction, temperature 0.0, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.1, contrast 15.4, highlights 0.0, shadow 0.0, white 7.7, black 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 12.8, vibrance 5.1, saturation 100.0, tint balance 0.0
curve, the curve here helped me make the colors appear more dark.
vignette, amount -0.7, midpoint 46.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0.
with color grading
without color grading
color grading of next shot, basic correction, temperature, 10.3, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.1, contrast 5.1, highlights 0.0, shadows -2.6, whites 0.0, black 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 12.8, vibrance 2.6, saturation 100.0, tint balance 0.0.
curve, the background behind was a bit light, i wanted it to look a bit dark.
vignette, amount -0.6, midpoint 45.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0.
with color grading
without color grading
color grading of next shot, basic correction, temperature 7.7, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.1, contrast 10.3, highlights 0.0, shadows 0.0, whites 0.0, blacks 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 17.9, vibrance 0.0, saturation 100.0, tint balance.
curve, this curve helped dark down the skin tones and back ground.
with color grading
without color grading
color grading of next shot, basic correction, temperature 5.1, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.1, contrast 2.6, highlights -2.6, shadows 0.0, whites 0.0, blacks 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 10.3, vibrance 17.9, saturation 100.0, tint balance 0.0.
curve, this helped make the orange color behind more prominent.
vignette, amount -0.7, midpoint 44.9, roundness, feather 50.0.
with color grading
without color grading
color grading of next shot, basic correction, temperture 0.0, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.3, contrast 20.5, highlights 12.8, shadows 0.0, white 0.0, black 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 51.3, vibrance 0.0, saturation 100.0, tint balance.
curve, this curve helped me put more focus the paper
vignette, amount -0.4, midpoint 50.0, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0.
with color grading
without color grading
color grading of next shot, basic correction, temperature 2.6, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure 0.0, contrast 5.1, highlights 35.9, shadows 0.0, white 0.0, blacks 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 12.8, vibrance 0.0, saturation 100.0, tint balance 0.0.
curve, i made this curve to give light on the protagonist's face in the video.
vignette, amount -0.6, midpoint 45.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0.
with color grading
without color grading
color grading of next shot, basic correction, temperature 0.0, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.4, contrast 5.1, highlights -28.2, shadows -2.6, white 0.0, black 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 10.3, vibrance 0.0, saturation 100.0, tint balance 0.0.
curve, by this curve i darked the background and i put more focus on the paper.
vignette, amount -0.4, midpoint 45.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0.
with color grading
without color grading
color grading of next shot, basic correction, temperature 5.1, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure 0.6, contrast 38.5, highlights 7.7, shadow 0.0, white 0.0, black 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 15.4, vibrance 0.0, saturation 100.0, tint balance 0.0.
curve, this helped me put color on the protagonist's face and in the background.
vignette, amount -0.4, midpoint 45.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0
with color grading
without color grading
the speed in this clip is 1.35x as i felt the video was very long so i speeded it up , basic correction, temperature 15.4, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.1, contrast 5.1, highlights 0.0, shadow 2.6, white 0.0, blacks 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 12.8, vibrance 0.0, saturation 100.0, tint balance 0.0.
curve, i wanted the background to appear darker.
vignette, amount -0.5, midpoint 45.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0.
with color grading.
without color grading
color grading of next shot. the speed in this clip is 1.39x, basic correction, temperature 15.4, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure 0.0, contrast 7.7, highlight 0.0, shadows 5.1, white 0.0, black 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 20.5, vibrance 0.0, saturation 100.0, tint balance 0.0.
curve, the curve helped to darker the entire shot.
vignette, amount -0.5, midpoint 44.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0.
with color grading.
without color grading.
color grading of next shot, the speed in this clip is 1.39x. basic correction, temperature 15.4, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure 0.0, contrast 7.7, highlights 0.0, shadows 5.1, white 0.0, blacks 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 20.5, vibrance 0.0, saturation 100.0, tint balance 0.0.
curve, this curve helped me to put more focus on the protagonist while she walks in the clip.
vignette, amount -0.5, midpoint 44.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0
with color grading
without color grading
color grading of next shot, basic correction, temperature 5.1, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.5, contrast 7.7, highlights 0.0, shadow 0.0, white 0.0, black 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 12.8, vibrance 0.0, saturation 100.0, tint balance 0.0.
curve, the curve in this clip, added a lot of color.
vignette, amount -0.5, midpoint 44.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0.
with color grading.
color grading of next shot, basic correction, temperature 10.3, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.1, contrast 20.5, highlight 0.0, shadow -7.7, white 0.0, black 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 2.6, vibrance 0.0, saturation 100.0, tint balance 0.0.
curve, this curve added contrast to the clip.
vignette, amount -0.4, midpoint 44.9, roundness, feather 50.0
with color grading
color grading of next shot, basic correction, temperature 17.9, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.4, contrast 53.8, highlights 7.7, shadow -10.3, white 0.0, black 0.0.
curve, this added a lot of color and contrast to the clip.
vignette, amount -0.6, midpoint 44.9, roundness 0.0, feather, 50.0.
without color grading
color grading of next shot, basic correction, temperature 5.1, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.3, contrast 12.8, highlights 0.0, shadow -30.8, white 0.0, black 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 28.2, vibrance 0.0, saturation 100.0, tint balance 0.0.
curve, this curve helped give a lot of saturation to the clip.
vignette, amount -0.6, midpoint 44.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0.
with color grading.
without color grading
color grading of next shot, basic correction, temperature 2.6, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.1, 12.8, highlights 15.4, shadow -12.8, white 0.0, blacks 0.0. By the end of this clip it has fade to black transition.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 25.6, vibrance 0.0, saturation, 100.0, tint balance 0.0.
i did not use the curve tool in this shot, as i thought the clip looked better without the curve so i turned it off.
vignette, amount -0.6, midpoint 44.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0.
with color grading
color grading
color grading of next shot, basic correction, temperature 2.6, tint 0.0, saturation, exposure -0.3, contrast 7.7, highlights 0.0, shadow 0.0, white 0.0, black 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 12.8, vibrance 0.0, saturation 100.0, tint balance.
i did not use the curve tool in this clip.
vignette, amount -1.1, midpoint 44.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0.
with color grading
without color grading
color grading of next shot, basic correction, temperature 2.6, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.3, contrast 7.7, highlights 0.0, shadow 0.0, white 0.0, black 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 12.8, vibrance 0.0, saturation 100.0, tint balance 0.0.
i did not use the curve tool for this clip.
vignette, amount -1.1, midpoint 44.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0.
curve, this curve added a bit of color to the clip.
vignette, amount -0.6, midpoint 46.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0.
with color grading
without color grading
color grading next shot, basic correction, temperature 0.0, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure 0.0, contrast 10.3, highlights 0.0, shadow 0.0, white 0.0, black 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 10.3, vibrance 0.0, saturation 100.0, tint balance 0.0.
i did not use the curve tool for this clip.
vignette, amount -0.6, midpoint 46.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0.
with color grading
without color grading
color grading of next shot, the speed in this clip is 0.95x, basic correction, temperature 0.0, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.3, contrast 5.1, highlights 0.0, shadow -2.6, white 0.0, black 0.0,
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 12.8, vibrance 0.0, saturation 100.0, tint balance 0.0.
i did not use the curve tool for this clip.
vignette, amount -0.4, midpoint 45.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0.
with color grading
color grading of next shot, basic correction, temperature 12.8, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.3, contrast 20.5, highlight 0.0, shadow -10.3, white 0.0, black 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 10.3, vibrance 0.0, saturation 100.0, tint balance 0.0.
curve, this curve added a lot of contrast to the clip.
vignette, amount -0.4, midpoint 44.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0.
with color grading
without color grading
color grading of next shot. basic correction, temperature 0.0, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.3 contrast 5.1, highlights 0.0, shadow -2.6, white 0.0, black 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 12.8, vibrance 0.0, saturation 100.0, tint balance 0.0.
curve, i did not use the curve tool for clip.
vignette, amount -0.4, midpoint 45.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0.
with color grading
without color grading
color grading of next shot, basic correction, temperature 5.1, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.1, contrast 7.7 highlights 0.0, shadow -17.9, white 0.0, black 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 12.8, vibrance 0.0, saturation 100.0, tint balance 0.0.
curve, this curve added a lot of contrast to the clip, especially to the background.
vignette, amount -0.4, midpoint 45.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0
with color grading
without color grading
color grading of next shot, the speed in this clip is 0.95x. basic correction, temperature -5.1, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.5, contrast 7.7, highlight 0.0, shadow -2.6, white 0.0, black 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 10.3, vibrance 0.0, saturation 100.0, tint balance 0.0.
curve, this curve darkened the bright sky.
vignette, amount -0.7, midpoint 46.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0
with color grading
without color grading
color grading of next shot, basic correction, temperature 5.1, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.3, contrast 10.3, highlights 0.0, shadow 2.6, white 0.0, black 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 10.3, vibrance 0.0, saturation 100.0, tint balance 0.0.
curve, this curve added contrast to the clip.
vignette, amount -0.4, midpoint 44.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0.
with color grading
without color grading
color grading of next shot, basic correction, temperature 10.3, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.1, contrast 33.3, highlights 0.0, shadow -10.3, white 0.0, black -2.6.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 10.3, vibrance 0.0, saturation 100.0, tint balance 0.0.
curve, this curve helped focus the paper by darkening the brightness on the page.
vignette, amount -0.3, midpoint 46.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0.
with color grading
without color grading
color grading of next shot, basic correction, temperature 0.0, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.5, contrast 7.7, highlights 0.0, shadow -7.7, white 0.0, black 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 12.8, vibrance 0.0, saturation 100.0, tint balance 0.0.
curve, this curve added contrast to the entire clip
vignette, amount -0.4, midpoint 46.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0.
with color grading
without color grading
color grading of next shot, basic correction, temperature 0.0, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.5, contrast 10.3, highlights 0.0, shadows 5.1, whites 0.0, black 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 12.8, vibrance, saturation 100.0, tint balance.
curve, this curve added saturation to the clip.
vignette, amount -0.7, midpoint 44.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0.
with color grading
without color grading
color grading of next shot, basic correction, temperature 0.0, tint 0., saturation 100.0, exposure -0.4, contrast 10.3, highlights 0.0, shadows -5.1, white 0.0, blacks 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 12.8, vibrance 0.0, saturation 100.0, tint balance.
curve, this curve added saturation to the clip.
vignette, amount -0.6, midpoint 45.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0.
with color grading
without color grading
color grading of next shot, basic correction, temperature 5.1, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.4, contrast 5.1, highlights 0.0, shadows 5.1, white 0.0, black 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 12.8, vibrance 0.0, saturation 100.0, tint balance.
curve, this curve helped darken the background especially the window, it was very bright before.
vignette, amount -0.5, midpoint 45.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0
with color grading
without color grading
color grading of next shot, speed of this clip is 0.90x. basic correction, temperature 0.0, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.4, contrast 10.3, highlights 0.0, shadow -5.1, white 0.0, black 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 15.4, vibrance 0.0, saturation 100.0, tint balance 0.0
curve, this curve helped darken the clip
vignette, amount -0.5, midpoint 48.0, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0.
with color grading
without color grading
color grading of next shot, basic correction, temperature 0.0, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.5, contrast 7.7, highlights 0.0, shadows -5.1, white 0.0, black 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 12.8, vibrance 0.0, saturation 100.0, tint balance 0.0.
curve, this curve help add contrast to the clip.
vignette, amount -0.5, midpoint 46.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0
with color grading
without color grading
color grading of next shot, basic correction, temperature 0.0, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.4, contrast 5.1, highlights 00.0, shadow -5.1, white 0.0, black 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 10.3, vibrance 0.0, saturation 100.0, tint balance 0.0.
curve, this curve added saturation to this clip.
vignette, amount -0.5, midpoint 45.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0
with color grading
without color grading
color grading of next shot. the speed of this clip is 0.90x. basic correction, temperature 0.0, tint 0.0, saturation 100.0, exposure -0.5, contrast 12.8, highlights 0.0, shadow -2.6, white 0.0, black 0.0.
creative, faded film 0.0, sharpen 10.3, vibrance 0.0, saturation 100.0, tint balance 0.0.
curve, this curve darkened the clip.
vignette, amount -0.6, midpoint 46.9, roundness 0.0, feather 50.0.
with color grading
without color grading.
my entire experience with editing was not easy, it took me time to earn. I thought i knew everything about editing but i had many failed attempts. I have edited many times on iphone, this was my first time editing on a laptop, i realised that editing on a laptop is far more complicated than a phone. Editing one single clip took me hours, only to see i barely made any improvement. it felt like i was in a constant loop, i would fix one mistake and another mistake would pop up. editing was overwhelming, there were many moments where i really doubted myself, especially while drawing the effects myself, i had many failed attempts while making the effects, i was convinced i could not do it. But i did not give up and found other solutions to my problems. i learned that editing takes patience, not all mistakes will get fixed at the same time. This entire experience made me realise that how much effort it takes just to correct one single shot. The process became a bit easier as I started trusting myself more and embraced the time consuming . Even though I was tired and i felt like I was running in circles sometimes, I learned to keep going, no matter how tiring it seemed. When I finally finished the project, the sense of accomplishment was worth all the struggle.
Adding animation effects on the edited music video:
After finishing editing the video, i had to draw doodles on my music video, i went on to adobe after effects, but after a lot of attempts it was very difficult to draw on after effects. I found an alternative solution. i decided to find doodles on youtube and overlay them on my music video.
i would start of by screen recording the overlay i found on youtube, then i would whatsapp it from my phone to my laptop, after saving the screen recording, i would import it. After importing the effect i placed it where i wanted. The keyframes helped me a lot while editing, the keyframes help me move the effect as my characters moves in the music video. So the keyframes help the effect move with my character.
after importing your overlay, if the overlay has green or blue background, you can use the ultra key and just tap on the color and the color of the background will disappear and only the animation will be left.
I wanted more exciting and happening animations for other characters, like stars, hearts etc. the keyframes helped move the animations with the camera.
This is the video, i got these doodle overlays from.
This is the video i got this overlay from.
These are the overlay i used in this clip, they key frames helped move the animations along with the paper.
These are they overlays i took from these videos.
i used these two effects, one i took from youtube and the other i drew myself. i did not use key frames for this one as the character was not moving much.
i drew these on ibis paint. i did many tries before selecting one
after many tries i decided to use this one
Then i used the capcut app to put the drawings together.
this is where i got the overlay from.
i did not use the keyframe on this effect as the character was not moving much.
i got this animation from this overlay
i used this animation three times. and i did not use the keyframe
i got this animation from this youtube video
i used keyframe to help move with effects with the characters.
i got these effects from this videos
i did not use keyframe in this clip.
i got these effects from these videos.
i used these effects and i decided to color grade them as the white animations don't go along with white background. and i did not use keyframe.
first i colored the question mark green by using tint
then i colored this animation by using tint.
this is where i got these animations from.
i used this animation twice and i did not use keyframe.
i used keyframe in this clip to help move the effect with my hand
i got this effect from this clip.
i did not use they keyframe in this clip.
this is where i got these effects from.
i got this butterfly overlay from this video.
i did not use keyframe for this clip.
i got this effect from this youtube video.
i used these three effects, and i did not use the key frame.
i got these effects from these videos.
i used this effect and i did not use keyframe for this clip.
i got this effect from this video.
i got this effect from this video.
i got this effect from this video.
i used color grading tint to make the text, pink.
i got this effect from this video.
i used color grading tint to make the text, pink.
i got this effect from this video.
This was my entire experience on editing on a laptop for the first time. The editing definitely took me way longer than i had ever expected. i made a lot of mistakes but i also did a lot of things right. I wanted to draw the overlays myself on after effects but after i tried it and it was not looking how i wanted it to look. But i was not going to give up on what i envisioned. I thought that i could use them from youtube.
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