Effects & filters

Look changes happen at two levels: Filters apply one color preset to the whole scene, while Effects attach blur or stylization to a single layer. Preview and export share the same drawing code, so what you see is what gets rendered.

What it does

• Filter preset library: the Filters panel groups presets into cinematic, portrait, landscape, food, retro and stylized categories. Clicking a card creates a filter layer for the current scene.
• One layer per scene: choosing another preset only replaces the preset instead of stacking a second layer; hovering a card shows a larger preview.
• Current filter row: with no filter it is a grey No filter line; with a filter it becomes the red Remove current filter button, which deletes the whole layer in one click.
• Filter layer settings: with the filter layer selected, Basic in the dock lets you change the preset, strength and fade in/out, and decide whether shot overlays and subtitles are tinted too; Keyframes keys the strength per frame.
• Per-layer effects: blur, color and stylized effects belong to a specific layer, so different elements in one frame can be treated differently.
• Works with keyframes: filters and effects do not change a layer's time window or keyframes; they are image processing, not timing.

How to use

1. Open Filters in the left rail and pick a preset. The current scene immediately gets a filter layer with that preset.
2. Select the filter layer and switch the dock to Basic to tune strength and fades.
3. To change strength at a given frame, use Keyframes to key it at the playhead, or turn on Auto-key and edit the value.
4. To remove the filter, click the red Remove current filter at the bottom of the panel, or select the filter row on the timeline and press Delete.
5. To treat one element only, select that layer, click a card under Effects, and tune the parameters in the dock's Effects tab.

::: note Filters versus effects A filter belongs to the scene: one scene has a single filter layer for overall grading. Effects belong to layers: each layer stacks its own. The filter row lives in the scene group on the timeline; effects have no track. :::

Boundaries

• Each layer has a limit on how many effects it can carry. Remove an older one before adding more.
• Effects are pixel operations. When combined with rotation or scaling, edge behavior at the frame border follows the exported result.
• A filter only applies to its own scene; pick a preset again in other scenes, or adjust them scene by scene after duplicating the project.

Next: Text & subtitles.