Lightroom is widely used for cataloging and editing photos. But did you know that you can use it to quickly and easily edit video as well? Colin Smith of PhotoshopCafe offers five quick tips on color grading and editing videos in Lightroom.
Anyone who has imported videos into Lightroom has run across the following message: "Video is not supported in the Develop module." Smith walks through a quick way to get around that issue by capturing a still frame from your video, editing that image, and applying those settings to the video clip. Another option is creating a cinematic preset and applying that to your video clip. You can take this concept a step further by applying a preset to a video clip to get a good baseline, capturing and editing a still frame, and then syncing those settings back to the video file to refine your preset edit.
Other tips include trimming and editing video clips. Again, as this is not what Lightroom is designed for, you have to utilize workarounds which can be cumbersome. For any serious video editing work, Lightroom doesn't hold a candle to dedicated non-linear editing systems like Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro. However, for quick video grades and edits, using Smith's tips will enable you to use Lightroom as your one-stop shop for both photo and video.
Does anyone use Lightroom for video editing? I'd love to hear your thoughts.