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From ChromaKey to Rack Focus, Letterbox to Picture-in-Picture, NewBlue Video Essentials II offers 10 indispensable video effects at a price that will astound you. Discover why Video Essentials II is pure video magic.

Video Essentials I
Video Essentials II

Chroma Key Chroma Key gives you a fast, powerful color keyer that is remarkably easy to use.

Color Swap Color Swap replaces a selected color range in the scene with a different color.

Lens Correction Lens Correction both corrects camera distortion to improve image quality and introduces distortion for an aesthetic effect.

Letterbox Letterbox translates film shot in a different aspect ratio by stretching the source material back to it original shape and filling in the borders appropriately.

Noise Reducer Noise Reducer removes noise in the image, particularly useful with old analog video or scenes shot in low light.

Picture-In-Picture Picture-In-Picture provides a very thorough picture in picture effect that includes full 3D geometry, border, shadow, and reflection features.

Shadows and Highlights Shadows and Highlights helps correct lighting problems, providing a software fill light for underexposed areas and a dampener for overexposed highlights.

Rack Focus Rack Focus creates an artificial focus blur that mimics camera depth of field.

Color EQ Color EQ adjusts the color characteristics of a selected color range in the scene.

Vignette Vignette provides a rich set of options for creating soft edged vignettes in many shapes and sizes.

Compatible Video Editing Host Platforms

Adobe After Effects 7.0 and higher (video effects only) for Windows and Intel Macs.

Adobe Premiere 7.0 or higher, Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0 or higher, Adobe Premiere Pro - all versions: Windows and Intel Macs.

Apple Mac OS X 10.4.10 (FCP 6 and FCE 4 need at least OS X 10.5) Final Cut Pro version 5.1.2 and higher Apple Final Cut Express version 4.0 and higher, and Apple Motion for Intel Macs. (Note: AudioFX are not compatible with Apple Final Cut products.)

Avid AVX 2.0 compatible NLEs for Windows, including: Avid Media Composer, Avid NewsCutter,

Avid Symphony and Avid Xpress for Windows and Intel Macs. (Note: AudioFX are not compatible with these Avid editing systems.)

Avid Liquid version 7.1 or higher

Corel (formerly Ulead) VideoStudio version 9 and higher. NOTE: ChromaKey and Picture-In-Picture are not available in Corel VideoStudio.

Pinnacle Studio versions 10, 11 or higher

Sony Vegas Pro and Sony Vegas Movie Studio versions 4 through 9

Sony Vegas Pro (64 bit) versions 8.1 and 9

Thomson Grass Valley (formerly Canopus) EDIUS version 4.6 or higher.

All Windows-based software listed above must work with Microsoft Windows XP or higher.
NOTE: Adobe After Effects and Apple Motion are not compatible with transition packages.