Frequently Asked Questions

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How to Adjust Video Saturation with Key Frames?

Saturation describes the intensity of colors in an image or video. Increasing your video from desaturated to brightly colorful will make the clip moment more present and noticeable.

Step 1: Open MovieMator Video Editor and load the video/audio/image files

Double-click the program icon to open MovieMator Video Editor.

If you haven’t installed the latest version of MovieMator, download the Windows demo from here; the Mac demo from here.

adjust video saturation

Then click “Open” at the top left corner and select the file(s). Press “Open” to load the files to MovieMator.

adjust video saturation

Step 2: Add the target files to the timeline

Select the target file and click “Insert” button, or drag & drop the target file from your local album to append it to the track on the timeline.

adjust video saturation

Step 3: Add the “Saturation” filter

Select the video and click “Add Filter” to add the “Saturation” Filter to the video.

adjust video saturation

adjust video saturation

Step 4: Enable changing saturation with key frames

Check “Enable Key Frames” if you want to add animated saturation effect. That is to change the video saturation from low to high, or from high to low.

Upon checking this option, red keyframe markers will appear at the beginning and the end of the clip.

Tips: Click “+” button to add key frame to the moment; click “-” button to remove the unwanted key frame; click to jump to the previous key frame; click to jump to the next key frame.

adjust video saturation

Slide to change the saturation at each key frame. Preview the video and you’ll see the saturation changes along with the time.

adjust video saturation

Please note that a key frame will be automatically added at the playhead when you adjust the saturation of this moment with the option “Auto Add Key Frames” checked.

adjust video saturation

Step 5: Export your video or save the project for further editing

You could directly export videos with any format for playing on any device. Or save the project and edit them again in your spare time if you have to break off the editing process.

Export Videos:

Click “Export Video” on the main interface, then choose your desired format and adjust output settings. When everything is OK, click “Export File” to name the file and choose the destination folder.

adjust video saturation

adjust video saturation

Save Project:

You have 2 ways to save project for further editing. One is to click “Save Project” on the main interface, the other is to click “File” menu, then click “Save” or “Save as” to name the file and choose the destination folder. By the way, if you are used to using keyboard shortcuts, you can also press “Command + S” to save the project.

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