How to make a video in Photoshop?

This article is intended specifically for those whodoes not think of its computer life without Adobe Photoshop For those who want, in addition to processing graphics, do in the program almost everything that it is capable of. The program "Adobe Photoshop", which we will call Photoshop for simplicity and brevity, is a powerful tool for working and creating a wide variety of graphics. Often on the Internet you can meet users eager to learn how to make a video in Photoshop. Strictly speaking, the program is not intended for this purpose, but, nevertheless, the functions of the program are so wide that with a certain skill, with its help you can very effectively process some video files, and, of course, animation files. Here's how to make a video in Photoshop, or rather - how to process an existing video file, and we'll tell you in our lesson.

Open and configure video

First, we will choose the basis - that is,video file that we will process. I recommend that you start by opening a small video file for editing, and then, as experience accumulates, move on to longer records. Otherwise, you can get lost in the mass of staff. To open a video in the program, select the "File" menu first and then click "Open", then select the desired file from any folder on the computer. Photoshop will open this video file in its window and stop at the very beginning. You will see such video parameters as the exact size, codec type, frame rate and some others. Note that the video file is presented in the program window as a layer, so with the layers of video in the program it will be possible to work with both usual layers. Now display the "Animation" palette. This is done so that you can see all the frames of the video, not just the first one. Here you will see a slider that allows you to go to any part of the video, as well as the tracks in order to conveniently add various effects to.

Processing video

Well, here we are and are ready to proceeddirectly to the processing. Processing video in Photoshop can be as a whole, or on individual frames. In the latter case, the processing process will not be different from the usual work with images, to which, as I assume, you are already accustomed. If you are having difficulty working with static pictures, it is advisable to refer to the lessons on working with images in Photoshop. Choose simple lessons on image processing on the site - everything is written simply and clearly, as befits professional authors. We will add only that such processing with separate frames is useful, first of all, for those who want to apply some effect or filter to individual frames. We are more interested in the whole video processing. To do this, select the item "Convert to Smart Filters". The first thing you need to do to improve the quality of the video is to remove or, as they say, suppress unnecessary "noises" on it. And for this, the program has an excellent automatic function: click "Filter" - "Noise" - "Reduce Noise" in order to suppress noise. The next useful function is color correction. To perform color correction, we need to add a correction layer by activating "Levels 1", and then perform correction of each channel, holding "Alt".

Final moments of video processing

Do not forget to move the slider on the palette"Animation", in order to make sure that you apply processing to all frames of the video file. Well, now we have to save the result. To do this, click on "File" - "Export" - "Render Video" and save the file. Here, by the way, there are probably two options for saving: as a video file or sequence of frames. Depending on the purpose. Frame sequencing is a sequence of video frames, saved as pictures. It is convenient when you plan to use some images from the video in the future. Well, now you know how to make a video in Photoshop as it should be.