Want a super quick and easy tutorial on how to add effects to video for free?
Video effects can instantly change the way your video looks and feels. With VEED’s video effects, you can instantly change your video’s aesthetics to fit the vibe that you are gunning for.
Whether for Instagram, YouTube or even LinkedIn, adding a video effect to your content can make it visually stunning and look more engaging.
At VEED, we love to see content creators creatively using effects to their videos, so we’ll teach you how to add video effects in a super quick and easy way.
You’ll learn:
- How to add effects to video for free (super easy)
- Different video effects that you can add, including the VHS look, the aesthetics of black-and-white films, the psychedelic RGB split, and more
This is going to be fun. Let’s go!
How To Add Effects to Video For Free (Super easy)
1. Go to VEED and upload the video you want to add video effects to
Note: If you want to save your project and start new ones, you can sign up for free.
You can upload with these following options:
- Your local files
- YouTube (just enter the link)
- Your webcam
- Dropbox
2. In the left toolbar, scroll down and click on Filters
3. Go to the Effects tab
4. Hit Export and you’re done!
Different video effects and how to use them
You've just learned how to use VEED's free video effects editor. Video effects add a bit of visual fun and character to your videos. You can also add them to mask the low resolution of your videos. Here are some of the effects in this video effects editor.
#VHS
What is it? VEED’s VHS video effect mimics the quality of an old analog video recording.
If you were a kid in the 90s or 80s, your family probably had a VHS player, and you would all gather around in the living room during late Friday evenings to watch The Parent Trap starring Lindsay Lohan as twins (ie two different people), or Titanic, or some other family-friendly film that you still have fond memories of.
Or maybe you were one of those videographers in the 1980s, who would carry a camcorder everywhere to record the grit and the rawness of your city and commemorate unforgettable moments through film.
This video effect carries the nostalgic feel of these moments, without the hassle of having to rewind the tape to watch the same film!
When to use this video effect?
The VHS video effect is perfect to bring that old vintage (yes, vintage) feel of the 1980s and 90s, which you might want to replicate as a video project. This video effect has returned in popularity for social media video content with a hint of nostalgia and creativity.
#GLITCH and #RGB SPLIT
What are they
The Glitch and RGB split video effects borrow from display errors that used to be so prevalent in video games, computers and old television sets.
Remember back in the days when your TV needed an antenna to watch your favorite shows. Sometimes, during the windy season when it was hard to catch a good signal, your TV screen would have all its colors muddled up, glitch a bit, then just show a static screen?
To have a glitchy screen used to be such a horrifying experience back then that it sprawled its very own horror genre.
The RGB split creates a visual psychedelic effect of multiple colors clashing at the same time. Through this, it feels like the whole video is vibrating.
When to use these video effects?
Use these to emulate the feel of sci-fi and dystopian films and distort your video in a creative way.
Content creators love to use Glitch as an opening or closing sequence as a type of quasi-serious foreboding on something about to happen.The RGB split is used in many films to represent altered and psychedelic mental states.
#OLD
What is it?
The Old video effect captures the aesthetics of black-and-white films.
This is VEED’s take to the black-and-white video effect that is quite popular with some video content creators that use this monochromatic effect to create a strong statement about the world and its current situation.
When to use this video effect?
Today, the black-and-white video effect is still being used for videos to convey a sense of drama or symbolize that the content has an important political slant to it.
Video content creators use the monotone nature of this video effect to represent an otherwise very chaotic reality that isn’t always captured on film.
Think of the creative use of this video effect in films like American History X, The Wizard of Oz, and even the 1960 horror film Hitchcock classic, Psycho.
#FILMIC and #DUSTY
What are they?
The Filmic and Dusty video effects add a lo-fi or grainy look to your video. They also make the black pop out in stark contrast from the rest of the colors. Lana Del Rey is a huge fan of this aesthetic that renders your content look like a vignette.
Dusty gives a slightly blurrier and, ahem, dustier aspect to your video aesthetic (much like when you develop a really old film that you’ve found in your parent’s attic and you can see some dust specs in the clip itself).
When to use these video effects?
This adds a somewhat moody and nostalgic feel to your video, much like the VHS video effect. Many video content creators like to use these effects to create video montages that give a sneak peek of the everyday lives of not-so-ordinary people.
#SNOWY
What is it?
As the name suggests, this creates the effect of snow falling in your video.
When to use this video effect?
This is a great video effect for winter holiday-themed content. For example, you might want to add this to a video related to celebrating Christmas.
VEED Is So Much More Than A Free Video Effects Editor
In this quick tutorial, you’ve learned how to add video effects for free in a super quick and easy way.
But VEED is so much more than for adding video effects. With its simple, yet powerful, video editor can add filters, auto-generate subtitles, add soundtracks, sound effects and more.
Whether you’re editing your awesome video montage, or creating your amazing smokey eye tutorial to post to YouTube, VEED is a simple, yet powerful, video editor for all your needs.
