list plugs

cf/x iMovie plug-ins: color effects

please choose the plug-in that interests you from the list below:

name

description

3d color rotate

literally billions of possible color effects. select fix color. rotate all other colors in the clip around this color. in three directions.

above threshold

sets all pixels above an r/g/b threshold to a certain color. you pick the color that pixels will be set to and adjust threshold.

b/w colorizer

converts a clip to monochrome - and you tell what color that monochrome is.

b/w gradual

fade colors from a clip. you define how much the colors should be faded (from none to full). when fully faded, the clip is grayscale, not dark.

b/w plus one

this plug converts a clip to grayscale - except for one color that you can choose that remains untouched.

channel control

control the amount of red, green, and blue directly.

cmy

color control in the cyan-magenta-yellow color space. directly increase cyan, magenta, and yellow components

color by picture

this small, elegant plug-in does something unexpected: it uses a clip for contrast, and a picture for color information. with it, you can super-impose a picture's color information on a clip, creating some stunning (if disorientating) effects.

color control

reduce or increment the amount of a color channel. set each channel separately (red, green, blue).

color storm

prepare to be blown away. color effects are back - with a vengeance! this radical color effect is different in almost every way. firstly, it sports over 2500 alien color effects that defy any description (other than, well, alien). it manages to make quicksiler / rainbow look positively pale in comparison. for it's effects it is based on more chaos then theroy, but that fact seemed to help. and finally, it works - but don't ask us how. explore 15 different 'storm fronts', and ride the turbolences until you have found your effect. definitely not for the faint at heart.

cycle color

exchange red, green, and blue channels (cyclic).

darken/brighten

make the picture darker/brighter. add relative values, or fixed absolute values -- in the same pass!

emboss (tinted)

embosses your clip, and lets you re-mix with original. added features include simultaneously adding a tint to the clip.

emphasis

emphasise strong colors. set color emphasis and sensitivity. set neutral value (note that there is a plug called 'emphasise color' that targens only one color).

flatten channel

selectively reduce each channel's color information (r/g/b) from 8 to 1 bits. each channel can be set to 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1 bits of depth.

flatten color

reduce color information from 8 to 1 bit (as flatten channel, except all channels use same bit depth). color can be set to 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1 bits of depth

formulagic

the plug that they said that couldn't exist. it can emulate almost any other color effects plug. here's what it does: you program a separate formula for each channel (red, green, blue, alpha). example: r=255*y/h, g = 255*(1-y/h), b=0, a=255*x/w. then you let it work.

hard contrast

simple premise, cool effect: every pixel becomes either "left" or "right" color. you set "left", "right" color and threshold. this plug makes great stylized effects!

hsl

color control in the hue-saturation-lightness color space. directly increase vividness of your color, or shift color hue

hsv

color control in the hue-saturation-value color space. directly increase vividness of your color, or shift color hue

lens filter

digitally emulate over a million different lens filters for your camera. and if that is not enough, create your own, and import them into this incredibly powerful plug-in.
use this plug-in to enhance almost any clip, create color themes, and touch up that scenic shot that was almost perfect!

lower cap

ensure minimum brightness of each color channel (red, green, blue).

mis-align rgb

simalte a TV with broken vertical / horizontal beam alignment to produce some cool image effects.

negate b/w

convert clip to black/white, then invert it, producing a negative -- all in one pass! select level of inversion - this means you can also use this plug to produce a b/w clip (this is no great deal - until you realise that the b/w plug that comes with iMovie does not permit area of effect...)

negate color

selectively negate one to all color channels. set level of inversion individually.

neutralize channel

reduce amount of color of one channel without making the picture darker -- "bleach out" color

photo paper

this plug-in simulates different kinds of black & white photo papers. you have control over the paper's sensitivity, enabling you to create some very nice 'film noire' and other artistic effects.

quicksilver / rainbow

quicksilver / rainbow is by far one of the most ambitioned, advanced, and versatile color effects plug-in you'll come across. convert your movie clip to quicksilver, give it psychadelic colors, make it a warm autumn afternoon, a cold surreal dream, or simply a b&w clip with varying photo paper sensitivity. the possibilities are endless, and, since the plug-in supports live preview, fun to explore.

rgb only one

evaluates each pixel and let's only the channel with the highest value pass: 'there can only be one!'. silly, but still an interesting effect.

shift / roll color

our take on a computer's strange color concept. this plug-in provides various incomprehensible methods to alter your clip's colors. if you like color storm or quicksilver/rainbow, you'll love this one.

twist color

turn the color of clip around the color circle. set twist degrees. this plug can also animate turning the color. if animated, you set not only the final twist degrees but the number of full revolutions through the color circle.

upper cap

limit the brightness of each color channel (red, green, blue).

under threshold

sets all pixels below an r/g/b threshold to a certain color. you pick the color that pixels will be set to and control threshold.

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all plugs by release

 

color effects

 

post processing / correction

 

matting / composing / pip

 

annotating

 

special effects

 

goofy / fun