Video uniquification settings reference, A to Z
This page answers one question. You see a label in the project window and want to understand what it is. Find the label in the table below, it is sorted alphabetically. The row gives the units, the slider limits, the value in a new project and a link to a detailed breakdown.
A setting has two handles, not one. They set not a value but the allowed spread. For each created copy the value is picked anew. This mechanism is covered in how uniquification works.
There are 77 uniquification settings in total. In a new project eight of them are on:
- "Change brightness";
- "Change contrast";
- "Change sharpness";
- "Scale video";
- "Change video duration";
- "Change volume" on the "Video sound" page;
- "Change color saturation";
- "Change color balance of midtones".
The other 69 are off. The last two settings of the list change nothing while the "Use color correction" switch is off. In a new project it is off too.
All settings A to Z
| Setting | What it does | Limits | Default | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Adaptive sharpness" | Raises sharpness only where there is detail. Flat areas do not change | percent, from 1% to 100% | off, from 10 to 40 | Texture and detail |
| "Add additional audio" | No slider. Mixes your own track from the list of chosen files into the video | - | off, the file list is empty | Audio and equalizer |
| "Add audio from the additional video" | Connects the sound of the template's additional video. The slider sets the volume of this track | percent, from -100% to +100% | off, from 0 to 0 | Resolutions, audio, check |
| "Add fade in" | The picture fades in from black at the start of the video | seconds, from 1 s to 30 s | off, from 1 to 3 | Duration and transitions |
| "Add fade out" | The picture fades to black at the end of the video | seconds, from 1 s to 30 s | off, from 1 to 3 | Duration and transitions |
| "Add text" | No slider. The main switch of the "Text" page: opens the caption field and placement areas | - | off | Text on video |
| "Add text background" | No slider. A list of backdrop colors under the text, one random color is taken for each copy | - | off, the color list is empty | Text on video |
| "Add vignette" | Darkens the frame edges. The center of the picture stays the same | percent, from 1% to 50% | off, from 5 to 15 | Texture and detail |
| "Add watermark" | No slider. Puts your watermark file on the video, the placement is set separately | - | off | Watermark |
| "Additional video chroma key" | No slider. Cuts a one-color background out of the additional video layer, the same four fields | - | off | Deviations and chroma key |
| "Additional video size" | Size of the additional video layer in the template | percent, from -100% to +100% | off, from -10 to 10 | Deviations and chroma key |
| "Additional video visibility" | Opacity of the additional video layer in the template | percent, from 1% to 100% | off, from 15 to 35 | Deviations and chroma key |
| "Allow color changes" | Rotation of the color wheel. The limits are labeled in percent, but the value is counted in degrees | labeled as percent, from -180 to 180 | off, from -20 to 20 | Light, tone and color |
| "Audio equalizer" | No slider. The switch of the card with five bands. It is on the "Video sound" page and on the "Additional audio" page | - | off | Audio and equalizer |
| "Blur" | Blurs the whole frame evenly, edges included | percent, from 1% to 50% | off, from 1 to 5 | Texture and detail |
| "Camera zoom" | A slow zoom over the whole video. The frame center stays still | percent, from 1% to 50% | off, from 5 to 15 | Frame geometry |
| "Change audio pitch" | Pitch of the original video sound. The tempo does not change | percent, from -50% to +50% | off, from -5 to 5 | Audio and equalizer |
| "Change brightness" | Lightens or darkens the whole frame | percent, from -50% to +50% | on, from -10 to 10 | Light, tone and color |
| "Change color balance of highlights" | No slider of its own, inside are three channel sliders from -100% to +100%. The share of red, green and blue in the highlights | - | off, each channel from -20 to 20 | Light, tone and color |
| "Change color balance of midtones" | No slider of its own, inside are three channel sliders from -100% to +100%. The same for the midtones | - | on, each channel from -20 to 20 | Light, tone and color |
| "Change color balance of shadows" | No slider of its own, inside are three channel sliders from -100% to +100%. The same for the shadows | - | off, each channel from -20 to 20 | Light, tone and color |
| "Change color component contrast" | Pushes color pairs apart: red and cyan, green and magenta, blue and yellow | percent, from -50% to +50% | off, from -15 to 15 | Light, tone and color |
| "Change color saturation" | Regular saturation. Minus gives faded colors, plus gives bright ones | percent, from -100% to +100% | on, from -20 to 20 | Light, tone and color |
| "Change color temperature" | White balance. Minus makes the picture warmer, plus makes it cooler | percent, from -50% to +50% | off, from -20 to 20 | Light, tone and color |
| "Change color vibrance" | Boosts only faded colors. Saturated colors and skin tones do not change | percent, from -50% to +50% | off, from -20 to 20 | Light, tone and color |
| "Change contrast" | Stretches or compresses the difference between light and dark | percent, from -50% to +50% | on, from -10 to 10 | Light, tone and color |
| "Change exposure" | Overall exposure correction, like an adjustment on a camera | percent, from -50% to +50% | off, from -10 to 10 | Light, tone and color |
| "Change gamma" | Shifts the brightness of the midtones. Black and white stay in place | percent, from -50% to +50% | off, from -10 to 10 | Light, tone and color |
| "Change grid color" | No slider. A list of grid line colors, one random color is taken for each copy | - | off, the color list is empty | Texture and detail |
| "Change grid size horizontally" | Distance between the vertical grid lines | pixels, from 1px to 500px | off, from 1 to 200 | Texture and detail |
| "Change grid size vertically" | Distance between the horizontal grid lines | pixels, from 1px to 500px | off, from 1 to 200 | Texture and detail |
| "Change high frequencies" | Boosts or cuts the top. The band is in both equalizers | decibels, from -20 dB to 20 dB | off, from -3 to 3 | Audio and equalizer |
| "Change levels" | Shifts the black point and the whole tonal range with it | percent, from -50% to +50% | off, from -15 to 15 | Light, tone and color |
| "Change low frequencies" | Boosts or cuts the bass. The band is in both equalizers | decibels, from -20 dB to 20 dB | off, from -3 to 3 | Audio and equalizer |
| "Change mid frequencies" | Boosts or cuts the middle. The app picks the center frequency itself | decibels, from -20 dB to 20 dB | off, from -4 to 4 | Audio and equalizer |
| "Change motion speed" | Speeds up or slows down the movement between template checkpoints | percent, from -50% to +50% | off, from 0 to 0 | Duration and transitions |
| "Change sharpness" | Strengthens edges. Negative values give blur | percent, from -50% to +50% | on, from -10 to 10 | Texture and detail |
| "Change size" | Watermark size | percent, from -100% to +100% | off, from -10 to 10 | Watermark |
| "Change text color" | No slider. A list of caption colors, one random color is taken for each copy | - | off, the color list is empty | Text on video |
| "Change text font" | No slider. A list of fonts installed in Windows. One random font is taken for each copy | - | off, the font list is empty | Text on video |
| "Change text size" | Size of the caption characters on the video | pixels, from 1px to 100px | off, from 15 to 35 | Text on video |
| "Change tone" | Pitch of the added music. The tempo does not change | percent, from -50% to 50% | off, from -10 to 10 | Audio and equalizer |
| "Change tone curve" | Makes the halftones lighter or darker. Black and white do not change | percent, from -50% to +50% | off, from -15 to 15 | Light, tone and color |
| "Change video duration" | Stretches or compresses the whole video. The sound stretches with the picture | percent, from -50% to +50% | on, from -10 to 10 | Duration and transitions |
| "Change visibility" | Watermark opacity | percent, from 1% to 100% | off, from 15 to 35 | Watermark |
| "Change volume" | Track volume. The setting is on both the "Video sound" page and the "Additional audio" page | percent, from -100% to +100% | video sound: on, from -10 to 10. Additional audio: off, from -15 to 15 | Audio and equalizer |
| "Choose codec and container" | No slider. The switch opens four lists: container, video codec, audio codec and audio frequency | - | off | Quality and file size |
| "Chromatic aberration" | Shifts the red and blue channels apart horizontally | pixels, from -50 px to +50 px | off, from -2 to 2 | Texture and detail |
| "Corner rounding of the additional video" | Corner radius of the layer. The switch sits inside the visibility card of the same layer | percent, from 0% to 100% | off, from 10 to 30 | Deviations and chroma key |
| "Corner rounding of the main video" | Corner radius of the layer. The switch sits inside the visibility card of the same layer | percent, from 0% to 100% | off, from 10 to 30 | Deviations and chroma key |
| "Crop edges" | Cuts pixels off each of the four sides and stretches the frame back | pixels per side, from 1 px to 30 px | off, from 1 to 5 | Frame geometry |
| "Cut the highest frequencies" | Cuts the top end of the spectrum. The band is in both equalizers | hertz, from 2000 Hz to 20000 Hz | off, from 15000 to 19000 | Audio and equalizer |
| "Cut the lowest frequencies" | Cuts the bottom end of the spectrum. The band is in both equalizers | hertz, from 1 Hz to 500 Hz | off, from 20 to 80 | Audio and equalizer |
| "Debanding" | Removes steps in smooth gradients | percent, from 1% to 50% | off, from 5 to 20 | Texture and detail |
| "Desaturate video" | Mixes a black-and-white version of the frame into it | percent, from 1% to 50% | off, from 5 to 15 | Light, tone and color |
| "Frame blending" | Averages several neighboring frames, motion gets a slight smear | frames, from 2 frames to 30 frames | off, from 2 to 3 | Texture and detail |
| "Frame border" | Draws a black border around the perimeter over the picture | pixels, from 1 px to 50 px | off, from 1 to 5 | Texture and detail |
| "Keyframe interval" | Rebuilds the structure of keyframes inside the file. The picture does not change | frames, from 1 frame to 500 frames | off, from 30 to 250 | Duration and transitions |
| "Lens distortion" | Bends the frame outward or inward, like lens distortion | percent, from -50% to +50% | off, from -15 to 15 | Frame geometry |
| "Main video chroma key" | No slider. Cuts a one-color background out of the main video layer, the same four fields | - | off | Deviations and chroma key |
| "Main video size" | Size of the main video layer in the template | percent, from -100% to +100% | off, from -10 to 10 | Deviations and chroma key |
| "Main video visibility" | Opacity of the main video layer in the template | percent, from 1% to 100% | off, from 15 to 35 | Deviations and chroma key |
| "Noise reduction" | Removes grain by recalculating every pixel | percent, from 1% to 50% | off, from 5 to 20 | Texture and detail |
| "Overlay a grid on the video" | Draws a grid of 1-pixel lines over the frame. The slider sets the line visibility | percent of visibility, from 1% to 50% | off, from 1 to 5 | Texture and detail |
| "Overlay noise on the video" | Adds grain. The pattern is new on every frame of every copy | percent, from 1% to 50% | off, from 1 to 5 | Texture and detail |
| "Perspective" | Shifts the four corners of the frame and stretches the picture back into a rectangle | percent, from 1% to 50% | off, from 1 to 10 | Frame geometry |
| "Pixelation" | Builds the frame from squares of a set size | block pixels, from 2 px to 30 px | off, from 2 to 3 | Texture and detail |
| "Rotate the additional video" | Rotation angle of the additional video layer in the template | degrees, from -180° to +180° | off, from -15 to 15 | Deviations and chroma key |
| "Rotate the main video" | Rotation angle of the main video layer in the template | degrees, from -180° to +180° | off, from -15 to 15 | Deviations and chroma key |
| "Rotate the watermark" | Watermark rotation angle | degrees, from -180° to +180° | off, from -15 to 15 | Watermark |
| "Rotate video" | Rotates the frame by a random angle. No black corners are left after rotation | degrees, from -50° to +50° | off, from -2 to 2 | Frame geometry |
| "Scale video" | Changes the picture scale inside the frame. The file resolution stays the same | percent, from -100% to +100% | on, from -10 to 10 | Frame geometry |
| "Smart blur" | Blurs flat areas. Edges stay sharp | percent, from 1% to 50% | off, from 5 to 15 | Texture and detail |
| "Stabilization" | Compensates for camera shake by moving the picture frame by frame | percent, from 1% to 100% | off, from 25 to 75 | Frame geometry |
| "Use color correction" | No slider. The main switch of the "Color correction" page: while it is off, none of its settings apply | - | off | Light, tone and color |
| "Use template" | No slider. Builds the frame from two videos: the main and the additional one | - | off | What a template is |
| "Watermark chroma key" | No slider. Cuts a one-color background out of the watermark: mode, color, tolerance and edge feathering | - | off | Watermark |
Settings that noticeably slow down video creation
The list is based on timing a short vertical video with sound. The first setting is more expensive than all the others.
- "Stabilization". The most expensive uniquification setting. It adds more work than medium-level file compression.
- "Use color correction". The switch itself is expensive: it turns on two filters at once.
- "Rotate video". Before rotation the frame is enlarged, after rotation it is cropped.
- "Overlay a grid on the video" together with the grid color and sizes.
- "Adaptive sharpness".
- "Change color temperature".
- "Change sharpness".
- "Noise reduction".
- "Change color vibrance".
- "Add vignette" and "Debanding".
- "Frame border".
- "Main video visibility", "Additional video visibility" and both corner roundings. Each frame of the layer is redrawn anew.
- "Main video chroma key" and "Additional video chroma key". The color is compared pixel by pixel.
Two caveats to this list. "Overlay noise on the video" is computed quickly but makes the finished file noticeably heavier. "Keyframe interval" adds no work of its own at all.
Changing the frame rate costs more than any uniquification setting. It is on the "Performance" page: see the breakdown in quality and file size.
Frequently asked questions
Why did an enabled setting change nothing?
The value is picked from the spread between the handles. The default spread is symmetric, like from -10 to 10, and zero falls inside it. Some copies get a value close to zero. Please move the handles away from zero if you need a change on every copy.
Why is a setting missing from the project window?
Some settings are nested inside others, and a switch that is off collapses its whole card. An example: "Keyframe interval" is shown only when "Choose codec and container" is on. Corner rounding is shown inside the visibility card of the same layer.
Why do two settings have the same name?
The "Change volume" label is on two pages. "Audio equalizer" and its five bands work the same way. These are different settings for different tracks. One applies to the video sound, the other to the added music. Their values are drawn independently.
Where can I see which value a copy got?
In the project's results table: each setting has its own column there. The columns are covered in results table. There is one exception: the "Keyframe interval" setting has no column.