2: Colour Tint: Blueįor this particular CCTV effect we are going to add a slight blueish tint to the image using the Colour Tint effect. Your selected clip should now be displayed in black and white. button in the bottom right hand corner of the timeline to bring up the Add Effects panel.įrom the upper right hand corner of the Add Effects panel click on the small arrow to drop-down a list of effect categories and select the Video, Colour category.įrom the list of colour effects, select the Greyscale effect. With your video clip selected in the editing timeline, click on the Effects. For this reason we will make the footage black and white to enhance the CCTV feel of the final result. While modern CCTV footage is probably more likely to be colour these days, here we are trying to produce the “ effect” or “ illusion” of CCTV footage. To achieve the result we are after we need to combine the following 8 effects together: Lightworks can be a bit daunting at first, but is worth persevering with as it is an amazingly powerful and flexible video editor. If you are not familiar with Lightworks then I would highly recommend following the excellent tutorials on their website before attempting to go any further. Getting Startedįirst things first, you will need to either create a new project or open an existing project in Lightworks to edit your raw footage. The overall result is achieved by layering simple individual effects together, and as such should be readily achievable in many common video editing systems. The aim of this tutorial is to create the look of a typical CCTV camera system from regular video footage to produce something like:
While this tutorial uses Lightworks as the video editor of choice, the basic principles should be equally applicable to other video editors such as Final Cut Pro, Adobe After Effects and Sony’s Vegas Pro. The techniques described in this article show how to manipulate footage from a standard video camera to create the look and feel of footage caught on a CCTV camera security system by layering together multiple effects. The final result mimics footage captured on a typical analogue surveillance camera system. This tutorial demonstrates how to create a CCTV type effect from regular video footage using the Lightworks video editor.
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