Before converting your videos into some other format with the AVS Video Converter program you can also add different video effects to them to achieve your creative best. You can experiment with transformation and painting effects and patterns to turn your ideas into images that stand out. The detailed description of each effect can be found in the next sections.

To apply an effect you should proceed through the following easy steps:

1. Opening the Edit Input File(s) window

   After starting the AVS Video Converter program choose an input file by pressing the Browse... button. Then click the Edit... button at the Main Toolbar of the application to open the Edit Input File(s) window.

2. Selecting an effect to add

   The Video Effects tab of the Effects window will be displayed by default. If you are willing to apply an audio effect, press the Audio Effects tab. In the Categories dropdown list situated in the upper right corner you can select the effects groups that will be shown in the Effects window or the All Effects option. So you will easily find the necessary effect, if you know to what group it belongs.

3. Placing the chosen effect on a special line

   After you found the effect you want to apply, left-click it and drag from the Effects window to the Timeline and drop it in the line for audio or video effects depending on the effect you selected (see the figure below).

4. Setting the effect duration

   The effect is placed within the appropriate line and covers only a certain area of the video on the timeline by default. To set the effect position you want you should direct the mouse cursor to the effect situated on the timeline. The mouse cursor turns to a hand . By left-clicking the effect and moving the hand cursor to the left or to the right you can change the position of the applied effect.

   It's also possible to change its limits. To do that you should direct the mouse cursor to one of the yellow stripes that bound the effect. The mouse cursor turns to the double-sided arrow . Moving it to the left or to the right you can extend or narrow the effect limits. To find the exact scene where you want the effect to begin and end, use the Preview window situated on the right-hand side.

   You can also apply the effect to the whole video, if you move the double-sided arrow from the left effect edge all the way to the left and from the right effect edge all the way to the right. So the effect will cover the entire video on the timeline.

5. Changing the effect properties

   AVS Video Converter allows you also to change the effect properties. To do that, press the necessary effect in the timeline and hit the Properties... button under the effects window or right-click the effect and choose the Properties option. After that the Properties window will appear within the Edit Input File(s) window (see the figure below).

   In the Properties window select an effect applying area using the Mask dropdown list. The following options are available: none, rectangle, ellipse and polygon. If you select None, the effect will be applied to the entire picture area.

   Then set other effect properties. They vary from effect to effect. The detailed description of the effects properties can be found in the Adjust, Draw, Effect, Transform and Audio Effects chapters. After you set all the properties, hit the Done button to close the Properties window.

6. Setting the fade-in and fade-out areas

   Within the Edit Input File(s) window you can also set the Fade-in and Fade-out areas for the effect you applied to your video file using the slider under the preview area. Please bear in mind that the Properties button should be pressed before that. Fade-in is the area where the effect starts being reflected on your video. In the area of maximum representation the effect is applied to 100% capacity. In the Fade-out area the effect is being reduced until it completely disappears.

   You can set Fade-in and Fade-out boundaries by dragging the cursor of the slider area to the place where you want the Fade-in area to end and hit the button. The Fade-in area will be marked. Then drag the same cursor to the place on the slider area where you want the Fade-out area to begin and press the button. After that the Fade-out area will be marked. It's also possible to direct the mouse cursor at the edge of the slider area and drag the boundaries inwards or outwards. If you want to set the Fade-out effect, drag the left edge of the slider area to the right. To apply the Fade-in effect, drag the right edge of the slider area to the left (see the figure below).

   

7. Previewing the applied effect

   After adding an effect to the video file you can preview the applied effect using the playback controls situated under the slider area.

   If you want to delete the applied effect, you should select it and press the appropriate button in the Edit Input File(s) window or right-click the effect you want to delete and choose the Delete Object option.

Note: you can apply not one but several effects. If you want to disable a line with all the effects on it, click the respective icon. After that it turns to .