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EnhanceMovie :: Tutorials :: Purple Video


Purple Video

This is a common problem that occurs when capturing video from old VHS tapes or if bad white balance has been set in a camcorder (manually or automatically). The image below is an actual picture grabbed from a video with bad white balance. You can see that most of the colors in the picture are shades of blue no matter what colors were there in reality. We'll have to correct colors or, speaking more confusing language, chroma.



To fix this video, we are going to use the Auto White Balance filter. This filter will "warm up" the video pretty well and emphasize the colors.

1. Open your file with EnhanceMovie by clicking

2. Drag and drop the Auto White Balance filter to the Preview area:



That's it! To see the result, switch to the Split screen:



As you can see in the Filtered half, the palm leaves' color became more rich and green, the trunk became brown, sand gets white shade, while the face healthy pink color.

Compare the original and the enhanced pictures:



See also:
Tutorial: How to fix the blurred video
Tutorial: How to restore too dark video
Tutorial: How to filter the interlaced video
Filters: Temperature

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