NewBlue Video Essentials II

Video editing professionals recognize the role of plug-in packs in their work as the collections can help complete a project in a shorter amount of time without cutting on quality.

Video Essentials II from NewBlue offers a set of ten plug-ins for making various adjustments to the processed file without spending too much time on the job. To make things even easier, the developer delivers several presets for each of them.

The package can be integrated in one of the supported video editing suites but, for convenience, we picked Sony Vegas Pro for carrying out our testing.

The collection includes components that can help with removing solid colors and converting them to alphas and provides the necessary knobs for replacing the range of a selected color with a different one.

Another module refers to the picture-in-picture feature and permits customization of the thumb video by creating sophisticated 3D geometry or adding a reflection.

The noise reducing component is easy to adjust and it is suitable for analog video or for clips that have been recorded in low light conditions.

A cool miniature effect can be achieved through Rack Focus plug-in, which allows tinkering with the depth of field. As such, the result can be a more clear focus on a scene or making it look like a miniature.

The components included in the package make for nifty little helpers designed for specific purposes. Workig with each of them is easy and the built-in profiles can be expanded by creating your own tweaks and saving them locally for later use.