NewBlue Video Essentials VI

Video Essentials VI is a collection of plug-ins aimed at video editing professionals. It incorporates a set of ten components, each featuring a list of presets the user can expand by creating new settings profiles.

Simple, flexible installation routine

The collection includes modules for manipulating video in order to add improvements or to for customizing it with various effects.
Getting it on the system should not create any trouble since the procedure allows selecting the video editing software it should integrate into and detects the suites already available on the system.
Furthermore, users can opt to install only the modules they need instead of the entire package.

Functionality

The full collection of plug-ins contains components that permit adjusting the colors in order to achieve a professional look or to add various elements that can highlight particular regions.
A saturation equalizer offers the possibility to increase the saturation of a particular color based on the eight choices already available. Alternatively, a custom color can be selected and tinker with its saturation level.
A plug-in for green/blue screen footage is Chroma Key Pro, which includes far more than just the basic options; it features knobs for adjusting the sensitivity and range to properly keying the selected color and making sure that there any spills are reduced to minimum.
Improving certain regions of the video so that less notable imperfections are eliminated can be easily done with the Selective Touch Up tool while highlighting an area by making it larger is achieved with Cut Away.

Conclusion

Video Essentials VI includes ten highly configurable plug-ins that can help with useful video editing operations. Although it is intended to professionals video editing aficionados should find working with it a very comfortable experience.
The full package contains the following plug-ins: Chroma Key Pro, Cut Away, Picture Grid, Saturation EQ, Color Replace, Garbage Matte, Picture-in-Shape, Saturation Modifier, Tile and Selective Touch Up.