Select Video and Click on the Develop Module. This is probably the point where most people assume video editing is a no-go in Lightroom and just give up. With your video selected, once you open the Develop module you’re greeted with this somewhat annoying message: Video is not supported in Develop.
This of course begs the inquiry “Adobe lightroom video editing?”
Yes, it is possible to edit videos in Lightroom. Here’s how to do it. Videos show up in the Library module, right alongside your photos. Select Video and Click on the Develop Module. This is probably the point where most people assume video editing is a no-go in Lightroom and just give up.
You may be wondering “Is Lightroom 4 good for video editing?”
With the Lightroom 4 release, it became possible to work with video – from video cropping, color grading to adding effects. Video editing in Lightroom is a bit different than editing photos. But if you’re already familiar with the program, Lightroom video editing will be no harder than working with images.
Can I open a Lightroom Classic Video in Photoshop?
You cannot open videos directly from Lightroom Classic into Photoshop. If you edit the metadata of a video file in the Library module, the changes are stored in the Lightroom Classic catalog. The information is not available to other applications. You cannot see or edit the video camera’s capture time in Lightroom Classic.
Can I import photos and videos into Lightroom?
If you’ve ever tried to Import files into Lightroom from the File option, you would have noticed Import Photos and Video… as one of the options. You’ll notice that it mentions Video as well! The image above should be hint enough that can work with and edit videos in Lightroom.
Make Photos from Videos One more interesting feature while editing video in Lightroom is to take a single frame out of the video and turn it into a still image. It may be done in the same way as in the previous step. Find the part of the video that contains the still image, then click the Frame button, but this time choose Capture Frame.
How do I trim a video in Lightroom?
If you need to edit video in Lightroom, namely crop it (in case you need to slightly cut edges or trim it in such a way that it starts after a few seconds ), you may click the Trim Video button. It is a small gear icon on the right end of the control panel.