Today’s Question: Your answer about exporting video mentioned editing the video, but video isn’t supported in the Develop module. How is it possible to edit video in Lightroom Classic?
Tim’s Quick Answer: You can edit video in Lightroom Classic by trimming the video, applying adjustments with Quick Develop in the Library module, or applying a saved preset with limited options for the adjustments that are supported.
More Detail: While support for video in Lightroom Classic isn’t exactly robust overall, there are enough features that make Lightroom Classic useful for managing videos alongside still photos for the photographer who is primarily focused on still photography.
The first way you can edit videos in Lightroom Classic is to trim the video, removing portions at the beginning and end of the video. This can be done by clicking the gear icon on the playback controls below the video preview in the Library module to bring up the trim controls. You can then drag the trim handles inward from the left and right sides to trim the video as desired.
You can also adjust the overall appearance of the video, though the controls available for video are limited. The primary way you can apply adjustments is with the controls in the Quick Develop section of the right panel in the Library module. Note that not all controls there will be available, because they are not supported for video.
Another option is to apply a Develop preset to the video, which can be done by selecting the preset from the Saved Preset popup in the Quick Develop section. Note, however, that only supported adjustment options will actually be applied. This does make it possible, however, to apply a wider range of adjustments than is possible with Quick Develop.
The adjustments supported for video that you can include in a preset applied to a video are: the Auto adjustment, White Balance, Exposure, Blacks, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Vibrance, Tone Curve, Treatment (color versus black and white), Color Grading, Process Version, and Calibration.
