Editing features

Now let’s take a brief look at TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress editing functions.

Cut editor:

Using the cut editor, it’s possible to set a start and end frame and then remove unwanted parts of the video clip or divide the clips into segments. The editor is powerful and performs well and is very easy to use.

Here we see a clip with its split points, on the left window we can also see a list of our split segments. This arrangement is extremely easy to use and gives excellent results.

The editor also has many keyframe tools for fast navigation to parts of your clip, a list of the options are listed below.

Filters:

TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress also has a good number of filtering tools which can be used to cleanup video and audio, there are also filters for cropping the clip to fit a specific size.

The filters are listed below.

The filter list screen allows us to select which filters we want to use in a project. One can add as many or as few filters as is necessary and selecting them is a breeze. It is possible to select single filters or multiple filters, and the filters all work very well.

Let’s take a brief look at some of the filters.

Contour filter:

The contour filter in TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress keeps in check variations in colour, this worked well on some older clips which had been taken from an analogue video source.

Video noise reduction:

The video noise reduction works as expected, again helping to remove unwanted noise from our video clip. As with most filters of this type, the effect of removing noise also somewhat softens the picture, but not excessively. Again this filter worked well.

Audio noise reduction:

The audio noise reduction is useful for removing clicks, hiss, and pops from the audio track in your clip. This type of filter is extremely effective at removing noise without compromising the clarity of the audio track and it worked very well in TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress.

Colour correction:

The colour correction dialog hosts simple, RGB, YUV, CMYK and HSV methods of filtering and covers most eventualities that is likely to arise. They are all very simple to operate and the results from this filter are very good.

Video Fade in/out:

The video fade in/out filter allows the clip to be faded in and out at using a selected duration, again this filter works very well.

Ghost reduction:

This filter would normally be used on clips derived from an analogue source. The filters purpose is to reduce ghosting images sometimes apparent around the edges of sharp objects. In this sense the filter is very effective at reducing the ghosting effect.

Picture rotation:

As the name suggests, this filter is used to rotate the video clip.

Summary:

The editor and filter sections of TMPGEnc 4.0 Xpress are extremely powerful and perform well and they are also very easy to use.

Now lets look at the extra features....

Encoding performance

Other features