CGM DVE Vol.3+ (also included in CGM DVE Complete) contains some great tools which make your video footage look like 35mm film; here we'll describe how to make the best use of these features. Sometimes you don't need to apply all the effects to your video: for instance if you shoot in progressive mode you don't need the De-interlace filter.

Point here to see the original movie.
Point here to see the corrected lows.
Point here to see the corrected lows and corrected highlights.
Point here to see the final video with silk.

First place the video on the timeline.

Apply the CGM Lows filter (located in: Video Filters / CGM DVE Image Control) and change its settings if necessary. I have limited the effect to the palm trees by using the eight-point garbage matte.

Now the contrast of the palm trees is higher.

Next apply the CGM Highlights filter (located in: Video Filters / CGM DVE Image Control) and adjust as required. I have deactivated the Increase Saturation gadget and set the Amount to 100%.

Now the contrast of the hotel's facade is higher.

If necessary you can now apply the CGM De-interlace filter (located in: Video Filters / CGM DVE Film). The footage of 35mm film is always progressive. This means that both fields of an video frame shows exactly the same time. Interlaced Video shows two different times in one frame. The CGM De-interlace filter removes and interpolates every second field of moving objects. Because the filter includes motion detection, the still objects will not be changed and there is no quality loss.

If you wish to simulate real film footage with a glow around the bright areas, you should apply the CGM Silk filter (located in: Video Filters / CGM DVE Image Control). Here I have simply used its presets. The cropping function prevents a black glow at the edges because they are cropped before the glow is calculated.

Last but not least, you can add a film grain effect to your video using CGM Film Pro (located in: Video Filters / CGM DVE Film). If you use the presets, this filter adds grain with visibility set to 60%.

Remember that the viewer shouldn't notice the film effect, just feel it!