Creating a Vignette in Premiere Pro  

by Jonathan Famiglietti, Student Multimedia Design Center 

If you are familiar with film and photography terminology, you may have heard of the term “Vignetting”. In these fields, a “Vignette” refers to the progressive reduction in brightness toward the periphery compared to the image or video center. In practical terms, this effect creates a dark border around the outer edges of the screen. 

In this video, we will be creating a vignette using a powerful color correction video effect that comes installed with the Adobe Premiere Pro software called “Lumetri Color”. 

If you’re interested in using Adobe Premiere to create a vignette for your footage, stop by the Student Multimedia Design Center in Morris Library where you can book time in our studio spaces or use our Mac classroom equipped with the full Adobe Creative Cloud Suite. 

This video is part of the weekly series “Multimedia Tips and Tricks,” which shares content in response to frequently asked questions from the Student Multimedia Design Center. We’d love to hear from you. Please share your feedback with us by filling out our survey.