VideoPad Video Plugin Effects Using VirtualDub Plugins in VideoPad Video Editor VideoPad Video Editor has integrated VirtualDub plugin support, giving you access to additional tools and effects that are available from third party sources. This page includes instructions for installing VirtualDub plugins into VideoPad, as well as a resources list for locating plugins to download. How to add and use plugins in VideoPad Video Editor: Download the VirtualDub effects you want to add to VideoPad. When you download these effects, you will need to specify a location on your computer to save them. We recommend creating a folder called "VirtualDub" to save all your VirtualDub effects in. Once you have downloaded and saved your VirtualDub plugin, open a video project in VideoPad, click the Effects tab and select Load/Unload Plugins. This will open the Plugin Filters window. Click the Load File(s) button and browse to your saved VirtualDub effects. Select the effects (look for .vdf format) and click Open. Click OK to close the Plugin Filters window. Your new plugins will be added to the Effects tab. Select the effect to open it and view/adjust its parameters. When you are finished, click OK to apply the effect. You can edit the effect any time after it has been applied by clicking the Configure button from the Applied Effects list for the selected clip.

VirtualDub Resource List

Here is a list of sites featuring downloads for VirtualDub plugins, and links to a sampling of filters from those sites.

MSU Graphics & Media Lab (Video Group)

• Filter Name: VirtualDub MSU Cartoonizer Filter
  Download URL: http://compression.ru/video/cartoonizer/index_en.html
  Description: This filter is designed for painting, drawing and animated cartoon rendering. MSU Cartoonizer filter has many parameters, which produces very interesting results. This is the first filter developed by Graphics & Media Lab referring to the non-photorealistic rendering area.
• Filter Name: VirtualDub MSU OldCinema Filter 2.0
  Download URL: http://www.compression.ru/video/old_cinema/index_en.html
  Description: This filter is intended to achieve an "old cinema" effect. You can vary color the correction algorithm and add various artifacts, so the video looks like a "chronicle." The filter includes several color correction types, vertical stripes, small and large noise, and an emulsion exfoliation effect.
• Filter Name: VirtualDub MSU Smart Sharpen Filter
  Download URL: http://compression.ru/video/smart_sharpen/index_en.html
  Description: This filter allows you to enhance image sharpness with minimum noise amplification. Please keep in mind that in order to achieve the best video quality, you need to save video as a file on disc. The quality of the preview video in Videopad may not be enough to view the finished quality of the applied filter.

VirtualDub Collection