This video is one of those gems lost in the sea of RU-vid color grading RU-vid videos where everyone is trying to get the "film look" or cinematic look without using scopes and just eyeballing everything with sliders. Great video on the importance of color correcting first and the use of a color checker.
Very easy to understand but I have a problem. After hitting alt+G to bring up everything, when I try to select Colour curves the tick stays in the "RGB" box. I can't deselect it, or select "red" "green" or "blue". In fact I can't even select HSL tab or LookLUT tab. Any idea what could be the problem?
Any of you know if i can animate a color grade ? Like when a drone shows a building and then flies up to show the background landscape. So is it possible to have the color grade at 50% effect and then move to 100% bearing as the shot progresses ? I know i can duplicate the clip to an upper track and then mix between them, but i just want to know if the effect percentage of the grade can be progressed/animated ?
That was very clear but I'm not sure if I'm doing something. When you create your mask, your preview window shows the blocked squares. I can create the mask, but what shows in the preview window moves around. How are you able to mirror exactly what is happening in your Event Pan/ Crop to the image in your preview window?
White balance in camera and you're 90% of the way there. If you want a consistent starting point try Film Convert Nitrate, or for accurate color, the Leeming LUT if it's out for a camera you use.
Hi two questions: 1. I acccidentally hit the X on the videoscopes, and now when I hit alt+G only the bottom part comes up, and I'm missing the videoscopes. How do I get that back? I've tried searching in insrt and view but don't see it. 2. What is the difference between simply using the white balance tool and selecting neutral gray? Thanks!
1. You can fix this. While Alt-g color tab is open, select view, then window, and select "video scopes" and hold ctrl to dock it 2. Roughly, they are different ends to the same goal, but different lighting limitations or present color values may change their effectiveness differently.
No, I'm about i need to have a video that better explains it. I think crushing the blacks is good, but maxing out the brights isn't always the best idea.
Thanks for your reaction. I struggle with color correcting clips i have shot at the same moment. When i yaw or pan you see the footage change from overexposed to the right colors. I shot it at raw/or f-log and white balance auto. But the horizon/sky is most of the time overexposed. Got some tips?
I wouldn't limit your range to that of a piece of paper. Real world scenes have much greater dynamic range and a typical card might start at 20 or so and end at 230 something (on a 0-255 scale), but check with the card maker.
