RatVega
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Jan 17, 2006, 4:49 PM
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Re: [Leonardo Silva] Vivid colors with GL2
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The list of "post filters" is very long and if you understand color correction at all, unimportant to your basic correction.
The basic thing to remember in color correction (as it bears on your stated problem) is that the NTSC color space is narrower than your camera or NLE. In RBG terms (where the range is 0-255 in R, G, and B) your colors should be in the 16-235 zone.
This means you add the CC filter and set white/black points, then reduce the highlights to 235 or less pretty much out-of-hand. If the shot is already hot, you'll want to go lower. I was just fixing some fried footage for a post customer that required a highlights setting of 170!
Reducing the highlights will kill the hardest part of the glare in skintones, but also slightly drops the overall brilliance. Your next step would probably be to move the black (shadow) point to improve the contrast, this also tends to darken things. Judicious use of your mid-range controls will allow you to restore the brilliance and result in an image with a "fatter" look - no superwhite blow-outs, better black contrast, and vibrance in the mid-tones. The next step is in setting color angles and magnitudes for fine color adjustment, but that's another story... First, you need to get the basics under control.
If I'm talking about things or constructs that aren't included in your color correction filter, then you may want to look at purchasing a CC filter that has more capability. Save the "post filters" for looks you can't easily create, not for fundamental color work.
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