• Adobe Premiere Pro

  Editing in full black and white

  Posted by Barney Batchelor on February 12, 2010 at 10:50 am

  Hi,

  We have just finished shooting our latest short film and it is going to be black and white. Is there any shortcut way to edit the whole feature in black and white? We obviously shot it in colour but changed our monitor settings to bnw so we knew how the lighting would appear. At the moment we are editing it in colour but without adding effects to each individual shot is there anyway to bnw every single shot in the project quicker?

  Thanks,

  Barney
  Vesper Pictures
  The Lonely Hearts Club…coming soon!

  Vince Becquiot replied 16 years, 3 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Mike Velte

  February 12, 2010 at 11:50 am

  You can edit your movie in color, then apply black and white to one clip, select that clip and Copy, lasso all the rest of the clips, right click and choose Paste Attributes.
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  Barney Batchelor

  February 12, 2010 at 11:56 am

  Hi Mike,

  Thanks for your response. We were aware of pasting attributes but just wanted to know if there was a way to attribute every shot in the project before actually piecing it together in the timeline. If there isn’t then we’ll live with it and colour it at the end or scene by scene then.

  Thanks again.

  B
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  Vince Becquiot

  February 12, 2010 at 7:22 pm

  Not shortcut, and keep in mind that most black and white movie don’t just desaturate colors. You will likely have to play with curves / levels and channel mixing afterwards on each clip to get the right dynamic range and contrast.

  Vince Becquiot

  Kaptis Studios
  San Francisco – Bay Area

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