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  Using a color matte to remove color cast from underwater video?

  Posted by Stan Welks on August 3, 2013 at 1:07 am

  I’m going to shoot some underwater video with a GoPro without a red filter, and will need to add red to the footage in CS6 to remove some of the blue and green tint I will get from the video. I do not yet have the video, so I am just thinking ahead.

  What do you think of this idea”

  1. Making a color matte with the color of a warming filter 85 (FFC080), superimposed over the clip, and opacity lowered to somewhere around 35-25% with a blending mode of Color. Would this make the footage look like it was shot with a red filter?

  Thanks.

  Tim Kolb replied 12 years, 10 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  Matt Galuszewski

  August 3, 2013 at 1:37 am

  You might like to start by reading this thread.

  https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/3/943309
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  Ann Bens

  August 4, 2013 at 10:31 am

  It all depends on the color of the water.
  If its green you can use a magenta.
  If its blue you can use the warm yellow.
  The setting of the opacity is trial and error.
  You probably also need to do some levels correction and slight sharpen.
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  Tim Kolb

  August 8, 2013 at 12:49 am

  I agree with Ann.

  I use GoPro (as well as other cameras)underwater footage periodically and it’s usually a simple matter of using a color corrector and countering whatever the dominant color of the water is…a given camera filter will correct for a given color, but without having the footage in front of you, you would be operating on pure speculation.

  Keep in mind that filtration takes things away…if you want some color left (and some grayscale), a shift will be necessary.

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  Kolb Productions,

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