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  RED 5 – Tint keyed out highlights

  Posted by Jeppe Svendsen on February 29, 2012 at 10:20 am

  Hello

  Can anyone tell me how to tint a layer using a color dipper?

  What I have done is duplicated my video layer. Used BCC Two Way Key to isolate the highlights on the top video layer. Now I want to tint these isolated highlights with a nearby color, so they no longer will be highlights. That’s why I want to use a color dipper.
  Is it possible?

  Jeppe Svendsen replied 14 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Peter Mcauley

  March 1, 2012 at 4:54 am

  Hi Jeppe,

  If you just want to adjust the highlights, then you can do this without having to use a separate keyer to isolate the highlights from the rest of the image. The color grade / correction filters that are included in RED 5 have a feature called a PixelChooser that performs this task for you.

  • Apply the desired color treatment filter to the clip (perhaps BCC Tritone)
  • Set up the color treatment (probably just adjust the White Color value)
  • Go to the Matte tab in the control panel
  • Set the PixelChooser to View Chosen Pixels
  • Set the Channel to Luma
  • Tweak the settings (most likely the Black Level) until you are only affecting the highlights in the image
  • Set the PixelChooser to On
  • View the result – tweak as necessary

  I hope this helps.

  Peter.
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  Jeppe Svendsen

  March 1, 2012 at 8:49 pm

  Thanks Peter

  I will try that out!

  Jeppe

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