• Adobe After Effects

  Help needed with correcting skin tones!!!

  Posted by Antony Warnes on November 17, 2008 at 7:41 pm

  Hi

  I shot a series of 12 short video clips on a bluescreen to be delivered as transparent files for the web.

  All clips were shot in HDV captured in Adobe Premiere 1.5 and dropped directly into AE CS3 (30 day trial version) and keyed using keylight.

  Even though the clips all look almost exactly the same when viewed in a calibrated external video monitor, applying the same set of filters at the same settings and in the same order has resulted in some very different outcomes on the skin tones- some washed out, some too yellow, some too pink etc etc.

  In AE the subject looks hellishly red/purple when imported. I’ve had to increase the contrast as his black shirt looked a little fuzzy and used auto levels which look much better when blended to about 65%.

  I know there is probably a lot more info needed to acurately diagnose this problem but i was kinda hoping someone might have a “one click” solution to colour tones, suggest a link to a (free) plug in or point me towards a post or tutorial or something.

  Thanks in advance for any help:)

  Antony Warnes replied 17 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Deleted User

  November 17, 2008 at 8:53 pm

  Duplicate your keylight layer and then turn off the keylight effect. Drop this layer below the keylight layer and use the keylight layer as a matte for this layer. This should get back your original hues and tones. You may have to use the spill suppressor to get rid of any blue fringing on the non keylight layer.

  Lee
  CTV Calgary
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  Antony Warnes

  November 25, 2008 at 6:49 pm

  Hey Lee thanks for the advice! (sorry for the delay)

  That was actually agreat way of fixing something else i was going to post requestin help with!

  Main problem with this is the original footage looks “too pinky/magentay” so i’m having to correct/adjust and it seems that the minute differences in light where the subject is inches closer or further away between takes make it impossible to get a look i like and copy the settings over.

  I’m currently doing one at a time using RGB levels and taking snapshots but i end up with some serious variations.

  I’ve seen a great colour correcting tutorial that would work if i had a grey point but its just a pale guy in a black t shirt.

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