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Best black levels / contrast tools
Hi all..
What are the best tools in Vegas 9 and 10 to make contrast adjustements? Also, black level adjustements. Or posssibly a plugin maybe??
The ‘brightness contrast’ plugin that is standard isn’t too good.
I used to use magic bullet which gave me not bad results but I’m not using it anymore due to it not supporting 64 bit and am now findind myself looking for another way to adjust contrast/brightness and blacks.
-Frank
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[Frank Manno] “What are the best tools in Vegas 9 and 10 to make contrast adjustements? Also, black level adjustements. Or posssibly a plugin maybe??”
Color Curves is probably the best and easiest too use. It will allow you to bring your luminance into broadcast safe levels and adjust the gamma curve at the same time. You can also use the Levels filter in conjunction with this.
~jr
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Color curves is my go to for level and brightness. I also use Secondary color corrector to make fine tune adjustments as well.
Scott Francis
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Another vote for color curves being the best tool for the job along with a recommendation for the Absolute Training for Vegas+DVD, Vol. 4: Color Correction, Enhancement and Image Restoration DVD Absolute Training for Vegas+DVD, Vol. 4: Color Correction, Enhancement and Image Restoration DVD fro VASST to easily learn the intricacies of this and other CC tools.
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I say the color correction with the gamma, gain, offset, and saturation are good while you are looking at your scopes. I use an old 24″ CRT to really see the full color gamut for blacks honestly I try to keep the blacks really black… I don’t do work for TV so I can get away with full range levels but I think it’s best to adjust each clip for it’s unique qualities. eyes are the best tool.
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