Color curves vs. Brightness & Contrast – which is better to brighten a clip up?

[Graham Bernard]

[Aaron Star] ” Plugins like magic bullet are just snake oil, being sold to people that have little creativity or patients to develop their own style.”

Well, I use it as it gives me a starting point to develop my own direction. Snake oil? That’s a bit harsh. Have you tried it lately Aaron? Here’s some of the films: https://www.youtube.com/user/watchredgiantfilms

Grazie

Video Content Creator and Potter
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[Seth Kopchu]

I suppose I owe you all a quick explanation.

My crew and I are on a level of film making where trust has to be held. So when time isn’t on your side to check every shot, when you look at your DP and ask how it looks, and he says “Great”, you have no choice but to accept that and move on. And then, when you get the footage and look at it, you want to kick yourself in the head.

There were other factors that went into why some of the footage turned out the way it did, but that’s neither here nor there for this group.