Color grading for wedding short movies ?

[Steve Brame]

We use Looks for grading as well. However, understand that the Presets are merely starting points, unless you are absolutely satisfied with the look that a preset applies. If you take a look at the toolsets, there is one called ‘Warm/Cool’ that might help you get the look you want.

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[Soumendra Jena]

The problem is, since Premire Pro CC, the Looks preview doesnt work.

I have reported it to RED GIANT many times, but no one has solved this.

Thats why, its very hard to make the adjustments in real time and see it in the preview.

[Steve Brame]

The preview in MB Looks works fine here.

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[Andrew Kimery]

PPro CC here too and Looks works just fine. Make sure you’ve upgraded to the latest version of Looks.

[Walter Biscardi]

[Soumendra Jena] “The problem is, since Premire Pro CC, the Looks preview doesnt work.

I have reported it to RED GIANT many times, but no one has solved this.”

You must be running both the latest version of the Red Giant software AND the latest version of Premiere Pro CC.

Even then, you’re still going to have issues. We have them here. Most often it’s a black screen where the Preview should be or we see the wrong image in the preview window.

Been talking to Red Giant, they are aware of the situation and trying to rectify. My fix is to quit PPro and re-open when the preview window goes black.

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[Ann Bens]

If you are applying looks to an adjustment layer then no you have no Preview.
You have to roll back to version 2.0.8.

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[Soumendra Jena]

Well, I always apply to a new adjustment layer and it used to work fine last year.

Why is it not working now ?

Whats the new way to apply looks then , if not to a adjustment layer ?

[Walter Soyka]

The biggest difference I see between these two productions comes from either lighting or “power windows” — specific, masked areas of the frame that can be colored independently of the rest of the frame.

The first example makes heavy use of vignetting to draw the eye to the subject; the second does not and looks a bit flatter as a result.

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[Soumendra Jena]

I just bought the Wedding & Events Looks Package from Red Giant.

Let me see, if any of its 30 presets can get me a good result.

[Steve Brame]

[Soumendra Jena] “Whats the new way to apply looks then , if not to a adjustment layer ?”

Well, not exactly a “new way”but rather the “old way”, applying Looks directly to a clip like we did before we had Adjustment Layers, or to a nested sequence.

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