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Colour Correction advice
Hi.
Having a spot of bother with matching two camera shoot colour.
Match frame just does not seem to do the job for me. Here are two frames shot at the weekend with different Panasonic Cameras. As you can see they do not match well… at all.
Any tips on how best to try and match the green grass and the yellow vest?
I have done all the ripple tutorials but nothing quite seems to do the job and I am a bit out of my depth with the colour board.
Any wisdom gratefully accepted.
Regards
James
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12 Replies
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How much does the shot move on both clips?
I would use Resolve if it moves a lot.
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The second shot has a lot less red in it and extra yellow to my eye. Try matching the skin tones instead of the grass.
Neither shot is where I’d want to be, so I’d first correct one shot how I want it; probably the top one (take out some of the red). Then try to match the skin tones and see what that does to the grass and shirt. If the shots were taken at the same time but with different cameras, you might be able to closely match them without needing to apply masks and such.
Andy
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“I would use Resolve if it moves a lot.”
Why?
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Hi many thanks for this Andy,
Yes I understand that exposure and contrast is not great and the colours should be more vibrant It was 0600 hrs and we were expecting rather better light but got typical UK super diffused “grey”.
But the greens are so far apart I was flummoxed. Not professional cameras but my weapons of choice for 2 camera self shooting for the web, a Panasonic TM300 and TM900 both were on Auto White Balance for speed (mistake).
I have applied a colour mask and taken the green much closer to blue and that has helped.
I really don’t understand colour. Once upon a time I had budgets for proper grading and it all feels like such a compromise but needs must.
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Lots of decent tutorials on FCP X color correction. It works pretty good after just a bit of learning.
https://www.larryjordan.biz/fcpx-color-correction-intro/
Mac Pro, macbook pro, Imacs (i7); Canon 5D Mark III/70D, Panasonic AG-HPX170/AG-HPX250P, Canon HV40, Sony Z7U/VX2000/PD170; FCP 6 certified; FCP X write professionally for a variety of media; teach video production in L.A.
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I suggested that due to Resolves power windows and tracking power.
Ive done a few in FCPX but its all keyframe based. -
Hi thanks for this.
I’m using a simple colour mask for the grass and just looking for any specific tips on why I can’t get the green to match.
I’ll check Resolve thanks but I think it’s a bit too advanced for me.
Cheers
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It’s actually fairly easy. The top one is too blue in the midrange. The bottom image is a bit too green in the midrange. For the top image, move the midrange color puck into the minus blue area and adjust. For the bottom one, move the midrange color puck into the minus green switch and adjust. Tweak saturation and exposure/contrast a little bit for each to match. See example – close. Might still need some more tweaking, but you get the idea.
EDIT: I think I got the saturation grabs wrong when I posted this. I increased mid sat a little on the wide shot and decreased mid-sat a lot on the med shot.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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Thank you very much indeed for this Oliver.
You have all three correction windows open (colour, saturation, exposure). How do you do this please?
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Sorry to ask again but how do you get all the colour correction windows to open. I can only open one at a time according to which I am adjusting.
Many thanks
James
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