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How do I fix bad, or no, white balancing?
I have pp cs4. I was just given four tapes shot in Pal on Hi8 tapes (I am in Pennsylvania). Everything is green. All footage appears to have been shot in an room lit with flourescent lighting, but in the wrong white balance mode. They’re all interviews with the same background. Everything is that sickly green cast. Is there any effect or combination of effects that I can use to at least partially balance this? I have tried adding red, but that just makes it look red. Adding blue seems to help some, but it still looks terrible. Also, is this because of the Pal format? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.
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I would suggest using the “Fast Color Corrector” filter in Premiere under the Color Correction folder in the Video Effects bin.
Just drag the effect onto the clip and then use the selector tools to select something in the scene that is true white (or close to it) and (optionally) true black.
That usually gets it pretty close. I don’t always select the black point because if I cannot find a good black point (i.e., the point I choose is not dark enough) then the image looks funky. Finding a white point is much easier (teeth work well, for example, or a tee shirt or piece of paper … whatever is in the scene).
Neil Myers
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I’ll give it a try. Thanks.
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If you want to get deeper into it, the Three-Way color corrector is an excellent tool. It is not as quick and easy but you can adjust color correction seperately in shadows, midtones, and highlights.
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Yeah, that eyedropper for the white level is magical.
The best solution is to fire your camera operator!
Mike Cohen
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Coming from Avid — In the 3 way Color Corrector you can gently “push” the middle one towards magenta (the exact opposite of green) and it should start to balance it back to a more normal look. You can also do it with the shadows and highlights but it seems you need to do it less with those.
David Oulashian
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