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Isolating small range of colors in 16 bit
I am finishing a music video shot on DVCPro HD and wanted to use After Effects for all my color correcting and rendering needs because it can render to 16 bit. I cut the video in FCP, but i rather not use it for my color correcting.
I need to isolate a small range of colors for correcting. Specifically, I need to remove the blue cast of an improperly balanced light. In FCP, I can use the 3 way color corrector, utilizing the “limit effect” options. i’d rather keep all my rendering work in 16 bit AE. is there any analogous effect/tool ihn AE to limit an effects range?
I’ve tried manipulating the Color Range of the Hue/Saturation effect, but I am not too happy with the results. Is there a more refined, more precise way i can isolate these colors? The light was a soft, very diffuse LED that left some awful looking blue on the talent’s faces.
Am I making my life harder than it has to be by not using FCP for these shots? -
1 Reply
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when i do CC in AE, i only use Color Finesse. It’s a great app-better then the CC in FCP.
that being said-if you digitized in DV, edited in DV and you’re going to output DV-then you’re not going to improve the quality by using AE.
Good Luck,
Todd at UCSB
Television Production
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