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  • Lumetri Color Spill

    Posted by Zach St Cin on January 25, 2025 at 2:15 am

    I am doing an experiment with changing a dress to another color in a scene at a party. Whenever I used Lumetri effect on Premiere Pro, I got the color I wanted for the dress, but the effect spilled over to the background crowd with similar color/tones in their hair, skin and the scenery. The spill also fell on her face changing her makeup as well. Is there a way I can control the spill/effect to just the dress and maybe without having to keyframe each frame? I tried After Effects and almost the same thing happened. What can I do to resolve this, and which is better, Premiere Pro or After Effects? I want to learn. Please and thanks.

    Ivan Eldredge replied 1 week, 6 days ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Ivan Eldredge

    January 25, 2025 at 2:24 am

    Hello Zach! You can control the color change spill by using a mask around the dress and tracking it within Premiere Pro. After you apply the Lumetri Color effect and make the adjustments, you can add a mask on the effect by clicking the Ellipse, Rectangle, or Pen tool on the Effects control panel. After that you can automatically let Premiere Pro to track the mask or adjust the control points as needed if the motion is complex.

    Depending on the situation you are trying to mask out you might want to try the Roto brush tool in After effects.

    Good luck with your project!

    Best,

    Ivan Eldredge G.

  • Zach St Cin

    February 4, 2025 at 7:32 pm

    Thank you! That is working. Although, it is time consuming, but it works. I do have another question if I may ask: The subject I have gets behind an elegant fence, how can I mask it to be the original color on top on the subject? I hope that made sense.

  • Brie Clayton

    February 4, 2025 at 8:46 pm

    Thank you for solving this, Ivan!

  • Ivan Eldredge

    February 4, 2025 at 8:54 pm

    Hello Zach!

    Just to confirm, are you asking how to keep the fence in front of the subject so that the color change only affects the dress behind it? In other words, the fence should stay its original color, as if it’s naturally covering the dress?

    If so, you’ll need to create a separate mask for the fence to block the color effect when it passes in front of the subject. In order to achievete it you must duplicate the original clip and place it on a layer above the color-edited version, mask out the fence on the duplicated (top) clip so that it appears as a separate layer, track the mask to follow the movement of the fence as the subject moves, feather the mask slightly to blend it naturally into the scene.

    This will keep the fence in front while allowing the dress to remain color-changed behind it.

    Hope that helps!
    Best,

    Ivan Eldredge G.

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