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Matching inconsistent shots?
Hey guys – I’m currently editing a music video that is comprised of 2 pretty inconsistent shots. Here’s what I’m working with:
SHOT 1: 00still1.jpg
SHOT 2: 00still2.jpg
I have about 60 different clips from each shoot – a Nikon D7000 was used on both shoots. A professional photographer did shot 1 with a 70-200mm 2.8 (@ 70mm), whereas I used a 35mm 1.4 for shot 2.
I was very rushed on the second shoot and, being fairly new to shooting, wasn’t able to properly experiment with lighting and camera angle/distance, which resulted in noticeably different shots. If only I had thought to ask here before shooting, haha!
Anyway, as you can probably tell, there are major differences in cropping and white balance – shot 2 is also slightly soft due to poor focusing, and the shadows are somewhat harsher. Fortunately, a simple unsharp mask seemed to solve the focus issue.
What would be your advice on fixing the cropping/color issues? Thanks so much!
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3 Replies
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get the luminance/contrast as close as you can first.
then tweak the colors so that the overall images cut together
as smooth as possible, so that when editing and watching it, your brain doesn’t take you out
of it thinking: “what just changed there” -
Thanks for the suggestion. Just to clarify – after matching the contrast and luminance, would it make sense to color correct shot 2 to match shot 1 and then grade both? Or should I just grade shot 1 and then match the grading for shot 2? Hope that’s not too confusing!
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I usually just match 1 to the other if possible without
adjusting color on one of them.
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