Need to make Color Correction look Amazing!

[Vince Becquiot]

Hi Amr,

Try going online first and find images similar to these that YOU like.

My idea of amazing may not be your idea of amazing. Some people like the overexposed brushed look of magazine covers, others like to see features and details.

I would first add a bit of saturation, and play with the levels filter, crush the blacks a bit and bring up the highlights.

Then you can start playing with the 3 way color corrector.

Vince Becquiot

Kaptis Studios
San Francisco – Bay Area

[Amr Elshamy]

its really hard to chose & decide what the best for it!

Amr ELshamy
https://www.hotamr.com

[Tom Daigon]

And keep a close eye on your socpes to make sure you dont make any “illegal” video levels 😀

Tom Daigon
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[Ann Bens]

https://www.lynda.com/Premiere-Pro-CS5-tutorials/Premiere-Pro-Color-Correction-and-Enhancement/51609-2.html

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[Kevin P mcauliffe]

Hey Amr,

I’m not a Premiere Pro expert by any stretch of the imagination, so I whipped up something quick in FCP 7, that would easily translate over into Premiere Pro. I’ve attached the after snapshots with a snapshot of the Color Correction wheels to get you started. My advice is to always correct things to “Normal” first, before you start trying to stylize things. Let me know if this is the direction you want to go with this.

Kevin P McAuliffe
Creative COW Trainer
kevinpmcauliffe@gmail.com
Twitter: @kpmcauliffe

[Jeff Brown]

The images overall look rather flat. I’d start with a basic “curves” or “levels” adjustment before going to the more ‘exotic’ color correction options (sample done in Photoshop, but the correction would be the same in Premiere or AE):

-Jeff

[Amr Elshamy]

that’s great …. what about the car !! i will do the same and see what i get !!

Amr ELshamy
https://www.hotamr.com

[Mark Mecca]

Kevin,
is there anything out there for Premiere Pro that lets you do color correction either while capturing it or while watching it play. I was hoping for some sort of process like sliders that are available for audio mixing. I;m capturing 8mm film and people are telling me that I need to use a proc amp to do fixing on the fly. However, since I am using Firewire to pt it into the computer I don;t have that option.

Mark

[Kevin P mcauliffe]

Hey Mark,

Even the best colorists in the world don’t do CC on the fly. It’s normally a shot by shot, long and painstaking task to get the color or grade exactly the way the director wants. If I have an hour long show with 500 shots, I’m color correcting shot by shot. Doing what you are suggesting is normally called a “one light”, where you would use your proc-amp to set up the first shot, and then capture everything using that one grade. This is normally what is done for dailies on film sets. Hope this helps.

Kevin P McAuliffe
Creative COW Trainer
kevinpmcauliffe@gmail.com
Twitter: @kpmcauliffe

[Mark Mecca]

Kevin,
most of my work is not done on film sets; I shoot live events like weddings and dance recitals where I have no control of audio or lighting. So I usually just do my best to capture ‘usable’ footage and deal with it later. My father uses a proc amp to do this correction while he is dumping his footage into his editor but with tapeless cameras becoming more popular this doesn’t seem like a long term solution to me.

Mark