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Trying to match sunset/dusk color
I’m trying to color match an exterior shot (morning) to an indoor shot at sundown/dusk. I’ve tried working with various FCP filters such as Lyric Shadow-Highlight and CoreMelt Color Temperature. As you can see below, I’m not quite getting it to work well. Any suggestions on how to achieve this better would be greatly appreciated.
Before:
After:
Shot to Match:
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You have no light on the poor woman’s face, either from a lamp or added by you and blacks are not set properly. There’s no dynamic range within the shot light as you have in the exteriors.
With the three-way CC filter lower the blacks, then boost both the mids and highs, then you’ll have some light to color. Right now you coloring mush.
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Right you are, David. It is mush. It was not lit properly but I should have made the woman look better before trying to match it to another shot. I’ll give it a go and thanks, as usual, for your advice.
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Apart from the contrast, as you darken the trees and lighten the woman, don’t forget to match color saturation. The woman can be turned into a really nice grade in Color. Using secondary shapes and possibly HSL keying, you can bring her out and create separation from the boring background wall. Playing with curves will help her to pop
Do her first and then see what to do with contrast, color and saturation on the trees.
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