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Post by britcruise1 on Feb 12, 2007 8:39:51 GMT -5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x8Tbzk9wuQthese are some test shots I took for a film I'm working on. Does anyone know the best possible way to colour correct without image loss? I usually try to do everything in camera, but this obviously needs some work - yet it looks way to fucking crisp to put through some digital filter which destorys the original image. (u-tube doesn't really show I guess) and feedback, suggestions? brit.
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tj
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Post by tj on Feb 12, 2007 19:44:57 GMT -5
very nicely shot. as far as the colour goes i would say maybe try for a slightly over-exposed look. thats just my own personal preference, and it comes from my love of Battlestar Galactica. when they use it on desert planets, it looks sweet.
also, the shot where you show the protagonist running in long shot, i would change that to a medium shot, or atleast a depth so that the urgency that is apparent in the close-ups isn't totally lost.
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Post by nickhaffieemslie on Feb 12, 2007 21:00:56 GMT -5
I'd also say keep the overexposure, from a technical standpoint. Especially with digital I find it's really hard to bring highlights down (not just blown out stuff, but even around 80%) without either graying down all of the white in the frame or getting banding and saturation problems.
Personally, I like to start with a "Levels" just on the combined RGB channel (not R G and B individually) to fine-tune my exposure - black point, white point, and gamma. Then I tint with Premiere's built-in 3-way colour corrector that lets you do shadows, mids, and highlights individually (but only subtle adjustments, it looks gunky really fast).
Really nice stuff, can't wait to see what the finished piece is like. Are you gonna show up to the festival this year? ;-)
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Post by britcruise1 on Feb 13, 2007 8:13:22 GMT -5
Thanks for input,
Yes I definatly wanted overexposed due to desert/dream...etc. I just find then when I apply a neutral 3-way color correcter (0 settings) in FCP to a frame and compare side by side with the original - I still see noticable image loss, I understand it's theoretically impossible to 'correct' without some image-loss, but "visible loss" is another thing - Nick, I guess you're saying the benifits of those subtle adjustments compensate for any tiny resolution loss, which I would agree wth...
Yes I'll be at this years festival, I hope to bring some intersting stuff to the table...looking forward to it. You and Chow going for gold again? Maybe I'll wear that venetian cat mask......hmm
Cheers!
Brit.
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