Mediaworks 2021 - Color Grading
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Color Correction vs Color Grading
- Color correction is the process of adjusting hue, saturation, brightness and white balance to make footage look consistent.
- Color grading is an artistic process to create a mood or style.
Color Correction
- Corrects the color and contrast of a shot so that it looks true to life and measures correctly
- Can adjust exposure
- Can make footage less flat
- Can correct a color balance issue
- Can increase saturation
- Can establish accuracy: make sure things in the frame and shown as they really are
- Accuracy is especially important for skin tone
- Can bring proper focus to elements within a frame
- Makes sure that each shot goes with other shots from the same scene
Color Grading
- Adds a visual palette that stylizes the image beyond correction, often providing a specific tone or emotion
- Helps inform the audience’s perception of a scene
- Emphasizes different climates, locations, moods, characters, and plot
Process
- Use the basic section to correct white balance and exposure on clips.
- The effect can be applied to a clip in the timeline or a clip in the bin.
- If clip is used more than once apply it to the clip in the bin.
- Use the Creative and HSL Secondary sections for additional control.
- To apply a "look" to a bunch of clips use an adjustment layer.
- Always use the scopes.
- Lumetri Color - Premiere Pro
Other Resources
Evergreen Help Articles
Adobe Help Tutorials and Videos
- Color Workflows
- Lumetri Color
- Lumetri Scopes
- HSL Secondary Control
- How to Change or Correct a Specific Color
- Adjustment Layers
