Difference between revisions of "Lumetri Color - Premiere Pro"

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• Lumertri Color is the color correcting effect in Premiere Pro
• Lumetri Scopes are various graphic meters for assisting in color correction.

Set Up

• Choose the Color workspace or the MML-Dual Screen workspace.
• Make sure you can see the Lumertri Color and Lumertri Scopes panels at the same time.
• When the the Lumertri Color panel is open Selection Follows Playhead is tuned on.
  • This makes it so that the Lumertri Color and Lumertri Scopes panels always show the clip under the playhead.

Basics Controls

• The check box at the top right of each section can be used to bypass the entire section.
• Double click on a slider to rest that value to it's default.
• To add a mask go to the Effects Controls panel and add a mask to Lumetri Color.
• Color Wheels: Drag around the circle to choose a color. Drag to the edge to increase the intensity. Double click to rest to the default.

Lumetri Color Sections

• Basic Correction: technical corrections to exposures
• Creative: apply and adjust looks
• Curves: refine the look using RGB Curves and the Hue Saturation Curve
• Color Wheels: adjust shadows mid-tones and highlights
• HSL Secondary: isolate a color to apply secondary correction
• Vignette: apply a vignette

Basic Correction

White Balance

• Set White Balance by using the Eyedropper tool to click on a white object in clip.
• Use the Temperature slider to adjust color temperature.
  • Lefty for cooler and right for warmer.
• The Tint slider compensates for a green or magenta tint.
  • Left to add green and right to add magenta.

Tone

• Exposure: Sets the brightness of the clip. right expands highlights and left expands shadows.
• Contrast: Adjusts midtones.
• Highlights: Adjusts bright areas
• Shadows: Adjusts dark areas.
• Whites: Adjusts white clipping
• Blacks: Adjust black clipping
• Reset: resets all controls to the 0.
• Auto: Click to automatically maximize the tonal scale and minimize highlight and shadow clipping.
  • This can be useful to start from but do not rely on it.
• Saturation: Adjusts the saturation levels.

Creative

This section is used to apply and modify Looks.

Looks are presets designed to give the video a certain film look. You can use the included Looks, load other Looks or make custom Looks with Speedgrade.

• Look: Use the pull down menu to choose a Look. Or click on the image to browse thru the Looks. Double click to apply it.
• Intensity: Adjusts the intensity of the Look.
• Faded Film: Applies a faded film effect.
• Sharpen: Adjusts the edge definition. Too much can make the video look unnatural.
• Vibrance: changes lower saturated colors with less effect on the higher saturation colors. Also prevents skin tones from being over saturated.
• Saturation: Adjusts saturation of all colors equally.
• Tint Balance: Adjust the tint of the shadows and highlights.

Curves

Use to refine the clip with RGB Curves and the Hue Saturation Curve.

Color Wheels

Adjust shadows, midtones, and highlights using color wheels for more precise color adjustments.

HSL Secondary

Use to isolate a color or luma key and apply a secondary color correction to it.

Vigenette

Add a Vignette