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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.
  
 
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* Corrects the color and contrast of a shot so that it looks true to life and measures correctly  
 
* Corrects the color and contrast of a shot so that it looks true to life and measures correctly  
 
* Can adjust exposure
 
* Can adjust exposure
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=== COLOR GRADING ===
 
* Adds a visual palette that stylizes the image beyond correction, often providing a specific tone or emotion
 
* 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
 
* Helps inform the audience’s perception of a scene

Revision as of 16:49, 3 May 2021

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—you want to 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