Tuesday, June 21, 2011

All You Need To Know About Post Production Color Correction

By Marsha Silva


Editing any shots for television, theaters or photography is an important process before showing it off. Along with it is the post production color correction that finishes the editing process. The process will do the final changing, altering and enhancing the lighting and color of the program currently used.

This process has been created to take control in every scene shot and for an effective output, it must be done in an efficient and huge working station using the different tools for this job such that it will manipulate every shot. The process of correction entails a lot of hard work but when the right formula is achieved already, the process will just be easy and fast.

At the start, some images in digital format does not have the harmony or optimum exposure. Or accidents can happen anytime in a shoot like the video camera was not readily balance before a scene is taken but the lights are already lit. In events like this, the result may not be good. With all these mistakes the post production color correction can fix all these.

Every shot has different targeted elements for the audience. In a commercial shot, the main focus is the product advertised while in a narrative video, a person is the element here. The process can adjust the skin tone of every key points such that the edited version will look real and live for the audience's discriminating taste.

At times, footages taken in different location from varied sources, time and weather needs to be combined but even the crew cannot make the combination successful because of contrasting color and displays. But applying this method carefully can merge the various shots balancing every shot so it will match with one another and to make it appear like being taken in one setting.

At times contrasting scenes is needed in a shot for a disconcerting effect. The correction can help you make an extreme differences. When a scene needs to be in different moods either gloomy, warm or watery mode is done by just marking the tones needed for the scene. The process also keep the shot matching to its look.

Creating a special effects can also be done here. There are scenes that require some effects like utilizing a color for a day or night effect, flashback scene and any other extreme effects are all possible here since the correction process has various tool for creating such effects.

If you are looking for person who can do post production color correction, search those that are trained to handle and carry out this job. These experts will make a sample of the job needed by the client and hand it down to them for perusal. With many devices and technologies around, editing the shots are easy coupled with the right management of the colors as well.




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