Sunday, June 19, 2011

The Benefits Of 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.

Images in digital format whether analog shot or it was transferred from a film does not have a satisfactory exposure and colors that are not well-blended. At times, the crew may not have prepared the video camera to be used for any shot while the lights have been put on already, naturally the output is not desirable. The post production color correction can fix these mistakes easily.

We all know that in every scene, there is a different targeted key elements like doing a commercial, the product is the focused element while in a narrative video, the person is the key points here. Applying this process can adjust the skin tone of the key elements so they are the ones more focused here. After the editing, the result will prove to be effective since it already look real and alive.

Most programs need to incorporate footages taken from different sources or shot in many locations with varied time and weather condition. Once combined, even the skilled crew can never perfect it as there is always a contrast with color and exposure. However, using this kind of technique carefully, integrating all shots can be perfectly balanced to match with one another to make it look like to happen in on setting.

Contrasting a color to have a jarring effect is easy with this method. The process can come up with any extreme contrast either in warm, cool or watery moods but maintaining the shot to match its look. You just need to mark the exact corresponding tone for each mood.

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 not in the position to do this, there are post production color correction experts to hire.This people are highly skilled to do this process. They will make what the client wants and present it to them. More so, there are many technologies and devices made for this and with the right manipulation, so many things can be created and achieved here.




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