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fredrik_hvass
02-17-2006, 03:34 PM
Hey
Whats best, color correct in premier or in AE? Do I need any other program to color correct? Sometimes I use MB in AE but it takes to long to render all the time...
please help me... by the way, im shooting a ski movie.
Sometimes when I have corrected some footage I've got the feelin that it loosing quality?!...
Just give me some help please...
Fredrik
Demistate
02-18-2006, 01:32 AM
Generally, if you can color correct in Photoshop, then you have a huge leg up for color correction in After Effects.
There is no one easy Color correction tool in After effects, just very powerful controls with things like Curves, levels, hue/saturation, and color channels.
If you do not understand how to fix colors in Photoshop, then I would suguest starting there since it is much easier to work on one frame at a time, then it is to work with whole scenes.
If you are just trying to adjust white ballance points, you may find it easier with the color correction tools in Adobe Premiere to achieve those results, then add the color grading in After effects. This is how i've done all of my shots in my expierence.
rsbush
02-18-2006, 08:23 AM
Color Finese in AE. It's a bit of a pain to see your actual output on an external monitor but it's an incredible tool that's worth a couple of extra mouse clicks.
david_kuznicki
02-18-2006, 09:04 AM
Color Finese in AE. It's a bit of a pain to see your actual output on an external monitor but it's an incredible tool that's worth a couple of extra mouse clicks.
SA's Color Finese is far and away my favorite color correction tool. It runs circles around everything else out there. Yeah... monitoring is a bit of an issue (OK, it's the plug-in's only big shortcoming), but it's terribly flexible.
Now, if only I had the money for the control surface!
David Kuznicki
Production Manager, WGTE-TV30
UncleBenji1977
02-18-2006, 09:27 AM
If you want something much more simple, get the Sapphire plug in. It does more than color correction. Play with them for 5 minutes and you'll thank me. They even have demo version that you can use for like 30 days or so, and during the period they don't display watermarks, so you can actually use it for production while under the trial period. It shuts off after the trial period.
well Premiere's cc is not bad, AE's not so better, and you can download several expensive plgu-ins like Magic bullet (I do not use it)-this conatins themes too.
david_kuznicki
02-18-2006, 10:15 AM
If you want something much more simple, get the Sapphire plug in. It does more than color correction. Play with them for 5 minutes and you'll thank me. They even have demo version that you can use for like 30 days or so, and during the period they don't display watermarks, so you can actually use it for production while under the trial period. It shuts off after the trial period.
True, but I think that the different Sapphire filters will be more expensive than the plug-in version of CF.
If I had all the money in the world, I'd buy Sapphire... but alas, I work for PBS!
David Kuznicki
Production Manager, WGTE-TV30
fredrik_hvass
02-18-2006, 10:25 AM
thaks guys...
I will try out and try to find my way, I'll come back later to get some help...
rsbush
02-18-2006, 10:32 AM
The Color Finese plug-in comes with AE 6.5 professional.
Definitely check out Color Finesse. Pro caliber, impressive results. If you understand the science of color correction/grading, the tools should be familiar to you.
lonearcherfilms
02-25-2006, 04:55 AM
Most of the time, I just use the color balance in AE, if you've shot your film and had/have a good idea of what you want the finished product to look like, then you can do it in camera to the best of your ability and use color balance and brightness and contrast to tweak.
I havent used color finesse yet, so I can make any comments here or there about it.
But then Im pretty meat and potatoes when it comes to CC.