Master Pd

[Dustin Wadsworth]

So I was reading some comments on Jarred's visual explaination of master ped and I noticed that some people crush the blacks in camera via master ped and some people do it in post.

I just started experimenting with the color correction tool in Vegas and I've been lowering the gamma and offset a tad and raising the gain to get the blacks where I want them. I don't have a very good understanding of what exactly gamma and offset really do so I've been just playing it by eye.

Is this the way that most people crush their blacks in Vegas or is there a better way?

[David Jimerson]

IMO, the better way is to use Color Curves and flatten the lower left corner of the RGB curve. It offers the most precise control.