Color Correction

[Guest]

Hey everyone. I just downloaded the trial version og vegas 5.0. I've been playing around with it but there is one thing I need help with and thats color correction. I understand that its a pretty important feature, but I guess I don't know how to use it. I have three different colored circles, what does each one do differently? Basically how do you use color correction properly?

[David Jimerson]

That will take much, much longer than any post in here can do.

The color wheels shift the color balance over three different bands of color in the picture -- the far left wheel controls the lows, the darker, shadowy areas; the middle controls the mid-range (most of the picture); and the right wheel controls the highs -- the highlights. You move the dot around the wheel to adjust color levels. Move the dot to the lower right, for example, to de-emphasize or remove the yellows and bring out the blues.

Many volumes have been written on the subject. Learning the basics of color and how it works would be a good start.

[Guest]

do you know any site on the web that could help?

[Stas_Tagios]

Here's a webpage about color-correction using Final Cut Pro, but which still covers the basic elements of color-correction enough that it might be of use to you:

http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/cc_legal_fcp3.html