Color Grading

[xilixfilms]

I have Vegas and other editing softwares and I have to say I like the color correction look of Combustion the more.

How can someone do this color grading/color correction style. The whole background of the video will be color corrected in dark green or some type of messy green or blue, but the face of the artist or any person in focus will be 95% be of true skin color

U.S Army, Nike commercial, NickelBack, staind, T.I etc music videos has this sort of look. The green or blue CC sometimes spreads a little bit across the face of the artist.
How do you achieve this effect in Combustion/After Effect/Vegas where by the whole background is CC but the image of the artist still retain it's skin color?

 

[xilixfilms]

Nobody uses combustion? Ok, what about Vegas and After Effects please?

 

[oneinfiniteloop]

Just use a mask to seperate the face from the background and color correct each independently.

 

[Greggl]

You want 'secondary' color correction tools. Combustion has em.. so does
FCP and After Effects via Synthetic Aperature.

http://www.synthetic-ap.com/products/cf/indepth.html

 

[oneinfiniteloop]

You want 'secondary' color correction tools. Combustion has em.. so does
FCP and After Effects via Synthetic Aperature.

http://www.synthetic-ap.com/products/cf/indepth.html

This was what I was thinking, but I've never attempted doing this with Color Finesse. Any tips of doing secondary CC is cases like these?

 

[Shaw]

Go to the secondary tab, select skin tone samples, play with the chroma and luma similarity controls =)

 

[xilixfilms]

Ok, is any other person using Combustion.

 

[xilixfilms]

What about the masking method, how is that achieved?

 

[xilixfilms]

Guys, any help on this?. What about the layer method? I am trying to use videocopilot blemish tutorial to incorporate the CC technic. Has anyone tried something similar or does anyone have a better result idea?

 

[Ogrus]

Masking is a basic technique. You should study combustion a little more! There are tons of tutos on the net, the same applies for CC!
Also, you are asking these questions in the wrong room!!!!
I think Finesse is for the very demanding. I get grrreat results using Levels and three way color corrector in Premiere