Grading a Tropical Resort Commercial

[Ted Ramasola]

I just finished this last night, I tested putting the footage onto premiere so i could use MB Looks and Colorista, when I realized it doesnt support GPU acceleration yet, I decided to achieve the looks I wanted using the effects tools in Edius.

And this is where Edius stands out, its stability and robustness. You pile up filters on top of the other and its still humming along.

There are tools there that just not appreciated enough, like;

Regions--this can act like Power masks and you can relight a scene

Chrominance--use this with 'combine filters' and you have keying like those in colorista

White balance--- NOW THIS should be renamed 3 way color correction!

Old movie filter-- for those subtle vignettes

Do check out the commercial.

[size=+2]Costabella[/size]

 

[Thane Silliker]

Nice work. What camera did you use?

 

[Ted Ramasola]

Thanks, jvc hd100 1st 30 second intro up to the dancing girl, the rest or all shots of the resort on 7D.

 

[anima3d]

the most amazing CC i've ever seen on edius...

 

[Ted Ramasola]

the most amazing CC i've ever seen on edius...

Thanks,

Surprisingly, working with native avchd files from a DSLR, edius can pull more details from highlights and shadows than in AE!

heres another I just finished a few hours ago. I think you'll also like this.

[size=+2]Panglao Island Nature Resort[/size]

 

[pbskasaa]

Thanks, jvc hd100 1st 30 second intro up to the dancing girl, the rest or all shots of the resort on 7D.

hi teddy
that was very good. i am also looking for a good tutorial on color correction in edius. i have see the one by THoff . it's great too. but could you please post your way of kinda tutorial about the procedures on color cocorrecting those ads with edius. this will also help others. thanks.

 

[Ted Ramasola]

pbskasaa ,

I have basically a 3 step process on grading with edius. This depends on the condition of your source footage.

1. When you footage is relatively well exposed and whitebalanced--- I use color balance filter only
2. when footage is not ideally exposed--- I adjust YUV curves then add clolor balance filter on top.
3. when its really screwed up in exposure and white balance--- I adjust YUV+whitebalance filter+color balance to round it up.

However, if i want aggressive mood changing grade I go with Color balance +white balance.

NOTE: The white balance filter, as most edius users agree, is not ideally named, it should be called "3 way color corrector", as it does more than white balance.

 

[THoff]

NOTE: The white balance filter, as most edius users agree, is not ideally named, it should be called "3 way color corrector", as it does more than white balance.

FWIW, it has been renamed "3-Way Color Correction" in Edius 6 which was released in October 2010.

 

[Ted Ramasola]

FWIW, it has been renamed "3-Way Color Correction" in Edius 6 which was released in October 2010.

Maybe I should consider upgrading. I also read it has more features now. Thanks for that heads up THoff.

 

[THoff]

Edius 6 is a substantial upgrade over Edius 5 with many new features and enhancements. If you haven't taken a look at it, download the demo or at least check out the Edius 6 Feature Showcase.

 

[ipcmlr]

Hi Ted! Kamusta! I'm new to video editing and edius. I try to create titles using edius 6's built in titler but they don't loo too good. Do you use a different titler or do I just suck at creating titles?
Salamat!

 

[Ted Ramasola]

Hi! I use edius 5.5 and for basic titling / subtitling and captions I use titlemotion which is a plug in, I don't use its built in quick titler.
I also don't know if version 6 already has the titlemotion.

For Complex titles with transparencies I use after effects, or sometimes a combination of 3D max and aftereffects.

Hope that helps.