Bassman2003
Veteran
The true color charts are industry standard. I am sure Panasonic uses them when they make their in-camera profiles. I add on some non-traditional colors as well when I am creating my color scene files. Colors like different shades of purple, teal, varying shades of red from red-orange to magenta red. Cameras in general struggle with these colors imho. This purely visual but I can't stand it when deep purple comes out on the blue side which it often does without adjustment.
Making the color adjustments is a balancing act. If you move one color too far, another will be pushed. So it is important to see them all while you are adjusting and keep an eye out for changes. Scopes are industry standard but I think it is best to go beyond just using the scopes. I had an older Varicam which was adjusted at a large post house with a special room with all of the charts, lighting scopes etc. The operator dialed all of the primary and secondary colors to their positions on the scope. Should have been perfect color... I used the camera and thought the color was just ok. The skin tones tended towards red/magenta. It was fine but that started a mission for me to dial the camera in. It is subjective from that point forward but I see it as "my look".
Good luck and my one tip is to look at bringing down the red saturation. I have found red blooms first. So if you dial back the saturation in the main and secondary correction areas you can bring the saturation up in other areas and the image will have more balance.
Making the color adjustments is a balancing act. If you move one color too far, another will be pushed. So it is important to see them all while you are adjusting and keep an eye out for changes. Scopes are industry standard but I think it is best to go beyond just using the scopes. I had an older Varicam which was adjusted at a large post house with a special room with all of the charts, lighting scopes etc. The operator dialed all of the primary and secondary colors to their positions on the scope. Should have been perfect color... I used the camera and thought the color was just ok. The skin tones tended towards red/magenta. It was fine but that started a mission for me to dial the camera in. It is subjective from that point forward but I see it as "my look".
Good luck and my one tip is to look at bringing down the red saturation. I have found red blooms first. So if you dial back the saturation in the main and secondary correction areas you can bring the saturation up in other areas and the image will have more balance.
