Basic Color Correction

Name: Basic Color Correction
Author: Jeff Shaffer

Discover color tools and color correction and color matching techniques

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Hello, in today's lesson, we'll take a look at the Lumetri Color panel in Premiere Pro. The Lumetri Color panel provides a powerful range of color correction and color grading options. Color correction involves white balance adjustments, camera matching, flesh tone tweaks and in some cases, the use of LUTs, or look up tables. Color grading is a more creative interpretive method of color treatment, usually done at the final stages of editing to enhance the mood of the story or the emotional tone of a particular scene. In order to take a good look at the panel's features, I entered into the color workspace as you could see here, which reveals the panel at the far right. I'll click on a clip in the timeline to access the controls in the basic corrections sub panel, up here. Here you see options for input LUT or look up table, white balance, tone, and saturation. The input LUT, or look up table, shows some presets for specific high-end cameras, such as the ARRI ALEXA and AMIRA and Phantom cameras, which shoot a RAW or a log file, in which no tone curve or white balance is applied in camera. The other basic corrections can be applied to any camera's footage. We will examine each in detail in the next few lessons. The creative panel has some preset looks and sliders to adjust the look's intensity, as well as faded film effect, sharpening, vibrance and saturation. Here's all the various looks that appear under here, and you can actually scroll through them to see how they look here. Curves is the next panel, and it provides many powerful adjustments that could be applied to individual color channels, as well as a number of hue saturation curves that could apply many localized adjustments to coloring the clip or sequence you're working on. Color wheels and match make matching cameras more automated and significantly easier. And its three color wheels provide the ability to fine tune that automatic adjustment further. HSL secondary allows you to target a specific range of color, such as flesh tone and create a mass area that can be independently controlled and corrected. The mask automatically tracks through the footage when applied. Lastly, a vignette can be applied to draw the viewer's eye to the main subject in your videos. In this lesson, we've examined the various controls available on Lumetri Color panel in Premiere Pro.

Intermediate Provider : Jeff Shaffer 7 Lessons · 28m in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese

Course Description

In this course, you will learn about basic color correction techniques. You will learn how to use the Lumetri panel, as well as working with curves, levels, and saturation. You will also learn how to use markers, color wheels, and adjust the white balance. In addition, you will learn how to use three-point color correction and match color corrections.

What You'll Learn

Understand how the Lumetri Color panel works for basic color correction
Adjust white balance and correct levels and saturation in video clips
Apply creative panel looks and LUTs to footage
Work with RGB and Hue Saturation curves and color wheels
Color-correct and color-match video clips shot on different cameras
Use HSL Secondary and three-point color correction techniques

Key Takeaways

The course covers basic color correction techniques using the Lumetri panel.
Learners work with curves, levels, and saturation to refine the look of video clips.
The course teaches how to use markers, color wheels, and white balance adjustments.
It covers three-point color correction and matching color corrections across clips.
It addresses color-matching video clips that were recorded on different cameras.

Frequently Asked Questions

What will I learn in this course?

You will learn basic color correction techniques, including how to use the Lumetri panel, work with curves, levels, and saturation, use markers, color wheels, and adjust white balance, and apply three-point color correction and color matching.

Does this course cover matching footage from different cameras?

Yes. One of the learning objectives is to color-correct and color-match video clips from different cameras, and the lessons include Color Wheels and Match and Matching Color Corrections.

What topics do the lessons cover?

The lessons cover Understanding the Lumetri Color Panel, Adjust White Balance, Creative Panel Looks and LUTs, RGB and Hue Saturation Curves, Color Wheels and Match, HSL Secondary, and Matching Color Corrections.

What skills does this course help develop?

The course builds skills in color balance, color correction, color grading, color management, color mixing, and color tools.