Color for Video Editors

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Color for Video Editors is an Intermediate level tutorial on Photography, written by the author, Robbie Carman. This tutorial is an important step for anyone who needs to get better at his/her Photography expertise. It gives you a strong understanding on Color Correction, Photography, Video, Video Editing, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, Color Correction, Photography, Video, Video Editing, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro.

Interested in learning more about color correction? In this course, colorist Robbie Carman provides editors and those new to working with color with practical strategies that can help them simplify color correction tasks for nearly any project. Robbie provides crucial information about how people really see and why one’s environment plays an important role in successful color correction. He also discusses how to technically and creatively evaluate footage and projects, manage time and effort while color correcting, break down a project into manageable steps, and more.

Topics include:

• How people see
• Creatively and technically evaluating a project
• Interpreting your client’s direction for a project
• Estimating how long a project will take
• Six stages that happen in a color correction workflow
• Timeline level grading
• Building a correction and look toolkit

Color for Video Editors : Video Lessons

• Welcome and what you need to know before taking this course2m 33s
• Exercise files2m 32s
• Essential color correction vocabulary3m 27s
• Color correction should be easy, right?3m 59s
• A quick primer: Human visual physiology3m 16s
• The psychology of seeing5m 2s
• Controlled and correcting lighting with a neutral environment7m 49s
• Reference monitoring and calibration vs. computer monitors5m 49s
• The real world: Grandma's pink TV3m 12s
• Learning to creatively evaluate a project7m 6s
• Interpreting client direction while understanding client tendencies and references5m 19s
• What would you do? Creative evaluation examples5m 41s
• How long and how much effort will a project take to color correct?5m 25s
• The six stages of color correcting a project7m 54s
• How much time and effort: Examples7m 17s
• The role video scopes play in evaluating shots2m 25s
• Using a waveform to judge contrast and white/black levels11m 13s
• Using a vectorscope to judge overall color and saturation4m 58s
• Using RGB Parade and RGB Overlay waveforms to judge color balance5m 54s
• Using a histogram to judge contrast and color balance3m 14s
• Additional scope concepts: Skin tone, colorfulness, and shot matching9m 30s
• The six parts of grading a project7m 1s
• In action: Identifying hero shots5m
• In action: Starting with brightness5m 33s
• In action: Moving next to color7m 55s
• In action: Versioning shots5m 59s
• In action: Saving, comparing, and exporting stills7m 21s
• In action: Getting to the end and making quick matches8m 42s
• In action: Worrying about the details5m 36s
• Timeline level grading2m 57s
• Building a correction and look toolkit6m 42s
• Summary51s

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Categorised in: Color Correction, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, Photography, Premiere Pro, Video, Video Editing