Sunday, June 19, 2011

The Benefits Of Post Production Color Correction

By Marsha Silva


In every shot made whether to be broadcast in television or big screen or photography, it has to be edited to achieve perfection. One final step is the post production color correction where it will do alteration, changing or enhancing the appearance in any scene and lighting that is present already on it.

This process has been created to take control in every scene shot and for an effective output, it must be done in an efficient and huge working station using the different tools for this job such that it will manipulate every shot. The process of correction entails a lot of hard work but when the right formula is achieved already, the process will just be easy and fast.

Those images shot in analog or those transferred from a film to the digital format usually do not have a certain degree of being exposed since colors here are not very impressive. There are cases also where the cameraman forgets to prepare the video camera that will be used for a shot and the lights have already been in placed, its result is not very pleasant. All these errors can be rectified using post production color correction.

We all know that in every scene, there is a different targeted key elements like doing a commercial, the product is the focused element while in a narrative video, the person is the key points here. Applying this process can adjust the skin tone of the key elements so they are the ones more focused here. After the editing, the result will prove to be effective since it already look real and alive.

Most programs need to incorporate footages taken from different sources or shot in many locations with varied time and weather condition. Once combined, even the skilled crew can never perfect it as there is always a contrast with color and exposure. However, using this kind of technique carefully, integrating all shots can be perfectly balanced to match with one another to make it look like to happen in on setting.

At times contrasting scenes is needed in a shot for a disconcerting effect. The correction can help you make an extreme differences. When a scene needs to be in different moods either gloomy, warm or watery mode is done by just marking the tones needed for the scene. The process also keep the shot matching to its look.

Creating a special effects can also be done here. There are scenes that require some effects like utilizing a color for a day or night effect, flashback scene and any other extreme effects are all possible here since the correction process has various tool for creating such effects.

If you are looking for person who can do post production color correction, search those that are trained to handle and carry out this job. These experts will make a sample of the job needed by the client and hand it down to them for perusal. With many devices and technologies around, editing the shots are easy coupled with the right management of the colors as well.




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