Color Correction for Digital Video by CMP books (sorry, I don't have a link at the moment) is WONDERFUL! It's a tremendous resource if you want to learn color correction, although it's not Vegas-specific. I seem to recall, as a matter of fact, that the pictures in the book came from a Media Composer, but I could be wrong.

Anyway, I cannot recommend the book highly enough. The tutorials & examples not only taught me what I needed to know, they quite frankly proved to me that I didn't know NEARLY as much as I thought I did.

Go to Amazon, pop the $30 or so bucks, and thank me later!

David.

PS-- Spot-- THIS is a subject that deserves a training DVD!

I just finished reading the book (it's by Hullfish) and it is very good. He helps you learn what the scopes (waveform, histogram, and vectorscope) are telling you. He teaches you about luminance (brightness) and how to adjust it, and chrominance (color information).

He discusses gain, levels, saturation, gamma, and color curves. Also, there are sample pics on the included CD that you can use to try things out for yourself. There are lots of color pics of before and after shots including the change to the scopes.

I'm working on a 3-cam edit of a stage performance and there are clearly differences amongst the three different brands of cameras. I've never color corrected before but have learned a lot from Hullfish's book and BillyBoy's tutorials and feel ready to give it a go. I've realized there's a science to it, but also a fair bit of subjectiveness and personal preference.

Curves, I think, will be the most difficult to master since you have a full range of options for placing control points and adding curves -- plus, the ability to adjust each RGB curve separately. The Color Corrector may be the best place to start learning as you watch the effect on the scopes.

Good luck!

Right on! That's what Im talking about. Thanks fellow cutters! Oh wait! I guess we arent really cutters any more. NLE and all..
Hmmmmmmmmm, thanks fellow whatevers!

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