How to selectively color a B&W clip

John222 wrote on 7/11/2013, 11:00 AM

I want to make a video clip that simulates an old B&W photo where selective areas of the photo are hand painted such as lips and some facial rouge. Any ideas as to how I can accomplish this? Or suggested tutorials?

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Steve Grisetti wrote on 7/11/2013, 3:24 PM

You can do it in Movie Studio -- but it be very very difficult.

This kind of effect is what programs like After Effects were designed to create!

John222 wrote on 7/11/2013, 4:39 PM

I also have Vegas 11 Pro if that would help?

videoITguy wrote on 7/11/2013, 5:36 PM

Buy one of the NewBlu EFX products - they offer several (read many different) really good manageable tools to do this. Choose one of them and install with VegasPro - you will not go wrong.

John222 wrote on 7/14/2013, 7:42 PM

Which plugin would suggest for the effect I desire. Also I notice that NewBlu has a special on a 3 pack. Which would be the most useful?

Ivan Lietaert wrote on 7/15/2013, 2:57 AM

I have used the Newblue FX several times to do this: NewBlue MSPPS Selective Color - OpenFX

It came with the Platinum suite vs 10 (and 12).
Here is an example of mine of what it can easily do:
https://vimeo.com/channels/onholyground/62808373

Kind regards,
Ivan L.

DocSatori wrote on 7/15/2013, 3:01 AM

Watch a video on 'colour isolation' and maybe 'colour saturation' on You Tube for example:

Pay attention for the part about masking if you need to isolate the effect to one or two objects.

There are a lot of ways to get the effect you want without using a third party application.

If you're starting with a black and white image, you can also cookie cut the part you want to 'saturate' with colour and overlay it on a duplicate of the original image. Creativity and some familiarity with your application is key here. You can saturate any greyscale shade(s) from white to black - converting it to a different colour.

Of course you can use the 'cookie cutter' effect instead of masking if you can make it fit your needs.

that does pretty much what you're asking.

I have no idea why others are suggesting a third party application. Sony video editing applications are more than sufficent for this.

John222 wrote on 7/15/2013, 11:03 AM

Thank You DocSatori !!! That's exactly what I wanted.

mike_in_ky wrote on 7/15/2013, 2:00 PM

Really nice video, Ivan. I enjoyed it very much.

Markk655 wrote on 7/15/2013, 7:32 PM

Doc,

Thanks for the reminder....If I recall Sony made a big deal of that when they first included the secondary color corrector in VMS v11.

Ivan Lietaert wrote on 7/16/2013, 1:54 AM

Nope, it was VMS vs10, platinum edition. I know because I jumped from vs 10 to vs12.

UKharrie wrote on 7/16/2013, 5:53 PM

Isn't it a shame the Cookie Cutter effect is a fixed shape?
Even in simple Photo Editors (for Stills), you can create a cutout either by colour/brightness OR by manually making a line follow the shape edges needed.

IF the original footage was in colour (then apply B&W effect), the selective cookie cutter could be generated from the coloured-version. Then used to act as the mask/inverse so only the right area is selectively coloured (in this instance).

Any NEWS about MS v13, yet?

Markk655 wrote on 7/16/2013, 6:56 PM

Thanks for the correction Ivan!