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craftech wrote on 5/16/2004, 11:01 AM
What will the final format be, VHS?

John
vitalforces wrote on 5/16/2004, 2:04 PM
Try using the color correction feature and click on "Remove yellow cast" which is for tungsten lighting. The three color wheels' little dot indicators, which are centered in each wheel by default, will each jog to the opposite of yellow when you hit that setting. You can then move the dots back toward the center by micro-degrees until you have a color that looks better.

One tip I recently read about is to focus on skin tone above all else, when comparing that clip to another one.
BillyBoy wrote on 5/16/2004, 3:12 PM
You must be new. :-)

http://www.wideopenwest.com/%7Ewvg/tutorial-menu.htm
jdas wrote on 5/16/2004, 10:28 PM
John, the output wll be DVD. Does this make a difference to the color issue ?
jdas wrote on 5/16/2004, 10:36 PM
Billyboy,

Thanks for pointing me to your tutorials.Great help.

I was trying out the color balance filter. Seems a simple way to reduce the color cast. Any downside to this ?
craftech wrote on 5/17/2004, 6:06 PM
If you are making a DVD you can probably make do with the Color Correction Filter. Freeze it on a scene with representative lighting for the entire video and choose the filter selection button top left of the window. That applies it to the whole video. If the lighting changes a lot during the video you will have to split it up into sections and apply the filter to each section to correct it.
Follow Billyboys tutorial where you choose a black sample and a white sample. Set your gamma a little on the low side (a little dark). If you use DVDA it will lighten a bit so compensate by lowering the gamma when you color correct.
Post back if you run into a jam.

John