Third Tutorial-mimic camera filters- improvement on Brightness/Contrast Filter

BillyBoy wrote on 10/26/2002, 3:22 PM
OK boys and girls, here is something a bit beyond the basics. Now that you know how to use an overlay and Color Curves, lets expand on that knowledge to more accurately set the range of adjustment by letting Vegas Video calculate it instead of just eye balling it by using something called Complement Offset values. I know that's a mouthful, but it is easier than it sounds. In effect you can easily make custom filters that will accurately remove any color tint from any image more accurately then adjusting a single color channel alone just using curves.

Then once you see how to do that, see how what you learn in tutorial three can be applied to make a more powerful HSL filter.

http://www.wideopenwest.com/%7Ewvg/tutorial-3.htm

Enjoy.

Comments

Randy Brown wrote on 10/26/2002, 4:03 PM
WOW, keep 'em coming guys...these are very helpful. Very generous of you!
Thanks,
Randy
craftech wrote on 10/26/2002, 9:16 PM
BillyBoy,

I have copies of your posts regarding this subject over the past two years, but I have to tell you. The tutorials you posted are so much easier to understand. Thank you so much. I can't wait to try them on my theater productions.

John
BillyBoy wrote on 10/26/2002, 9:56 PM
I'm glad people find them useful. I'm trying to include a lot of images, sometimes words alone especially in a forum that covers such a visual topic tends to be a bit confusing and the how-to gets lost in trying to explain it.

One of things I like most about Vegas Video is you can do similar things several different ways with some methods better than others for certain situations yet all of them are fairly simple once you do them a few times.
Paul_Holmes wrote on 10/27/2002, 12:49 AM
Definitely has caused a sudden improvement in the editing of certain of my footage. Almost makes me want to go back and do all my past movies over! :>)

I use a TRV50 and had a five-minute home movie that was taken in very poor light. Although the gain is still very evident after processing, the movie is now eminently viewable, with good color rendition, and no harsh contrast between light and dark. I was able to develop a filter chain using your suggestions (levels, color-curves) that I was then able to apply to every scene in the movie, with only a few tweaks needed inbetween. Thanks for sharing your expertise!