Trying to fix orange/yellow video in Vegas..Any sure bets?

TDolce wrote on 7/6/2003, 5:12 PM

Hello,

Recently I had a bad video experience at a dinner reception held in the evening. You guessed it,...the digital camcorder video's results were all yellowish and orange because the lighting was horrible. When I tried to correct it in VV, it just never quite achieved the results I wanted and hoped for. Sadly, I just decided to convert all of the footage to Black and white and told my friend that it was my "artistic" expression and that i chose the B/W over color. Is there a standard setting in VV that others have used to correct orangey video (specific settings) that may help me in the future? Or perhaps a specific way to get around this issue on the front end during the video shoot? I'm using a Panasonic DV851 that has BEAUTIFUL footage outside and decent indoor results with my optional video light, but in a huge room like a reception hall with that yellowish crappy lighting,....I was too inexperienced to get around it. Any help with either side of the fence here (pre-or-post) would be great.

Thanks,
Todd

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craftech wrote on 7/6/2003, 6:49 PM

If the camera has an indoor lighting white balance setting use it next time.

In post use the color correction FX (the one with the three wheels). Take the (-)eyedropper on the LOW wheel and click on a black/blackish object in a scene using the preview window. Then click on a white/whitish object with the (-) eyedropper on the High color wheel. That should get you in the ballpark. Use the center color wheel and move the dot around to shift the color between bluish and reddish or leave it alone. Make sure you check it on an external monitor before you leave the setting.
There is much more to it than that, but what I described should make a big difference initially.

John

aussiemick wrote on 7/7/2003, 12:03 AM

Had exactly the same problem. First used the colour curve FX to produce as close to the natural colour as possible, then went to colour correctors to fine tune the result. It came out perfect. Don't forget histograms to make sure what you have is heading in the right direction.