Changing color over time

pvrvideoman

Newbie Joined: Nov 26, 2012 21:03 Messages: 20 Offline

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Dec 01, 2012 15:59

Hello. I recently downloaded Color Director. I was trying to correct color problems occurring in my clips. The automatic white balance feature on my client's camera was constantly adjusting while I was shooting. Anyway, how do you correct color problems if the change throughout the duration of the clip? I am using keyframes to correct the variations; trying to stabilize the color. But it is taking forever. Please assist.

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Senior Contributor Joined: Sep 21, 2011 00:02 Messages: 2910 Offline

Dec 01, 2012 17:56

Hello and welcome to the forum,

Unfortunately, ColorDirector has no instant answer for you with this problem.

Any global adjustment that is applied will affect the whole video in the same degree, so the use of keyframes is the only way I can see of making adjustments to colour over time.

Expanding the keyframes workspace will be vital for you, I'd imagine. It gives you more chance of seeing what you're doing.

It's certainly a tricky issue when you start with a video that is so variable!

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pvrvideoman

Newbie Joined: Nov 26, 2012 21:03 Messages: 20 Offline

Dec 01, 2012 22:14

Thanks for your insight. I was hoping there was a quicker, more efficient way of doing this. But I'll be patient and get it done.

Xerox

Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Aug 09, 2009 01:36 Messages: 446 Offline

Dec 02, 2012 03:15

It helps to know that if you right-click on a keyframe, you can tell ColorDirector to hold the color until the next keyframe. That prevents a gradual color change from one keyframe to the next. Instead there will be an instant color change when the next keyframe is reached. Otherwise you will have to set many more keyframes to offset the gradual change.

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Dec 05, 2012 04:28

A point worth making Xerox. If there were stars, that would be worthy.

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