Making two film clip colour similar?

molan1976

Newbie Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Joined: Nov 20, 2013 17:19 Messages: 25 Offline

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Apr 08, 2014 08:20

Hi,

I want to use two camera for a recording, so I can change view afterwards i editing, but the two cameras are different brands and have a slight difference in colour representation.

How do I make the colours more similar, so the viewers won't notice it's made by two different cameras?

regards

Carl312

Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline

Apr 08, 2014 08:29

PowerDirector does have Fix/Enhance > Color Adjustment.

You can adjust the color of one of the videos there.

Be aware, the Fix/Enhance takes a lot of computer power. If your computer is not powerful enough you might have jumps and pauses in the video.

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molan1976

Newbie Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Joined: Nov 20, 2013 17:19 Messages: 25 Offline

Apr 08, 2014 08:41

So I have to a just the video clip manually, there is no automatic "colour alignment/equalisation" feature then?

PS: CPU/GPU power is not a problem, PD 12 runs pretty fast on my pc. Of cause with no rendering needed it is many times faster still, but that's an ok investment.

BarryTheCrab

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Apr 08, 2014 10:19

Carl has the answer, trial and error. That is EXACTLY the reason I have 2 Vixia HF M models. Another good reason is trying to remember 2 different camera menus. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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Carl312

Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline

Apr 08, 2014 14:26

I have two Canon Cameras one is HF R100, the other is HF R300. The color from both cameras looks similar.

I have not tried a side by side comparison, set both camera on tripods next to each other and shoot the same scene.

Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

molan1976

Newbie Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Joined: Nov 20, 2013 17:19 Messages: 25 Offline

Apr 09, 2014 03:04

That would be the best solution I agree, however somewhat expensive considering I have a video camera, a dSLR and a pocket camera all capable of recording HD video.

It's free to use two of them at one time, but it presents this challenge about colouring. Two identical video camera would solve this, but cost me an extra camera. I'll rather solve this by colour adjustments then.