Color/lighting correct just an area of a clip

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JSC

Member Joined: Apr 20, 2012 09:22 Messages: 71 Offline

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Mar 25, 2021 17:53

Is it possible to fix the color/lighting in just one area of a clip? And if so, how? Someone's hands were too close to a light source and are ghost white. I've played with all the controls and so far not only do they overdarken the rest of the picture, they are not darkening the hands.

Thanks,

Jim PowerDirector 365, AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-core processor 4.05 GHz, 32GB RAM, Windows 10 64-bit OS, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

Mar 25, 2021 18:48

You're going to have to overlay a second copy of the clip on a lower track, then use the Mask Designer to only allow only the hand in that clip to show. You can then drastically reduce the brightness and make any other saturation and contrast changes on that clip to get that section to more closely match the rest of the scene, which will show "behind" the masked clip.

You can use an existing mask shape or create one of your own. Either way you'll probably want to feather the edges to have the clips blend smoothly. There are many tutorials on using masks if you're not familiar with them.

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