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Colorist Tip #27 – Secondaries
Secondary color correction is the process if fixing and adjusting specific parts of an image. The extra tools usually used are power windows/vignettes, keys/qualifiers, and hue, saturation, and luminance curves. We're moving from looks to secondaries now. We'll talk about the how and why of SCC (Secondary Color Correction) in...
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Colorist Tip #26 – Iso Color
The "Iso(lated) Color" look = key one color (often red) and desaturate the rest of the image to black and white, leaving the keyed color. This look can be very tricky, & production design is crucial. You'll probably need to use shapes to isolate. This is another special effect look....
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Colorist Tip #25 – Color Spots
A cool variation for the blockbuster look is to add very soft circle vignettes around the edges and push hues inside them. It works best with aggressive color casts in vignettes of blue or green. It's unusual, but a good look for music videos. This is a bit of a...
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Colorist Tip #24 – Duotone
Duotone = First make a black and white image, then push color into the mids only. A tritone variation would be black and white with two different (usually opposing) colors in the shadows and highlights only. Duotone isn't a look that's used a ton today, but it's still a good...
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Colorist Tip #23 – Matrix Look
The "Matrix" look = low saturation of about 30%, push green into shadows and mids, and a little yellow in highlights. It also helps to key the skin and bring it back to a correct skin-tone. While the generic term for a "Matrix" look is greenish, there are a variety...
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