Color Correction: Creating a Polished Look in Avid Media Composer
with Ashley Kennedy
In this course, author Ashley Kennedy illustrates how to correct color imbalances or create a specific mood in pre-edited video with the complete color correction workflow in Avid Media Composer. The first color correction stage demonstrates how to manually correct footage by white balancing, removing color cast, correcting flesh tones, and correcting luma and chroma values in both the HSL and Curves groups, and explores the Avid automatic color correction functions. The second color correction stage focuses on achieving shot-to-shot consistency with templates and color match controls. In the final stage, Ashley investigates more creative color treatments, such as applying a gritty or bleached look to the footage.
Topics include:
Understanding the creative goals of each project
Setting up the Media Composer environment specifically for color correction
Performing a correction from start to finish in the HSL group
Performing a correction from start to finish in the Curves group
Using color correction templates
Using the automatic Color Correction effects
Using Match Color and Natural Match
Performing secondary color correction with Magic Mask
Keyframing color correction effects over time
Creating a look and feel with special treatments
Automatically correcting a broadcast show using the Safe Color Limiter effect
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