From the course: Compositing a Cell Phone in After Effects
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Color correct the footage - After Effects Tutorial
From the course: Compositing a Cell Phone in After Effects
Color correct the footage
- [Voiceover] Color correcting, or grading is a process by which we can get footage shot at different times and locations to fit together and feel incorporated. We're going to base the look of our opening shots on this final shot, as I want to create a bright sunny mood in the promo, and the first two shots are, a bit dull in comparison. Then we'll look at using feathered colored solid layers and how they can help tie transitions together, so let's get to it. So what I'm gonna do is use the last shot as a base for the color corrections in these shots, so I'm just gonna copy the layer, and come over here, and paste it in, and I'm gonna scale it down so I've got it in the viewer. Just by looking at this we can see that we need to brighten up the grass and yeah, just give it some overall warmth, it's a bit cool, the first two shots, so let's look at doing that now. We'll select our second layer here and we'll add the curves effect and you can find it in the effect, color correction…
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