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Colorist lingo: What is a vignette? - DaVinci Resolve Tutorial
From the course: DaVinci Resolve 12 Essential Training
Colorist lingo: What is a vignette?
- Before we move through the rest of this chapter and really start digging deep into power windows, I want to pause so we're all taking about the same thing when it comes to a vignette, because vignettes are such an important technique and others will assume you know it. What is a vignette? It's a term you'll hear other colorists use all the time. It has its heritage in photography. In the image on the left here, this is a classic vignette. It has a bright, clear focal point and notice how the image fades and feathers getting much darker on the outside. This total effect, it's a vignette. The one here is obvious and dramatic. The vignette can forcefully focus the eye but you can also go much less dramatic and that is what I usually use it for. It can be very subtle, practically invisible, and even then it has an unmistakable ability to draw the viewer's attention to a central focal point. I love my subtle vignettes. In this particular image, a heavy vignette like this tends to act…
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Colorist lingo: What is a secondary correction?3m 33s
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Custom curves as secondary corrections7m 47s
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Log wheels as secondary corrections6m 46s
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Color wheels: Highlight and shadow controls3m 40s
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Color wheels: Color boost and midtone detail controls3m 40s
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Using the Hue vs. curves6m 40s
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Using the Lum vs. and the Sat vs. curves4m 23s
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Targeting corrections with the Hue/Saturation/Luminance (HSL) keyer8m 5s
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Understanding the HSL Matte Finesse controls5m 48s
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Targeting corrections with the new 3D keyer7m 15s
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Limiting HSL and 3D keys with Power Windows4m 29s
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Colorist lingo: What is a vignette?2m 27s
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Power window fundamentals: Basic controls3m 47s
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Power window fundamentals: Manipulating shapes6m 23s
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Power window fundamentals: Adding and copying and pasting shapes4m 23s
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Color correcting with power windows2m 44s
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Node macros: The Add Outside node9m 19s
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Power windows with the Tracker8m 41s
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Fine-tuning your tracking8m 29s
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In action: Hero shots and secondary corrections15m 4s
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