From the course: HitFilm Express: Creating a Presentation Video
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Essential color correction
From the course: HitFilm Express: Creating a Presentation Video
Essential color correction
- The raw footage that comes off a camera is rarely what goes straight onto a screen. Usually, it goes through a process called color correction or color grading and HitFilm can do all of this, particularly when working on minimal budgets with, perhaps, reduced lighting equipment and simple cameras, color correction and color grading can be very, very useful. - [Narrator] Take a look at this shot of me for example, this was the green screen shot I used as an example in an earlier chapter. Although the green screen has been successfully removed, I can't help but notice I look a bit gray and tired. While this may be an inevitable consequence of working in video in England, the color tools in HitFilm give me a chance to do something about it and I don't even need to go outside and spend time in the sun. Allow me to demonstrate. In the effects panel, I'm going to find the curves tool. It is likely to become your new best friend. I drop it onto the green screen clip on the timeline, in the…
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