Post Colorization- General Tips at DVinfo.net

Arthur To · December 18th, 2003, 02:34 PM

hi im on PC using premiere/pro.

aside from their website's plugin
and aside from referring me to FCP

can premiere do the film like post-colorization everyone talks about?

if so.. how/where do i go?

thx
-arthur

Riley Florence · December 20th, 2003, 12:47 AM

never used premiere in my life, but im sure you can do this. Take your footage, and then put a duplicate of it onto a layer above it. So identical footage on two layers, set the top layer's blending mode, or composite mode, to hard light, then adjust the layers opacity down to roughly 55%, it all depends on the footage, but this will bring out some nicer looks, heres an example.

http://homepage.mac.com/rpflo/hardlight.jpg

its not the best of examples, i just thought i would do it quickly while i wait up tonight.

or were you thinking more like these?

http://homepage.mac.com/rpflo/tests.jpg if so, magic bullet does it, all you need is to buy it for $1000 and adobe after effects, so.. if you've got the money for it, which i dont, then there you have it.

hope this helps some

Ryan Krga · December 20th, 2003, 08:01 PM

Arthur, if your refering to Riley's second example, Adobe offers a free plug in for Premiere Pro that will give you ten different "film effects." They take a while to render, but they're well worth it. Just register your copy of PPro and they will link you to the download.

http://www.adobe.com/special/premier...t_descrip.html

Bryan McCullough · December 22nd, 2003, 12:59 PM

Just got these plugins. Some of them look fantastic. Makes me want to buy the rest of them. Do you think maybe that was the point? ;)

Anyway, thanks for the link!

John Britt · December 22nd, 2003, 01:12 PM

I hate to speak when I don't know all the facts, but...

Unless Premiere Pro has changed significantly from 6.5 (I have 6.5 and not Pro), then Riley's first example cannot be used in Premiere. Premiere does not have blending modes (not in 6.5 at least)

It can be done in After Effects, though, and AE is a great tool for color correction.

I've also done nominal color correction using "Levels" in Premiere 6.5 with some success (particularly one time when I had to remove the green tint from flourescent lighting from some footage)

December 18th, 2003, 02:34 PM	#1
Arthur To Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cerritos, CA Posts: 78	Post Colorization- General Tips hi im on PC using premiere/pro. aside from their website's plugin and aside from referring me to FCP can premiere do the film like post-colorization everyone talks about? if so.. how/where do i go? thx -arthur __________________ xL1s

December 20th, 2003, 12:47 AM	#2
Riley Florence Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 61	never used premiere in my life, but im sure you can do this. Take your footage, and then put a duplicate of it onto a layer above it. So identical footage on two layers, set the top layer's blending mode, or composite mode, to hard light, then adjust the layers opacity down to roughly 55%, it all depends on the footage, but this will bring out some nicer looks, heres an example. http://homepage.mac.com/rpflo/hardlight.jpg its not the best of examples, i just thought i would do it quickly while i wait up tonight. or were you thinking more like these? http://homepage.mac.com/rpflo/tests.jpg if so, magic bullet does it, all you need is to buy it for $1000 and adobe after effects, so.. if you've got the money for it, which i dont, then there you have it. hope this helps some __________________ -------------------------- -Riley Florence SLC, Utah. http://www.secondsection.com

December 20th, 2003, 08:01 PM	#3
Ryan Krga Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago, Illinois Posts: 116	Arthur, if your refering to Riley's second example, Adobe offers a free plug in for Premiere Pro that will give you ten different "film effects." They take a while to render, but they're well worth it. Just register your copy of PPro and they will link you to the download. http://www.adobe.com/special/premier...t_descrip.html

December 22nd, 2003, 12:59 PM	#4
Bryan McCullough Major Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Richardson, TX Posts: 842	Just got these plugins. Some of them look fantastic. Makes me want to buy the rest of them. Do you think maybe that was the point? ;) Anyway, thanks for the link!

December 22nd, 2003, 01:12 PM	#5
John Britt Major Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 621	I hate to speak when I don't know all the facts, but... Unless Premiere Pro has changed significantly from 6.5 (I have 6.5 and not Pro), then Riley's first example cannot be used in Premiere. Premiere does not have blending modes (not in 6.5 at least) It can be done in After Effects, though, and AE is a great tool for color correction. I've also done nominal color correction using "Levels" in Premiere 6.5 with some success (particularly one time when I had to remove the green tint from flourescent lighting from some footage)