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Color Correcting Video in Lightroom

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benk
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Got the idea after using Quicktime Pro to export image sequences to turn 60fps to 30fps. Decided to run the images through Lightroom before turning them back into video.

Gave this a shot since I lack any professional video software and wanted rich colors/tones in my videos. Lightroom ran through thousands of image without any problem and not much more time.

Check out my first video I did using Lightroom to color correct.  Look forward to using this technique in the future.


Jan 17 2012 2:03PM
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[~_~]
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Fuck yeah, I love Tycho.

What software are you using? Even the most basic ones tend to have a least a saturation/contrast adjustment.
Jan 17 2012 3:22PM
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blatt
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really wanna know what software you're using, would also like to hear what you did to workflow (timeline, then grade; or vice versa?). If they were to integrate LR4 with premiere I would never go back to FCP.
Jan 17 2012 5:45PM
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[~_~]
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They do. It's called After Effects. :)

Except it's better than Lightroom.
Jan 17 2012 7:03PM
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[J_Gasper]
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might have to try Lightroom out soon. props man, that go pro footage was amazing.
Jan 17 2012 7:13PM
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blatt
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My comp can't handle AE. not fast enough.

Does AE have a built in color correction system? The one thing keeping me form switching to CS is that I love color 1.5 too much.
Jan 17 2012 7:42PM
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haha that's like asking if Photoshop allows you to adjust colors.

AE is better than Color in some respects, and inferior in others. I like how Color has better luma processing, but I hate the node-based workflow. AE has better motion tracking too, which is another plus. And if you are planning on doing any sort of VFX, AE is the natural choice since you can do both in the same program.
Jan 17 2012 8:10PM
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Mkvackay
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color finesse works great in AE.

with my mac i have to work in 1/3 to 1/4 res, its due-able but not preferred..
Jan 17 2012 9:00PM
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benk
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I only have imovie and it's not worth my time to torrent a new software and have a learn a new workflow.

Rightfully so, I'm not happy with imovies adjustments.  The contrast and saturation just never to the trick for me.

Lightroom gave me the ability to edit the picture as I normally would. Aside from basic contrast, brightness, curves, I also added a little noise reduction which seems to sharpen the overall quality.

I'll write up a blog post soon too describing workflow etc
Jan 18 2012 2:51AM
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followCam
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Thats pretty clever, interested to see your workflow so will put this in mythreads for now.

Video was amazing by the way. GoPro Video of the day anyone?
Jan 18 2012 11:32AM
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benk
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thanks for the positive feedback,

if anyone is interested in my workflow I put it up on my blog, Let me know if you have any questions.

http://www.benjaminkrausephotography.com/Blog/Entries/2012/1/26_Color_Correcting_Video_in_Lightroom.html


Jan 26 2012 4:58PM
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