Have you ever forgotten to set the white balance on your camera during a shoot only to get back home and find that the color in your video is way off? Here’s a way you can quickly correct the white balance of your video clips using the free version of DaVinci Resolve 12.5. You can download the free version of DaVinci Resolve.
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Why would you use a color chart in video and film production or post production? With a color chart like the X-Rite Color Checker Passport Video, you can set your exposure and white balance quickly during your shoot, and in post you can quickly and easily color correct your footage. But perhaps more importantly, a color chart can help you learn how to produce better video and how to color correct and grade your footage more effectively. Using a chart can teach you how your camera reacts to and interprets color and light and that will help you make better decisions when shooting and editing. In this demo, we look quickly at some ways you can use a color chart in editing/post production to fix exposure and especially color balance issues. We also quickly look at using a color chart to understand how your camera interprets different colors and reacts to different light sources. The demo includes manual color and exposure correction using the X-Rite Color Checker Passport Video and automatic color and exposure correction using Color Finale, a third-party color grading plugin for Final Cut Pro X
This one is a pretty nerdy episode, so if you don’t really have the interest or 12 minutes to invest, you are now dismissed from class. ;-)
Whew! This year was my first at NAB and I'm pretty overwhelmed right now. For my first visit I decided to start off slow and will be creating a set of short videos over the next few days highlighting some of the more interesting things I saw and learned while on the show floor. For now, there are a couple of special deals going that are pretty nice if you're in the market for these particular items:
Nikon D750 Camera Body for under $2000. That's an amazing deal for anyone looking for a nice full frame camera. I own this and can vouch that it is an amazing stills camera and surprisingly good at video despite is relatively low bitrate. I record to an Atomos recorder and it produces fantastic footage that way and works around the limited bitrate.
I also dropped by a session hosted by FCPWorks which is a consulting group for Final Cut Pro X users - especially larger productions. But they're obviously big on FCPX and brought in Denver Riddle from Color Grading Central to demo his new professional color grading plugin for FCPX called Color Finale. Right now there's a 30% off special (bringing the price to right around $70 with coupon code "NAB2015"). I've been super impressed playing around with it today and it is a huge time saver. I may not have to round trip to Resolve nearly as often now because this has an impressive feature set including color wheels, curves, LUT support, vector secondaries, and layer opacity. Definitely worth a look if you use FCPX for editing and want to save some time round tripping to color correct or aren't a fan of FCPX's color boards (I'm not a huge fan).
I have lots more to tell you about, especially on the audio and lighting fronts, and will get started posting over the next few days.
Oh, and my RØDE NTG4+ should arrive tomorrow so I'll begin tests with that as well for the upcoming review!