Chapter 6. Color Correction

Author: Jeff I. Greenberg

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Color is my day-long obsession, joy, and torment.

—Claude Monet

Even if you’ve managed to practice your best videography techniques with expert lighting and export camera work, there is always some improvement in the finished image via color correction.

Your eyes are these amazing, white-balancing organs that constantly interpret and reinterpret your environment. But the same qualities that make your eyes great for the everyday world limit you in the postproduction suite because your eyes are continually adjusting and adapting to what they’re viewing.

For color correction, you need a more consistent ...

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