Color correction / grading is a common term used in the film industry and is know to everybody who has come across filming or photography. Basically it's improving the look or bringing out specific colors in a shot or scene. It isn't about making the shot look fancy; no, it should also attract the viewer to what the director/cameraman wants & also to set a specific mood. Examples are written below...
In After Effects you mainly use an adjustment layer that is overlayed over the original content. And that adjustment layer would, traditionally, contain several color "tempering" effects. You can increase the Brightness/Contrast, tint, levels, etc of the layer to match your needs. All you have to do is to keep experimenting with different presets.
For instance, if you want to set a calm mood to your video, you should apply a blueish tint and play with some leveling . And if you're color correcting an action short, you should intensify the colors(also add a brownish tint), but don't over-do it so the content wont loose it's level of quality/ be too distracting. I concur that the above screenshot may show a little being overdone, but it was made to prove a point.
Don't over-do color correction; hence, you can ruin your film and could possibly make it too distracting to view in some of the shots.
Me and a couple of friends made our first live action film! its not that we don't do short films, its because its our first time of doing a "live action" vid. We did numerous videos before but we had no time to either finish it or upload it on the interwebs. Anyways, the short feature was shot with a really simple digital camera in really low quality, so the color grading was a bit tedious to me.
Anyways, here is the video:
In After Effects you mainly use an adjustment layer that is overlayed over the original content. And that adjustment layer would, traditionally, contain several color "tempering" effects. You can increase the Brightness/Contrast, tint, levels, etc of the layer to match your needs. All you have to do is to keep experimenting with different presets.
For instance, if you want to set a calm mood to your video, you should apply a blueish tint and play with some leveling . And if you're color correcting an action short, you should intensify the colors(also add a brownish tint), but don't over-do it so the content wont loose it's level of quality/ be too distracting. I concur that the above screenshot may show a little being overdone, but it was made to prove a point.
Don't over-do color correction; hence, you can ruin your film and could possibly make it too distracting to view in some of the shots.
Me and a couple of friends made our first live action film! its not that we don't do short films, its because its our first time of doing a "live action" vid. We did numerous videos before but we had no time to either finish it or upload it on the interwebs. Anyways, the short feature was shot with a really simple digital camera in really low quality, so the color grading was a bit tedious to me.
Anyways, here is the video:
If it doesn't show up then here's its link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqGaME4yf-s
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