Hey folks, in this video I want to show you my process for colour correcting and colour grading.
In my recent short film, Bye Bob, I was going for a natural look, so I shot it Slog2.
I used an Input LUT to go from Slog2 to Rec709 for the colour correcting process
as well as using Premiere's Lumetri panel
and then for the final look, I used FilmConvert.
So I want to take you through and show you the enite process using Premiere Pro.
So I'm going to head over to Premiere and show you what I did.
This is my Slog2 footage.
The first thing that I'm going to do is add an Adjustment layer.
So I'm going to go to my project window
and go to 'New Item'
'Adjustment Layer'
I'm going to drag that Adjustment layer onto my timeline
rename it to 'Correct'
and I'm going to duplicate it by holding Alt + clicking + dragging up to the next video track
also renaming it, calling this one 'Grade'.
next, I'm going to make sure the first layer 'Correct' is selected
head over th my Color workspace
and this is where I'm going to apply an Input LUT.
So, I'm going to go to 'Basic Correction'
select one of my input LUTs
I'm going to just go for this one.
What an Input LUT does is basically changes your footage from one colour space to another.
So, I shot in Slog2
and I want my footage to have a standardised Rec709 look
so it brings up the contrast and it brings up the saturation
back to what is most normal to what we actually see.
The next thing I do is just do various other tweaks
so bringing in the highlights because they're a little bit harsh on the pillows here.
And also, I don't like my blacks to be too black either
so I just bring those down and the same thing goes for the whites.
So I just use my RGB Curves to do that.
I could leave the footage as it is now
I think it looks ok
but in order to give it a certain film-look
that's when we apply a grade.
So I select my Grade layer
go to Effects
and I'm going to type in FilmConvert because I've already downloaded it
and drag that onto my Grade Adjustment layer.
Making sure the Grade layer is selected you'll see FilmConvert over here in your 'Effects' control panel
and I'm going to go to 'Camera Settings'
and find the Sony a7s II because that's what I shot on.
For my Picture Profile I'm going to select ITU709 Pro
which is basically Rec709.
That will match up the colours really well with the Input LUT that I applied to the Correct layer.
The next thing that I'm going to do is go into my 'Film Settings' in FilmConvert
and remove the grain because I don't like having grain on my footage.
Then it's just about playing around with the different film looks.
So for this film I used FJ8543 VD because it has a softer tone to it.
I also bring the film colour down to about 80%
and I'm alos just going to bring the highlights down just a touch more
so they don't look so blown out.
The next thing I did was apply a little bit more warmth in the temperature for the white balance
and also just via the midtones in the Color Wheels.
And that was pretty much all I did, so I'll just show you before and after.
This is the Slog2 footage.
This is the Slog2 footage with the Input LUT applied.
And then finally, graded with FilmConvert.
So that's it. That was pretty much my process for grading my short film.
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so that you can find different Input LUTs and try them out on your own footage.
I guess I will see you guys on the next video.
Thanks for watching!