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| In the image at left,
the camera operator was trying to do color correction on set, with poor results. A single click and drag in ColorFiX fixes the white balance. Using the Select feature within the same effect, we can completely change the blue glassware to yellow without altering the skin tone. |
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The
beach at left is rather dull and uninviting. ColorFiX at right turns it into a sunny day. Selecting the sky for colorizing with a soft edge gives a convincing blue. A little RGB gamma adjustment warms up the scene. (RGB Gain is used in favor of Luma Gain, because it works on the saturation as well and may avoid an extra process.) Click on either image for a larger version. |
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The
shot on the left is pretty, but ColorFiX is used on the right to return to a more natural
look, perhaps a sunrise instead of a sunset. Select Color with a Crop has been used to bring out the water. Black Stretch in the Luma group pulls up the green palms in the foreground. Color difference has removed the purple cast of the sky, and made the sun color more natural. |
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The
green cast is quickly removed by ColorFiX White Balance. Gamma correction gives a more
realistic brightness. Any highlight detail is already lost, but the shot is usable. |
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This
rare submarine footage was thought to be unusable, due to a camera problem. As well as
completely unnatural, the dark chroma excursions are quite illegal. A senior colorist using a serious hardware color corrector could do nothing with it. Click on the left image for a larger version, and try it yourself in Photoshop. How many adjustment layers will you use before giving up? ColorFiX produced the result at right after a little tweaking. The bubbles are whitish, yet the background retains the bluish cast of underwater. |
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