Premiere Pro Guru: Fixing Video Color and Exposure Problems

Course details

Even under the best lighting conditions, your footage can have problems. The right post-production tools and techniques can help you achieve the color, tone, and exposure you want for your videos—whether you’re performing corrections or creative adjustments. This course shows you how to correct color and exposure issues with Premiere Pro CC. Rich Harrington explores various methods for evaluating and fixing problems: using curves, Lumetri effects, adjustment layers, toning, and more. For more complicated footage problems or an extra boost, Rich shows you how to use the more advanced specialized tools in After Effects, such as the Color Stabilizer and Color Neutralizer effects. Plus, learn how to keyframe effects to compensate for color or exposure changes over time, work with raw video, and make sure your footage is broadcast safe.

Learning objectives
Fixing white balance
Achieving the proper tone
Restoring the correct saturation
Using Comparison view for color and exposure corrections
Saving corrections as a LUTs and Looks
Split toning
Using RGB and Hue Saturation curves
Secondary color correction
Managing Lumetri effects
Changing color and neutralizing color
Adding keyframes to effects
Fixing overexposed and underexposed footage
Adding a vignette or border
Working with raw video
Legalizing for broadcast

Concepts

Welcome

Fixing color and exposure problems in video with Premiere Pro
What you should know before watching this course
Using the exercise files

Evaluating and Adjusting Images

Set up a color correction workspace
Using the waveform monitor
Using the vectorscope
Using the RGB Parade
Toggling the Lumetri effect to compare
Using multiple Lumetri effects to organize adjustments
Using adjustment layers in Adobe Premiere Pro
Adding masks to the Lumetri effect
Using the Comparison View in Adobe Premiere Pro
Matching color and exposure with the Comparison View

Making Basic Corrections with the Lumetri Effect

Applying an input LUT
Fixing your white balance
Getting a properly toned image
Restoring the correct saturation
Saving basic corrections as an input LUT
Applying a Lumetri correction to a master clip

Making Creative Corrections with the Lumetri Effect

Applying a creative Look
Adjusting film qualities
Sharpening your video
Adjusting color stylistically
Split toning for shadows and highlights
Controlling the vignette effect
Saving creative corrections as a Look

Restoring Color and Tone with Curves and Color Wheels

What is a curve
Using RGB Curves
An introduction to Hue Saturation curves
Working with the Hue vs. Saturation Curve
Working with the Hue vs. Hue Curve
Working with the Hue vs. Luma Curve
Working with the Luma vs. Saturation Curve
Working with the Saturation vs. Saturation Curve
Balancing color with color wheels

Making Secondary Corrections

The role of secondary correction
Creating a selection for secondary correction
Refining a selection to avoid jitter
Revisiting curves for secondary color correction
Tracking masks for advanced secondary color correction

Managing the Lumetri Effects

Copying, pasting, and removing attributes
Creating presets
Managing Looks and LUTs
Storing LUTS in a library

Other Useful Color and Tone Effects

The Levels effect
Relighting a scene with Lighting effects
Stabilizing exposure with the Color Stabilizer effect in After Effects
The Change Color effect and Change to Color effect
Neutralizing color with the CC Color Neutralizer in After Effects
Adjusting foreground and background with layers and the RotoBrush tool

Keyframing Effects

When to keyframe an effect
Adding keyframes
Smoothing keyframe transitions with handles

Using Blend Modes to Improve Footage

Fixing overexposed footage
Fixing underexposed footage
Adding a stylized vignette or border
Adding contrast with a black and white effect

Working with Raw Video

Why shoot Raw video
Working with a .R3D file

Legalizing for Broadcast

Why legalize
Using the Video Limiter effect
Applying the limiter when exporting

Conclusion

Next steps