Premiere Pro Guru: Fixing Video Exposure Problems

Course details

Even under the best lighting conditions, your footage can have exposure problems. The command to "just fix it in post" is possible to fulfill with the right post-production tools and techniques. This course shows you how to correct issues and improve video with Premiere Pro. Rich Harrington explores various methods for fixing video exposure problems: using 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. Note that these steps based on the capabilities of the Creative Cloud features, but most techniques will also work in older versions of the programs.

Learning objectives
Fixing white balance and achieving the proper tone
Achieving proper tone and restoring the correct saturation
Sharpening video
Saving corrections as a Look
Adjust RGB and use Hue Saturation curves
Balancing color with color wheels
Relighting a scene using Lighting Effects
Stabilizing the exposure
Changing color and neutralizing color
Removing grain with After Effects
Fixing overexposed and underexposed footage
Adding a vignette or border
Working with raw video, a .R3D file, and a DPX sequence

Concepts

Introduction

Welcome
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 an effect to compare
Using adjustment layers
Adding masks

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

Making Creative Corrections with the Lumetri Effect

Applying a Creative Look
Adjusting filmic qualities
Sharpening your video
Adjusting color stylistically
Saving creative corrections as a Look

Restoring Color and Tone with Curves and Color Wheels

What is a curve
Using RGB curves
Using Hue Saturation Curves
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

Managing the Lumetri Effects

Copying, pasting, and removing attributes
Creating presets
Managing Looks and LUTs

Other Useful Color and Tone Effects

The Levels effect
Relighting a scene with the Lighting Effects effect
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

Controlling Noise and Grain

Removing grain with After Effects
Using Red Giant Denoiser
Using Neat Video

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
Working with a DPX sequence

Legalizing for Broadcast

Why legalize
Using the Video Limiter effect

Conclusion

Goodbye