Alexander Disenhof Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I've attached a photo with a particular color cast that I'm trying to emulate. I'm curious if you guys think this cyan coloring was done in post or with gelling the soft overhead/side source, or if its something of both. If done in camera, does anyone know of some good gels that push towards cyan? (I know Rosco's "Peacock" gel can get a pretty strong effect, anyone know of something more subtle?) I'm trying to achieve this look and I'm on the fence about doing it in the color correction or trying to do as much in camera as possible. In camera would be preferable but I'll do whichever one achieves the desired look more effectively. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted January 4, 2011 Premium Member Share Posted January 4, 2011 I've attached a photo with a particular color cast that I'm trying to emulate. I'm curious if you guys think this cyan coloring was done in post or with gelling the soft overhead/side source, or if its something of both. If done in camera, does anyone know of some good gels that push towards cyan? (I know Rosco's "Peacock" gel can get a pretty strong effect, anyone know of something more subtle?) I'm trying to achieve this look and I'm on the fence about doing it in the color correction or trying to do as much in camera as possible. In camera would be preferable but I'll do whichever one achieves the desired look more effectively. Alex You can get that color with Cool White fluorescents when shooting in tungsten settings - basically Blue + Green = Cyan. Rosco makes a Cyan 30 and Cyan 60 gel, 30 is probably what you'd want. Or just combine CTB and Plus Green gel (maybe !/2 CTB and 1/2 Plus Green if working at a 3200K preset.) If your camera or film stock is 5600K, you're going to need more blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Sprung Posted January 4, 2011 Premium Member Share Posted January 4, 2011 It's impossible to say for sure if it was done in production, post, or some of both. Best practice is to get it in the ballpark in production, and tweak it to perfection in post. -- J.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Disenhof Posted January 4, 2011 Author Share Posted January 4, 2011 Great, thank you both for your feedback. I'll get my hands on some of that Cyan 30 gel, and also go to my local home depot and buy some cool white tubes and see what works best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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