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Guy Meachin

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yes very sure. i just used it the other day. alright here is exactly how to do it:

 

1. put the color correcting filter on the clip.

2. go to the color correction tab

3. in the limit effect set the color you want to show again the greyscale between the markers.

4. slide the saturation bar (right above the limit effect bar) all the way to the left )to turn the image greyscale.

5. then select the invert button.

 

there you have it.

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Hi,

 

Yes. Create two layers of the same video. Push the bottom layer to black and white, then chromakey the top layer over it keying on whatever colour you want to isolate (yes, it's a no-brainer). In some software you may need to create a matte-only layer and linear-key a third copy using it. This is also possible in Final Cut and allows you some fine tuning of how the keyer picks up the colour and deals with partial matching and soft edges, which is control you don't have with the method given above. Also, if you create it as a three-layer comp with separate matting, you can perform grading on the coloured areas as a separate element, to bring out whatever colour you want it to be and to match the characteristics of the monochrome element, which may look somewhat different in black and white.

 

The most powerful tool for colour correction in most software, AE included, is generally called Levels or Histogram. This is considerably more powerful than the three-trackball setup used by high-end equipment (which is really just a throwback to processing amps) and is generally of more use than the emulated trackball setup offered by most software. Particularly when grading video, it's possible to apply any black level changes (generally crushed blacks for video that you want to look dramatic) alongside colour correction and any creative grading, all in one effect, which is faster to set and to render. There are ways to emulate - and improve upon - the secondary correction as well, but I won't go into that as this is all offtopic.

 

Phil

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