This one has been giving me trouble for a while, COLOR!!! [a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=118767\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
There seem to be two approaches to color
accurate and film like
for example 'accurate' if you were shooting tungsten you would correct the yellow cast out 'film like' you would leave it in
film like can look nicer say on a building at sunset where the yellow windows can be considered appealing
I think you need to do some shots for you 'main light source' or variants
Shots like 'ring card' or 'elly card' or 'sunny card' or 'cloudy card'
These shots need to be done in a very neutral environment
Which you then save and paste those reults in C1 onto your shoot shots
I think using a gregtag card during shooting can be an insurance but is ultimately flawed becuase say you have a room with red walls they will cause a red cast that you dont want to get rid of
I also wouldnt trust a laptop screen calibrarted or not
After RAW there is also chromaholix which I think is a PS action to get a shot of a card 'perfect'
So
Go to a grey space, shoot your card with your lead light
Create a setting in C1 with that grey balance
Save the image to PS
Run chromoholix on it
For your shots use that C1 setting and follow it with that cromoholix action and you should get perfect images for that light source
Even if the images are of an orange in a red room
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My experience however is that none of it works but using your own eyes to tweak each individual image
And if you are delivering a set then you need to tweak with the other ones open to keep consistency across the set
Good luck
SMM
