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Post #684519

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NeverarGreat
Parent topic
A New Hope DVD Color Correction (*unfinished project * - a mass of information)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/684519/action/topic#684519
Date created
19-Jan-2014, 11:57 PM

Here are all the settings. Disclaimer: Will not make every shot better. May make some shots worse. Anyone who goes insane attempting to successfully implement these settings has only themselves to blame.

:)

Video Layer 1 (Base Layer)

This layer controls the color and luminosity of the deep shadows.

Applied Effects:

 

Opacity:

Normal

 

Image Control:

Brightness 0

Contrast 80

Hue -100

Saturation 85

 

Channel Mixer:

Red-Red 23

Red-Green -5

Red-Blue 8

Red-Const -3

Green-Red 25

Green-Green 51

Green-Blue -22

Green Const 0

Blue-Red 0

Blue-Green -25

Blue-Blue 27

Blue-Const 0

 

Adjustments:

 

Color:

Hue 0

Lightness 0

Saturation -20

Vibrance 0

 

Gamma:

10

 

Lighting:

Brightness 40

Contrast 0

Exposure 70

Black 0

White 0

 

 

Video Layer 2 (Overlaid on Video Layer 1)

This layer in conjunction with layer 1 controls the color and luminosity of the shadows.

Applied Effects:

 

Opacity:

Screen

 

Image Control:

Brightness 0

Contrast 80

Hue 0

Saturation 85

 

Channel Mixer:

Red-Red 85

Red-Green 10

Red-Blue 10

Red-Const 0

Green-Red 0

Green-Green 75

Green-Blue -20

Green Const 0

Blue-Red -40

Blue-Green -15

Blue-Blue 150

Blue-Const 0

 

Adjustments:

 

Color:

Hue 0

Lightness 0

Saturation -20

Vibrance 0

 

Gamma:

10

 

Lighting:

Brightness 30

Contrast 0

Exposure 50

Black 0

White 0

 

 

Video Layer 3

This layer controls the color and luminosity of the midtones.

Applied Effects:

 

Opacity:

Screen

 

Image Control:

Brightness 0

Contrast 80

Hue 0

Saturation 85

 

Channel Mixer:

Red-Red 56

Red-Green -27

Red-Blue 5

Red-Const 0

Green-Red 5

Green-Green 15

Green-Blue 0

Green Const 0

Blue-Red 9

Blue-Green -44

Blue-Blue 28

Blue-Const 0

 

Adjustments:

 

Color:

Hue 0

Lightness 0

Saturation 0

Vibrance 0

 

Gamma:

15

 

Lighting:

Brightness -18

Contrast 38

Exposure 90

Black 0

White 0

 

 

Video Layer 4

This layer controls the color and luminosity of the highlights.

Applied Effects:

 

Opacity:

Screen

 

Image Control:

Brightness 0

Contrast 100

Hue 0

Saturation 100

 

Channel Mixer:

Red-Red -122

Red-Green -157

Red-Blue -200

Red-Const 0

Green-Red 8

Green-Green 55

Green-Blue 15

Green Const 0

Blue-Red 20

Blue-Green 15

Blue-Blue 60

Blue-Const 0

 

Adjustments:

 

Color:

Hue 0

Lightness 0

Saturation 0

Vibrance -4

 

Gamma:

28

 

Lighting:

Brightness 59

Contrast -84

Exposure 100

Black 0

White 0

 

 

Video Layer 5

This layer limits the oversaturation of blue and red, and green to a lesser extent.

Applied Effects:

 

Opacity:

Subtract

 

Image Control:

Brightness -100

Contrast 100

Hue 0

Saturation 100

 

Channel Mixer:

Red-Red 22 (This setting controls the amount of red bleed such as in red lights.)

Red-Green 200

Red-Blue 33

Red-Const 0

Green-Red -50

Green-Green 33

Green-Blue 30

Green Const 0

Blue-Red 20

Blue-Green 0

Blue-Blue 135 (This setting controls the amount of blue bleed, for example around the                           Death Star Explosion. Increasing this number decreases the blue bleed.)

Blue-Const 0

 

Adjustments:

 

Color:

Hue 0

Lightness 0

Saturation 0

Vibrance 0

 

Gamma:

6

 

Lighting:

Brightness 0

Contrast 0

Exposure 0

Black 0

White 0

 

Video Layer 6

This layer tweaks the color and luminosity of the highlights.

Applied Effects:

 

Opacity:

Screen

 

Image Control:

Brightness 0

Contrast 110

Hue 0

Saturation 100

 

Channel Mixer:

Red-Red -200

Red-Green -200

Red-Blue -200

Red-Const -200

Green-Red -200

Green-Green -200

Green-Blue -200

Green Const -200

Blue-Red -150

Blue-Green 0

Blue-Blue 200

Blue-Const -15

 

Adjustments:

 

Color:

Hue 0

Lightness 0

Saturation 0

Vibrance 0

 

Gamma:

17

 

Lighting:

Brightness -100

Contrast 100

Exposure -100

Black 0

White 0

 

 

Video Layer 7

This layer regulates the highlight layers below it, fixing color casts by removing colors.

Applied Effects:

 

Opacity:

Subtract

 

Image Control:

Brightness 0

Contrast 100

Hue 0

Saturation 100

 

Channel Mixer:

Red-Red 0

Red-Green 0

Red-Blue -100

Red-Const 0

Green-Red 5

Green-Green 25

Green-Blue -60

Green Const 0

Blue-Red 40

Blue-Green 80

Blue-Blue -200

Blue-Const 0

 

Adjustments:

 

Color:

Hue 0

Lightness 0

Saturation 0

Vibrance 0

 

Gamma:

10

 

Lighting:

Brightness 0

Contrast 0

Exposure 0

Black 0

White 0

 

Video Layer 8 (Original video used as a comparison)