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Color Correction for Video
Lesson 2, Module 4: Color Correction Fundamentals
Balance exposure and color across every shot so a sequence reads as one coherent scene, covering scopes, primary color wheels, white balance, and shot matching.
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About Color Correction for Video
Inside Color Correction for Video
This zip download focuses on practical design skills you can study at your own pace.
- — Exposure and white balance
- — Scopes and primary color wheels
- — Shot matching for coherent scenes
This is a self-paced zip download for learners who want a focused introduction to design without a subscription or cohort. Use the included material as a practical reference while you work through your own projects.
Created with AI assistance.
What you receive with Color Correction for Video
- — 32-page Reader, supplied as PDF and HTML
- — Fillable PDF workbook with 10 exercises
- — Answer key and evaluator guide for checking your work
- — Reference sheets: Primary Wheels Quick Reference; Color Correction Scopes Quick Reference
- — 5 practice files (TXT, JPG, CSV, PNG) made for the exercises
Topics covered in Color Correction for Video
- Understand what colour correction is for
- Set up a reliable viewing environment
- Learn to read scopes
- Understand levels: black, white and legal range
- Correct exposure and contrast
- Fix white balance and colour casts
- Control saturation and vibrance
- Get skin tones right
- Match shots within a scene
- Use secondary corrections
- Work with log and raw footage
- Understand LUTs, looks and colour management
- Follow an order of operations
- Correct photographs and stills
The practice project
Correction Practice Brief Using practice_shot_warm_cast.jpg and practice_shot_reference.jpg as stand-ins for two shots from the same scene: 1. Note the visible color cast in the warm-cast shot compared to the reference. 2. Describe which primary wheel you'd adjust first and in which direction to neutralize it. 3. Describe what you'd expect to see change on the vectorscope after the correction. 4. Record your planned correction in a copy of shot_correction_log.csv.
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