This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Color Correction and beyond...

Friday, May 23, 2014

Re: [Avid-L2] Color Correction and beyond...

Perhaps the ice was, ahem, 'stained' by the losing team giving way to discoloration?!!

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On May 23, 2014, at 10:31 AM, "Steve Hullfish steve4lists@veralith.com [Avid-L2]" <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

I have a bone to pick with whoever color corrected the footage in the NBC Sports Top Ten Hockey Rivalries show. The night that I got back from the color correction session I saw this show and it needed some SERIOUS color correction work... lots of very old archival footage. Any time you see hockey ice that is yellow or magenta or pink you know you have a problem! All of it had the capability to be beautiful. But I know that the NEXT NBC Sports show I see will look great!

I really loved the energy and attitudes of the people I met at NBC. I don't know what the internal politics are day to day, but I saw a group of people that seemed cooperative and friendly and very experienced and, as Mick mentioned, really pumped up to be learning something new. It was very infectious. I even learned two new things about color correction when I was there myself to be honest.

One - I have always had "custom vectors" enabled on my Symphony s ystems since 1996 (beta). And when I went to show off custom vectors in one of the suites, I couldn't see the custom vector that I had qualified. But it was working even though I couldn't see the little "oval" custom vector. Then it happened again in another room. That's when I realized that custom vectors must be a setting... I looked for it and sure enough it was turned off in both rooms. I had no idea you can turn off custom vectors.

The other thing is when using curves, which I do a LOT, I know that you can use numeric values to adjust the curve point positions. But what I DIDN'T know was that it's possible to adjust those numeric values using your left and right or up and down arrow keys. Great tip. I've been using Curves for nearly 20 years and never discovered that until this week while I was supposed to be TEACHING! Awesome.

Steve

On May 23, 2014, at 4:32 AM, Michael O'Malley micktv1@aol.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Ross,

Truthfully, I don't know. The company paid for it. I'm sure Steve would be happy to discuss his fee with you "off-line". I can tell you, getting fresh creative/technical input re-energized the whole team here. Folks have been discussing color correction here as much as the Hockey playoffs (Go Rangers!) or the Triple Crown. Maybe more! From a corporate standpoint, that's priceless.

Mick

On May 23, 2014, at 2:40 AM, "Ross Fitts rfitts@ymail.com [Avid-L2]" <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

This sounds like a great idea for a facility to do for its editors. How much does something like this cost? Would be OK to reply off-list if you think it's not appropriate for the list.

Thanks,
Ross
rfitts@ymail.com

On Thursday, May 22, 2014 1:53 PM, "Steve Hullfish steve4lists@veralith.com [Avid-L2]" <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Wow! Thanks for the endorsement Mick! I had a great time. What a cool facility and a great team of people. I had a blast speaking to about 20 editors and probably even more After Effects artists.

Steve Hullfish

On May 22, 2014, at 3:41 PM, "micktv1@aol.com [Avid-L2]" <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Hey Listers,

I just wanted to take a moment to tell you about a fantastic seminar our very own Steve Hullfish gave at NBC Sports (where I'm a freelancer) yesterday. Steve explained the theory behind color correction and walked thru the process of assesing and correcting, even stylizing for different looks. My colleagues and I picked up some great tips. Steve was his usual easy-going, approachable self. After his presentation, he went edit bay to edit bay to answer specific questions we had. I've been editing on Media Composer since '92 and I'm still learning new tricks. Thanks again.

Mick

PS He's got another book for sale too! The First one is THE go to for CC!!