Need to match different cameras or shots with different lighting conditions?
If you’ve got footage with a color chart, you’re in luck.
By having an object with defined color values as a reference, you’re job of getting different camera or lighting conditions to match has been made easier.
While it’s possible to use the Color Match tool to transform your footage into display space, I feel like that’s a relic of a pre-ACES/Resolve Color Management era where color space transforms and easily accessible camera color space info was not the norm.
But for matching, it’s still a valuable tool.
Then again, there are still some cameras out there without color space transform support, so you could use it for those too!
In this video from Team 2 Films, you’ll learn about:
- 00:42 Color Managed Timelines
- 02:10 Using the Color Match tool
- 03:40 Non-Color managed Timelines
- 06:19 Extra Settings
- 07:07 When the Color Charts are most useful
Gedaly is the Founder and Lead Educator of DVResolve.com and is Blackmagic Design Certified Master Trainer. He’s edited commercials for major brands and has done color & VFX for independent films. He consults on post-production workflow and creating online education. Gedaly is the co-founder of Working.Actor, a former marketing manager for large brands, and creates original film projects with his production company Razee.