Still struggling with scopes? This may help.
Scopes are a colorists best friend, but don’t try to appease the scopes by stretching your image to the top and bottom of the waveform.
Use the science of the scopes to inform your art. Remember that the image has to look good to your eye.
When you’ve finished, the client needs to be happy. The scopes won’t care either way.
In this video from Learn Color Grading, you’ll learn about:
- When not to stretch the scopes
- Whether to balance the highlights or not
- To crush the shadows or not
- Creating contrast without blowing out highlights
- When not to match
- What you can’t see using scopes
- How channels affect each other with and without using luma mix
- What point to set shadows
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.