Beautiful

Marg wanted to paint, and I wanted to color. So she painted canvas, and I colored video.

My first project using Colorista II after going through some lessons from others. 

I Gotta Color

I finally bit the bullet and got some more coloring plug-ins for After Effects. This is my first real trial run with Magic Bullet Colorista II. Plus, it helped that I got to see someone in action coloring their footage, so this is my run at it as well. I actually quite like what Colorista II is able to give me.

Shot at Kraze with the ever enjoyable Kadie. 

BOOM! I filmed her anyway after she got embarrased. 

Shot on a 7D, using Technicolor Cinestyle, colored in After Effects using default color correction processes as well as Colorista II.

Picture Profile Comparison Video

I normally shoot with Technicolor's Cinestyle profile in my Canon 7D, but I was recently challenged by another cinema photographer to shoot with my color in place (just tweaking the color later) because it would allow me to see the scene the way it was meant to be seen and inspire me to shoot accordingly.

I never really thought about it before, but of course I went about to creating my own picture profiles. 

The comparison test has the above four profiles I created, HOPPY, NEUE, MARCO, and FLAT SODA, along with the in-camera PORTRAIT profile, and Technicolor's Cinestyle profile. 

The test is a three light setup in the studio, then at a non-controlled indoor setting where the camera WB was set to tungsten (for poops and giggles) for all the different profile test shots.

• HOPPY is meant to be blown out a little, I like to dial it down to see what coloring I can do with it afterwards.
• NEUE is meant to be almost a little underexposed so a gamma shift later won't blow it out.
• MARCO is just a yellow coloring, with maybe some interesting possibilities later in how to color it.
• And FLAT SODA was my attempt to dial in towards the Cinestyle look but with a little more contrast in it.