Automatic Color Edit

[Ertan]

Hi all,

Regarding video color editing

• Is there an automatic setting?
• Should each clip be edited separately?
• What should I pay attention to first?

Thank you.

[Elusien]

@Ertan

Is there an automatic setting?

No. Although LUTs could be regarded as “automatic”.

@Ertan

Should each clip be edited separately?

Almost certainly.

@Ertan

What should I pay attention to first?

Before starting, read a few articles on the web. They can give you useful pointers, e.g

The Photographers' Guide to Color Grading Video

One little nugget of information here is that here’s little point trying to color-correct/grade a video that is jittery, so stabilise it first.

[Ertan]

Thank you @Elusien

[Elusien]

For more on LUT’s see these posts:

Pre-installed LUTs

I wish there were some pre-built LUTs present in Shotcut - where can I find good [read free ] LUTs that can be saved as presets? Thank you for your help

Cinematic look/effect how?

I think the poster is alluding to Cinematic LUTs you can apply to the footage, such as are available here: as well as other filters you can use to increase contrast, color-saturation etc. These video filters exist in Shotcut, so it shouldn’t be a problem with a bit of experimenting for the poster to achieve what he wants. As an example of the sort of transformations to apply (using Premier Pro in this case) I would point to:

[Devin_Chopra]

@Cinematic look/effect how?

As an example of the sort of transformations to apply (using Premier Pro in this case) I would point to:

Where???

[Elusien]

Click on the link (the blue text 'Cinematic look/effect how:"at the top) to see the full post.