{"id":13001,"date":"2012-09-11T12:14:33","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T16:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=13001"},"modified":"2012-09-11T13:03:39","modified_gmt":"2012-09-11T17:03:39","slug":"autodesk-smoke-color-corrector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/autodesk-smoke-color-corrector\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoke ConnectFX Nodes: The Color Corrector"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Smoke<\/a><\/h2>\n

The breakdown of ConnectFX Nodes in Autodesk Smoke 2013 continues as we being our look at the color tools with the Smoke Color Corrector.<\/h2>\n

Smoke has 2 main tools for color work, the original tool is the Color Corrector<\/strong> (CC). It is a primary color corrector, no secondary selections are possible. \u00a0As Smoke matured it adopted the Color Warper tool from Autodesk Flame<\/strong>. With the Color Warper<\/strong> (CW), it is possible to use secondary selections. Both have their advantages and often you can toggle back in forth between the 2 tools as they are both available in the CC Timeline<\/strong> effect and inside of Action<\/strong>. \u00a0You can only use one or the other in these menus, but as a node in ConnectFX<\/strong> you can link the two in your effects pipeline.<\/p>\n

Autodesk Smoke’s Color Corrector<\/h3>\n

\"SMOKE<\/a><\/h3>\n

You can feed the Color Correct Node a Front, Back, and Matte<\/strong>. \u00a0Normally these inputs are more for compositing one image over another, but in the Color Corrector, you can use the Matte to isolate part of the front image and only make color adjustments within the matte area (or outside the matte if inverted).<\/p>\n

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\n\"SMOKE<\/a><\/p>\n

When a front and back are connected, you can use the sample tools inside the node to sample colors from the front and back and match them to each other. \u00a0The front clip will always get matched to the back clip. \u00a0I’ll explain the matching workflow later in this post, as I walk you through the interface.<\/p>\n

One thing to be aware of when you are working in ConnectFX is that CFX will bump 10bit and 12bit clips to 16bit<\/strong> in the pipeline. \u00a08bit clips will remain 8bit. \u00a0This can sometimes cause issues when adding mixed res clips into a node, as Smoke likes frame size and bit depth to match.<\/p>\n

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\n\"SMOKE<\/a><\/p>\n

If your frame size is the same, and it’s only the bit depth that is different, you can use the LUT tools in CFX<\/strong> to make a quick adjustment. \u00a0This keeps your schematic cleaner and eliminates the need to process through another node. \u00a0Select the clip you want to apply the LUT to, and then select RGB LUT<\/strong> in the UI. \u00a0Then, press the ACTIVE<\/strong>\u00a0button\u00a0to turn on the effect. You can then select the bit depth that you would like to convert the clip to as the destination.<\/p>\n

\"SMOKE<\/a><\/p>\n

In this case we are working with a 10bit clip that was promoted to 16bit automatically. \u00a0We need to change the 8bit clip we are using as a back clip for color matching to 16bit. \u00a0The resolution is the same , so it’s simple to use the conversion LUT in the CFX clip controls to make this happen.<\/p>\n

\"smoke<\/a><\/p>\n

When you look at the UI, it’s best to work work left to right as that is how Smoke will process the effects within the node. For example, Hue shifting<\/strong> will happen before Saturation<\/strong>, and Saturation will happen before the Histogram<\/strong>. \u00a0So as you work left to right the items on the left get processed first and the tools on the right get processed at the end.<\/p>\n

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\n\"SMOKE<\/a><\/p>\n

On the far left you have buttons for Master, Shadows, Midtones, and Highlights<\/strong>. By selecting one of these items to work on you can move right along the UI and adjustments will only be done on that selection. For example, by selecting Shadows, you can adjust the color of the shadows in the color wheel, along with saturation, gamma, gain, offset, & contras<\/strong>t of the RGB channels<\/strong> individually or together.<\/p>\n

Next to the the range buttons are options to rewire the RGB channels. This means you can send the Blue Channel to the Red Channel, or the Green Channel to the Blue channel. \u00a0There is also a selection button to make an instant Mono or Negative<\/strong> image. \u00a0When you choose one these options you will see how the individual RBG channels can get rewired to perform these actions. \u00a0You can often achieve interesting color results by rewiring the B<R or G<R<\/strong>. \u00a0Experiment with this on different images.<\/p>\n

\"SMOKE<\/a><\/p>\n

The single color wheel may seem odd when the standard now is to use more of a 3 color wheel<\/strong> system. \u00a0The Color Warper node does provide the 3 color wheels or balls. \u00a0In the Color Corrector the single wheel is shared and affected by the selection of Master, Shadows, Midtones, or Highlights<\/strong>. \u00a0As you select each range you can choose different points for each in the color wheel. \u00a0As you move and select points in the color wheel, you will see that the Hue and Gain<\/strong> values will automatically adjust in the Color Balance<\/strong> menu. \u00a0You can enter values inside the boxes to make more precise adjustments.<\/p>\n

\"Smoke<\/a><\/p>\n

The RGB channel adjustments, again are dependent on the range selection. \u00a0You have full control over the Gamma, Gain, Offset(Lift), and Contrast.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Contrast is also affected by the Pivot<\/strong> setting. Adjusting the Pivot will change the point at which contrast pixel value is equal to that of the pivot value. Color values darker than the pivot are further darkened and colors that brighter than the pivot are further brightened.<\/p>\n

\"Smoke<\/a><\/p>\n

If you want to suppress<\/strong> a color channel in Smoke, there are buttons for that. \u00a0These are pretty much brute force buttons and will suppress the RGB\/CMY<\/strong> colors if activated. There is no softness or\u00a0tolerance\u00a0setting for these options, as you are simply turning the channel off (and not a range of say, blues in the image). \u00a0For example, you can have an image of a fruit basket, and suppress everything but the red if you want to just make the apple in the basket remain in color. \u00a0Depending on your image an effect like this is possible, but the colors have to be pretty pure. \u00a0The Color Warper has secondary selections and matting, and it’s\u00a0probably best to\u00a0accomplish\u00a0this effect in that node.<\/p>\n

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\n\"Smoke<\/a><\/p>\n

The 2D Histogram <\/a><\/strong>makes it’s way into the Color Corrector. This was one of the first tools we looked at in this ConnectFX series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n\"Smoke<\/a><\/p>\n

You also have access to RGB and Luminance Color Curves<\/strong>, which work just like Color Curve adjustments in Photoshop or other color adjustment tools.<\/p>\n

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\n\"smoke<\/a><\/p>\n

The only thing that bothers me about the curves UI is that the RGB channels are individual, and you need to manually select them in a menu button. Points can be added and deleted along the curve at any point.<\/p>\n

The last tab is the Range Curve<\/strong> adjustment menu.\u00a0The Range Curves adjust the luminance levels of the Shadows (S), Midtones, Highlights(H)<\/strong>. \u00a0You can’t add points and you can only affect the Shadows & Highlights. The Midtones will react as you adjust the others. You can adjust with curves, the luminance levels within the tonal ranges. \u00a0For example, adjust the Highlights color balance of your clip, now adjust the\u00a0Highlights\u00a0curve in Ranges. \u00a0You will see how the result of your color adjustment changes.<\/p>\n

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\n\"Smoke<\/a><\/p>\n

Color Matching in Autodesk Smoke<\/h3>\n

Back in the Curves Menu is where you can perform a color match of \u00a0your Back Clip to your Front Clip.
\n<\/strong>
\n1. Choose Curves Tab.<\/p>\n

2. Press F4 Result View. \u00a0Select the Front Color Patch, a color picker will appear, \u00a0select the area you want corrected. The color will appear in the Front Color Patch.<\/p>\n

3. Press F2 Back View. \u00a0Select the Back Color Patch, a color picker will appear. select the area you want to match from your back clip. That color will appear in the Back Color Patch.<\/p>\n

4. Press MATCH in the Curves menu controls. \u00a0The Result Color Patch will change and the destination front color is now match to the back source.<\/p>\n

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\n\"SMOKE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Next to the Match<\/strong> button is a numeric box that now displays a number 1. You can now perform a new match selection by sampling new colors on the front and back images. \u00a0After the resulting match is complete this number increases. \u00a0It is now possible to return to any of these match operations and rematch or adjust the colors. \u00a0Now the color match can be a little heavy handed and make some harsh changes to other parts of the image when it matches. It’s best used to match Back & White levels.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the VIEW<\/strong> options, you will find the controls to activate the Split Bar which you can use to display a split screen of your original source and your color changed result. Of course you can also toggle back and forth between Front and Result with the F1 (Front) and F4 Result<\/strong> keys. \u00a0Use the frame grab buffers to grab still frames for reference from your back clip.<\/p>\n

\"smoke<\/a>\u00a0\"Smoke<\/a><\/p>\n

This ends our look at the basic Color Correct Node in Smoke 2013<\/strong>. \u00a0I use the term “basic” loosely, as you can see by the feature set that this node has many tools to help you achieve a good primary grade on your clips. \u00a0Often times the Color Corrector is all you need to enhance your video. \u00a0In the next installment of Premiumbeat’s<\/strong> exploration of the nodes in ConnectFX<\/strong>, we will look at the Color Warper and Secondary color selection and correction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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