{"id":5658,"date":"2012-04-10T13:00:58","date_gmt":"2012-04-10T17:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=5658"},"modified":"2016-09-13T15:19:31","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T20:19:31","slug":"color-correction-deconstruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/color-correction-deconstruction\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaw Dropping Deconstruction of Color Correction and Matting"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"editor-colorist-scott-maclean-breaks-down-his-latest-color-grading-session-to-extraordinary-effect\">Editor\/colorist Scott Maclean breaks down his latest color grading session to extraordinary effect!<\/h2>\n<p>In this video deconstruction, Scott pulls back the curtains on a high-end Powerade commercial to reveal the <strong>extensive matting and tracking<\/strong> that went into making the stylized spot. \u00a0Using only the <strong><a title=\"Baselight 4 Color Correction\" href=\"http:\/\/www.filmlight.ltd.uk\/products\/baselight\/overview_bl.php\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Baselight 4<\/a> advanced color grading system<\/strong>, Scott applied <strong>high-end color correction and mattes<\/strong> to give this spot a sense of depth and gritty style. \u00a0In the video below, he breaks down 5 individual shots to uncover the process of <strong>adding mattes, tracking windows and color grades.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ironically, it took him 10 hours to grade the original spot&#8230;and 15 to create this breakdown video of the post-production process.<\/p>\n<p>Colorists and\u00a0compositors\u00a0are often\u00a0under-appreciated\u00a0by the viewing public (after all it&#8217;s &#8220;movie magic&#8221;, right?). \u00a0Scott&#8217;s deconstruction video reveals all the <strong>hard work and skill<\/strong> that goes into making a commercial spot look truly incredible!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/39814145\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Spot graded &amp; deconstructed at <a title=\"Cutting Edge Post Sydney\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cuttingedge.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Cutting Edge Post <\/a>in Sydney, Australia.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=b91df493-6b93-4c53-aa41-bdc81825afb8\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An incredible behind-the-scenes look at one colorist&#8217;s process for adding mattes, color correction and tracking to a high-end commercial spot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5339,79,39],"tags":[654,120,597,481,587,51,278],"class_list":["post-class-post-5658","post-class-post","post-class-type-post","post-class-status-publish","post-class-format-standard","post-class-hentry","post-class-category-color-grading","post-class-category-inspiration","post-class-category-video-editing","post-class-tag-baselight-4","post-class-tag-color-correction","post-class-tag-color-grading-2","post-class-tag-compositing","post-class-tag-filmlight","post-class-tag-post-production","post-class-tag-video"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - 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