From the course: Premiere Pro Guru: Fixing Video Color and Exposure Problems

What is a curve?

From the course: Premiere Pro Guru: Fixing Video Color and Exposure Problems

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What is a curve?

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for gradual changes in your project. is that it has a natural falloff, so instead of being absolute or seeing banding or clipping, This makes it easy to gently shift something I'll go down to folder four here If we take a look at this, you see a couple of options. What I want to do is work with the basic curve To start, I'm going to work with an R G B curve We're going to work with just the overall value here, so all channels moving at the same time. In our next example, we'll split these apart. So you'll notice here, a line. So you'll notice here, a line. For example, this is the shadow, so if I start to lift this line up, watch what happens to the shadows. They lift, and in this case got very washed out. Same thing. Same thing. This is the highlights so if I drop those down, you notice they get darker. Well all right, that blue line indicates the base. Typically what's going to happen is a slight lift. So I want more areas to get brighter so if I start to pull this area up, you see that the highlights get brighter, you see that the highlights get brighter, and through here, so did the mid tone. So let's pull that back down So let's pull that back down so those are less affected, and you see how it makes a natural curve and gets back. If we click here and pull, that starts to lift up. that starts to lift up. You don't want to have too many points in here, so try to avoid constantly clicking so try to avoid constantly clicking and adding an excessive amount of points and adding an excessive amount of points 'cause every time you pull, you see it starts to make a change. you see it starts to make a change. If the clip flatlines like you see there, If the clip flatlines like you see there, then you get crushed colors, and so you have to be careful. But small shifts here really work well. If you decide you want to, I can grab that individual point there and just back it off slightly. and just back it off slightly. All right, that worked well. All right, that worked well. If we toggle that on and off, you can see a nice change in the contrast. you can see a nice change in the contrast. Now remember, it's up to you how these points move. Now remember, it's up to you how these points move. Just avoid getting a straight line. Just avoid getting a straight line. If you do, that indicates clipping and crushed details. But, dipping the shadows and lifting the highlights But, dipping the shadows and lifting the highlights is a nice way to add a gentle boost in contrast.

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