Importing the footage

Getting started

As the name implies, color correction is a way of altering or adapting the color of the captured image. Color correction is performed to optimize source material, to focus attention on a key element in a shot, to correct errors in white balance and exposure, to ensure color consistency from one shot to another, or to create a color palette for a specific visual look desired by a director. In this lesson, you will improve the color of a video clip that was shot without the proper white balance setting. You’ll apply a variety of color-correction effects to clean up and enhance the image. Finally, you will remove an unwanted portion of the shot with the Clone Stamp tool.

First, you’ll preview the final movie and set up your project.

1 Make sure the following files are in the AECS5_CIB/Lessons/Lesson10 folder on your hard disk, or copy them from the Adobe After Effects CS5 Classroom in a Book DVD now:

􀁴 In the Assets folder: Albertson_Hall.mov, storm_clouds.jpg

􀁴 In the Sample_Movie folder: Lesson10.mov

2 Open and play the Lesson10.mov file to see what you will create in this lesson. When you’re done, quit QuickTime Player. You may delete the sample movie from your hard disk if you have limited storage space.

When you begin this lesson, restore the default application settings for After Effects. See “Restoring default preferences” on page 3.

3 Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift (Windows) or Command+Option+Shift (Mac OS) while starting After Effects. When asked whether you want to delete your preferences file, click OK. Click Close to close the Welcome screen.

_ Note: This lesson uses the SA Color Finesse 3 effect, which requires a serial numberthat is included withyour application. If youopen the Lesson10_end file, you may be prompted to register the effect and enter your serial number.

After Effects opens to display an empty, untitled project.

4 Choose File > Save As.

5 In the Save As dialog box, navigate to the AECS5_CIB/Lessons/Lesson10/ Finished_Project folder.

6 Name the project Lesson10_Finished.aep, and then click Save.

You need to import two footage items for this lesson.

1 Choose File > Import > File.

2 Navigate to the AECS5_CIB/Lessons/Lesson10/Assets folder, Shift-click to select the Albertson_Hall.mov and storm_clouds.jpg files, and then click Open.

3 Choose File > New > New Folder to create a new folder in the Project panel, or click the Create A New Folder button () at the bottom of the panel.

4 Type Movies to name the folder, press Enter or Return to accept the name, and then drag the Albertson_Hall.mov item into the Movies folder.

5 Create another new folder, andname it Images. Then drag the storm_clouds.jpg item into the Images folder.

6 Expand the folders so that you can see their contents.

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