Over Saturation

OhMyGosh wrote on 6/8/2014, 11:16 PM
Finished a DVD project. The source footage was shot under fluorescent lights with lots of colorful objects. It looked good in the preview window (best, full), but when rendered the colors were very 'blown out' and over saturated looking. I have another photo program that recommends you desaturate the project by 20% if it's going to be viewed on TV. So since I'm not very familiar with how all those color correcting wheels and stuff work, I picked a default filter that said something like 'reduce oversaturation' and applied it to the whole project. That seemed to make it much better, but I don't know by how much. Anyone know why (in terms I could understand) that happens, and do you have any links that might help me understand how to do a better job on color correcting video? I'm very good at it in Photoshop, but not here. Thank you. Cin

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Markk655 wrote on 6/9/2014, 8:25 AM
OMG, Perhaps the levels plugin will work for you? See that part of musicvid's for more info.
OhMyGosh wrote on 6/9/2014, 10:23 AM
Thank you Mark for the reply. I have watched that video many times to help me out on projects for YouTube, but not for DVD's. I will check out the 'levels' plug-in and see if that is what will do the trick. Thanks again. Cin
musicvid10 wrote on 6/9/2014, 2:27 PM
Yes, if you are going by how it looks in the Vegas preview, you need the Computer->Studio levels plugin when rendering for DVD.
Markk655 wrote on 6/9/2014, 9:04 PM
So nice to see how useful that tutorial still is!
OhMyGosh wrote on 6/10/2014, 11:16 AM
'So nice to see how useful that tutorial still is!'
Yes it is! :)

Music, where would I find that plug-in?
Thanks. Cin



musicvid10 wrote on 6/10/2014, 12:31 PM
It's the same Levels fx we've always used.
OhMyGosh wrote on 6/11/2014, 10:09 AM
Found it Music. I had never seen or used it, and didn't know what it was for. Can't wait to give it a try, and see if that helps. Thanks. Cin