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I watched a tutorial the other day that made me aware of a curve I had not thought to use previously, and I thought it could solve part of the intense Magenta/red saturation that I get in some shots from the BMPCC4k.
However, in practice, I don't really like the results.
The tutorial used the Sat vs Sat curve to tone down any colour that was over saturated. I quite often get colours in a shot that are way more saturated than the rest of the image. I have a shot here, where the red part of the bike is taking over the image, but I don't want to loose saturation in the skin tones. Previously I've used Hue vs Sat to tone it down, but this always brings the skintones to a muddy dark beige. The bike is clearly more saturated than the skin, so I figure Sat vs Sat would help tone it down, and it does without effecting the skintones too much. But the effect that this curve has on the bike is clearly different to the Hue vs Sat. With Sat vs Sat, the gradation between what is affected and what is not, seems a lot harsher. It creates unnatural bands within the red of the bike. Hue vs Sat looks a lot more natural on the bike, but ruins my skin tones.
I've exaggerated the Sat vs Sat adjustment a little to show what I'm talking about here. You can see the darker parts of the red are heavily contrasting with the lighter parts. This does not happen with Hue vs Sat.
However, in practice, I don't really like the results.
The tutorial used the Sat vs Sat curve to tone down any colour that was over saturated. I quite often get colours in a shot that are way more saturated than the rest of the image. I have a shot here, where the red part of the bike is taking over the image, but I don't want to loose saturation in the skin tones. Previously I've used Hue vs Sat to tone it down, but this always brings the skintones to a muddy dark beige. The bike is clearly more saturated than the skin, so I figure Sat vs Sat would help tone it down, and it does without effecting the skintones too much. But the effect that this curve has on the bike is clearly different to the Hue vs Sat. With Sat vs Sat, the gradation between what is affected and what is not, seems a lot harsher. It creates unnatural bands within the red of the bike. Hue vs Sat looks a lot more natural on the bike, but ruins my skin tones.
I've exaggerated the Sat vs Sat adjustment a little to show what I'm talking about here. You can see the darker parts of the red are heavily contrasting with the lighter parts. This does not happen with Hue vs Sat.
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2021 Macbook Pro M1Max
10-core CPU, 32-core GPU and 16-core Neural Engine
64GB RAM
Resolve 18
10-core CPU, 32-core GPU and 16-core Neural Engine
64GB RAM
Resolve 18