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Gregory Douglas wrote:When I darken and desaturate the Outside nodes, the background and butterfly wings change but only the yellow spots remain normal. How do I keep the entire butterfly from being darkened and desaturated? Do I need to put all the butterfly nodes parallel to each other?
You could window the "butterfly FX" corrections to mask out changes in the background, and that would allow you to independently change levels and optimize them for different parts of the frame.
The hardest part of being in the color business is managing client expectations. There's a point where you're pulling the wings off flies -- or in this case, changing the color of spots on butterflies -- which to me is so meaningless, you wonder if it really matters or if it's even worth the trouble. If they're paying extra for it, more power to you.
There's a fine line between VFX and color, and if it were me, I'd hand the shot over to a VFX person and let them roto the butterfly spots in with a lot more precision. But that would take more time and money.