Re: Lumetri Color Eye Dropper Not Working - Only Picking Red

I am going to eventually introduce you to a video online on how to use that color thing with resolve, and I pray you will ignore that fact that it is for resolve and just listen to the basics about what is going on re: color and tonality ( levels, wb, exposure, etc.... and basic colors , meaning primary and secondary and what rec 709 gives you ).  The only reason I don't have adobe beyond cs6 is because I refuse to let someone into my pocket ( I grew up in nyc and had a lot of locks on my doors and windows... and letting someone into my bank account was a non starter with adobe ).

But I understand a ton of people have a great program ( adobe ) with very affordable monthly fee, so again, please ignore the link describes resolve workflow and try to get the basic information and apply that to your particular problem.

first of all, I have that card and it's very shiny on the surface. It MUST be used in a way where there is NO reflection of light on that shiny surface... reflection is a thing you can see with your eye, so you turn the card slightly left, right, up, down, until you see the full card WITHOUT reflection. If you have reflection it just won't work.

Next.... there is a really smart man here in the forum who knows everything and he has assured me in the past that if he " MASKS" THE CARD ( seperates it from the rest of image ) and does an AUTO COLOR choice... it works like a miracle !  Maybe he will chime in here, I forgot his full name but his first name is Neil I think.

good luck

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