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LittleCoffeeFox
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February 26, 2019
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Footage oscillates between cool and warm tones

  • February 26, 2019
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Hello! This is my first time posting on this forum.

I do a lot of flatlay filming, timelapses, and my videos tend to have lots of cuts. I've noticed that my film gradually shifts between purple tones to greenish tones during filming, and it is incredibly noticeable during timelapses and when cutting from one point in the video to the next. I use a Canon 70D body, but I've experienced this on a Canon Rebel SL2 and on a Canon EOS 6D Mark ii. It might be a default camera setting on all of the cameras, but I think it is more likely that it is my lighting rig.

I use a LimoStudio lighting rig with fluorescent bulbs. Recently, I bought another lighting rig and did a test video to see that this lighting rig produces the same warm to cool oscillation, though not quite as pronounced. So now I'm looking for help because I don't know what else to do.

I film at 60 fps to avoid banding. I usually film at 100 iso and around 5.6 aperture, depending on the lens.

Has anyone else experienced this or found a solution? Is this a fluorescent issue? Is this a Premiere issue? I am appreciative of anyone who can point me in the right direction.

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Correct answer Sumeet_Kumar_Choubey

Hi LittleCoffeeFox,

As you mentioned that it's happening while filming. It seems like an Auto White Balance issue. Are you using Auto White Balance on your cameras? Because usually, any slight change in the lighting may trigger Auto White Balance to compensate and cause such small changes in the color temperature. If this is what is happening you may want to lock the White Balance manually to have consistency between shots. Also, different cameras can meter light differently causing the exact same color temperature value to look slightly different. You may want to test these too for getting the best White Balance match between different cameras.

Thanks,

Sumeet

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Sumeet_Kumar_ChoubeyCorrect answer
Adobe Employee
February 27, 2019

Hi LittleCoffeeFox,

As you mentioned that it's happening while filming. It seems like an Auto White Balance issue. Are you using Auto White Balance on your cameras? Because usually, any slight change in the lighting may trigger Auto White Balance to compensate and cause such small changes in the color temperature. If this is what is happening you may want to lock the White Balance manually to have consistency between shots. Also, different cameras can meter light differently causing the exact same color temperature value to look slightly different. You may want to test these too for getting the best White Balance match between different cameras.

Thanks,

Sumeet

LittleCoffeeFox
Participating Frequently
February 28, 2019

The auto white balance sounds like an excellent place to look into this issue, thank you for that insight! I hadn't even thought of that.

caroline_edits
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Community Manager
February 26, 2019

Hi LittleCoffeeFox!

Does your footage display normally outside of Premiere?

Caroline

LittleCoffeeFox
Participating Frequently
February 28, 2019

I haven't seen the footage outside of Premiere. It's usually not something I can see during normal speed because the shift is gradual.

Peru Bob
Community Expert
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February 26, 2019
LittleCoffeeFox
Participating Frequently
February 26, 2019

Thank you for your reply, but I'm afraid not. It's not that dramatic and glitchy, more like an overall tinge. It will make my blonde wood table change between a very reddish color to a sorta sickly greenish color. It affects the entire scope of the footage, but it's most notable with the table or my skin.

Ann Bens
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 26, 2019

Please post screenshot of issue.