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Oliver Tr
Oliver Tr
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June 4, 2023
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How to colour match a multi-camera project

  • June 4, 2023
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I am making a video from a concert. I have one external audio track and video from nine differect cameras. Each camera has produced several consecutive video files, as most of the cameras can only record for 20-30 minutes at a time.

 

I have imported and synced the audio and cameras to a common timeline. I then nest them and go to multi camera mode so that I can switch between the cameras.

 

I now wish to colour match the different cameras. Some cameras need a bit more light, others a little more or less saturation, contrast or temperature. I can of course use lumetri color on each clip, but that is a lot of work. I can apply lumetri color to each of the video files in effects view, but as there are 5-10 video files for each camera, I need to change the lumetri color settings for each of these 5-10 files each time I want to make an adjustment. I could use an adjustment layer, but it would apply to all cameras, not each camera separately.

 

Any ideas how I could find an efficient way to make lumetri color adjustments to all video files from each of the cameras separately?

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R Neil Haugen
R Neil Haugen
Brainiac
June 4, 2023

For me the easiest way to do this is simply to load a clip of each on a sequence. Get to 'normal' for each, then match.

 

Copy the Lumetri tab for each from the Effets Control Panel. Go to the bin with all that camera's clips, paste directly on the Source files in the bin.

 

And of course, delete the 'doubled' Lumetri on the clips used to build the corrections.

 

Neil

Oliver Tr
Oliver TrAuthor
Participating Frequently
June 4, 2023

Thanks for the tip. My issue is, that I wish to fine tune in the end, and that makes it harder.

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Sami Succar
Inspiring
June 4, 2023

In your "Nested Sequence 01", create one more level of nests, each camera in one nest, and apply the lumetri effect on each nest separately.

Oliver Tr
Oliver TrAuthor
Participating Frequently
June 4, 2023

Ah, you mean to create a nest within a nest and then apply an adjument layer in it? I think I need to read up a bit on how nesting works. Thanks!

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Sami Succar
Inspiring
June 5, 2023

Yes, and then you apply your effect on the nests themselves, no need for adjusment layers, not that it wouldn't work, it's just an extra step that you can avoid.

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