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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Colour Grade a video in Photoshop....

curious

curious

wow.
grading in photoshop is an option i have never considered.
i definitely must try.i must find out how and if you can keyframe gradings.
but, i'm just curious:
as a long time adobe user, when i tried apple color the first time, it took me a while to get used to it, but then i really fell in love with it and it is now my primary grading tool, although i prefer adobe edit suite over fcp.
so, the question is:
what exactly is the grading you couldn't achieve with color but could be done in ps?

thanks.
i hope apple will make a step forward on integrating color with the other applications.

Alessandro.
 
that's a fair question with a number of possible answers.

for me personally, i would have to say the number one reason is familiarity, i've been using photoshop for over ten years and know just about everything about manipulating an image with it. dedicated grading software i'm an absolute novice with.

from talking with other people, i think it's also fair to say the sheer range of ways to manipulate an image in photoshop outnumbers any other software. except maybe the really high end di stuff?

i would also assume, although i could again be wrong, that on a mathematical level ie. bit depth, accuracy of calculations etc. photoshop must be superior to the other programs discussed here. (i would appreciate if anyone able to confirm/disprove this assertion). this might not always result in observably better results, but take for example working with underexposed footage or footage from very tough lighting conditions - having that extra mathematical accuracy makes a big difference.

there are some other benefits, for example being able to take advantage of photoshop's scaling capabilities, having a wide variety and extreme degree of control over blur, sharpen, grain etc. filters...

for me personally, having the ability to do what i can do with photoshop really extends the benefits of shooting RED, versus HD, even further.
 
I have done frames in photoshop via the actions command. PS seems to me way ahead of any video programs in terms of control and color correcting but it does get difficult outside the standards as some of the filters which would be totally cool change when lighting changes. Its best to take a few seconds and export tiffs and have a play. The renders are obviously better quality than AE.
 
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