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he yall this is kinda dumb but i was wondering what yall thought about this color grading for my new movie :) it is lika tint of green with different contrast settings and i made it in premiere elements



aaah sorry the links not workin im workin on it...

and also, when it does work, the first video shown is the graded part. when it gets to 13 seconds thats what the video looked lik before

http://media.putfile.com/filter-test

okay NOW it should work

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Ah, God. I hate putfile. Is there any way you can put it on Google video, or Youtube? Me and putfile have never had a good relationship. It wants my blood for some reason.
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I agree Mr.Anderson, youtube or googlevideo is the way. I want to see it, but i cant, its not working.
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alrighty ill do it ma bad...

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ok guys here it is, the only thing i dont lik about google video is that it lowers the quality...but at least it works lol

okay, the first 12 seconds are the footage WITH the filter.

the last half is the ORIGINAL footage

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 5459981754
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it's good, it looks much more filmish, and gives a moody feeling... I like it!
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hey thanks a lot thats what i was shootin for
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I'm kinda disturbed by the up-the-pants shot of the kid at the beginning, but the colour correction / grading is good.
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I didnt notice any difforence wat so eva.
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It's nothing to rave over, but it's certainly an improvement over the original footage, and if you aren't looking for it to really pop at the viewer, and be more of a subtle thing I'd say it's perfect.
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well yeah its basically just to get away from that dv lok and give it that "film look"
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I didnt notice any difforence wat so eva.
that's only cause you're color blind silly....
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Yes........................................................ sorry but im not.
The only pics i saw were on something and it didnt look much difforent, so why bother.
And wat the hell is with every one trying to give it that 'film look' who honestly is going to be going through there dvd selection going,
"omg, they filmed with a digital video camera OH GOD!!!!! :("
For gods sake, if u care that much buy a camera or use the auto key plugin in adobe premiere pro 2.0
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Ah yes, because the technical aspects of your work are the pinnacle of amateur movie-making achievement, something we should all strive for. What robosays21 has done here is taken footage from a camera that I'm guessing cost a lot less than $1000, and make it look as if it came from a much more professional rig. Colour correction and grading (along with lighting and composition) are the biggest factor in setting the mood of a movie. Would The Matrix have been the same movie if it hadn't had the green tinted other-worldliness to it? Would The Abyss have been as starkly confining without it's blue and grey overtones? When you say who cares if a DVD in their collection looks like it was shot on DV; I do. I paid $20 for a movie, I want it to look like the people responsible for creating it actually took their time, invested effort in every aspect of it to make it look as good as possible. The best example, 28 Days Later, shot entirely on DV camera's, and with ample time spent in post-production the result is one of the most moody, intensely isolating movies released in the past 10 years.

You do these short "I filmed them in a day" videos, then post them for us to critique, while in the same post discredit them, calling your work no good. So I've got to ask, if all you keep doing is short test-clips with results you are not proud of, why bother?
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amen.
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