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Field Goal Punt Your Friends Like Popeye & Color Correction

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 – running time 13:07
Josh and Bruno put the power of spinach to the test… MythBusters style. Then, Ryan uses the Popeye inspired skit to go over a few basic color correction techniques.

Segments

The Spinach Test: MythBusters Style

Josh and Bruno test the power of spinach.

00:47

Play

Color Correction

Learn the basics of color correction.

07:24

Play

Outtakes

Bloopers are a blasty.

12:14

Play

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Highlights

squarespace: 0:06, 11:01
video game: 6:40
plugged in: 12:05
prettier: 7:36

Automatically Generated Transcript

May not be 100% accurate

" War."

" This episode film -- by Squarespace is the game flying. While on the phone right mr. Dixon -- to -- techniques -- because of your favorite Hollywood films. Today we're gonna show you this sketch was shot last week along with -- that and then later get to some basic public."

" But -- so right now we'll put a lot. We're gonna vote for it felt free to post production. Grab some popcorn and get comfortable."

" The show. Propaganda. Point services through the making sure there is certainly -- governments we have control over dude you're crazy. Button that. Lets you rate through Big -- it's not pomegranate. But can't yet and finished just Nikki Stone doesn't does does not dance and --"

" Dick in the chest -- And the test date I don't wanna kick you in the chest it's cool in the strength of the teenage girl. --"

" Now the spinach."

" It confirmed."

" Under the guidance gives apple do you want one. Okay -- get just ample."

" And again. --"

" I just finished watching Max Payne was wondering if you could show how they did actor is being flung back for the shotgun blasts there. Hollywood version of this effect is exactly the same as what we ended up -- I'm just a little cheaper and less complicated. Alsop the ability kick instead of a shotgun to try to -- that would lead to jail time an unpleasant encounters with big man. After the fifth. -- did not try what we're about -- at home I have some training and that our nation and Josh. Is dumb enough to trust me but what we're about -- you can -- dangerous if you don't know what you're doing so do not do it. And if you do I don't want any -- being like radical or my thumb watches -- show notes Baltimore's facing the neat. Because I warned you. Want. For this I got harder from Wal-Mart at hunters use to drag their -- behind. Now before get a bunch hateful animal defending emails I just bought -- for the fact I don't hunt. The fact the only thing -- right kills dance. I think the hardest and struck volunteer actors. Of course being as -- as possible the entire time. Now have -- British are back on and can hold back this year for the hook that you find in the back of the purse then Kyle to the hook us a room. And we set up something -- offered just the land on and have brutal and errors pull him back as fast as they could on my -- Now what we did to make sure we did -- hurt chart with have a lean forward a little bit and put a lot of tension on the road that we wouldn't pulled back it was just increased pressure instead of a sudden jerk on its back. Actually set up a solid Bruno in the life span with a light stand right we're not used to be inadvertently kicked the lights that. Next I gotta clean plate and now to recap we have just tug of war -- takes a life span the clean -- Not ticket but it's your factor editing software but the clip of your actor -- on top of the one of the actor getting pool below that. Now take -- masking tool -- mask around the actor that connects to pass the two clips together. Now what's the show you've seen means this technique any time but I don't think that ever give you the technical report. It's called growth. Which is the act of going frame by frame to manually created -- on -- the technique was invented my max Fleischer for animation in 1914 and patent in 1970. Now this is suiting suspect Fleischer also produced by. It just that there full circle. And now you're depressed and help. The technique originally started with animation but graduated like action later on. It was used in films like -- Hitchcock's the birds Star Wars Tron and Who Framed Roger Rabbit -- you. And knowing is now."

" So now we have our footage shot and it concludes compositing using roto -- but we can still see the broken frame so now we're gonna do a little what I like to call wire removal. Now there's a few ways you can accomplish this if you don't have a clean plate like using cloning. But we're smart got a clean -- so now we can you be easier method which is using masking to get an up with a clean plate on top of your other two clips and use your tremendous tool of masking the take out the rigid -- from NC. He says I can't turn of phrase."

" And they have that they can do the same thing for the shotgun blast it's it's going to be a little bit easier since you can't go back -- things in Britain and only mask out abrupt. Now to go to put --"

" Like a little bit boards what to plead that you gave. -- that you. Want to check out line."

" Not another great segue that's two weeks and right."

" the most disconnected in I think --"

" These -- a potentially some times."

" game -- the largest online video game rental store and has over 6000 titles to choose from across all console and handheld game like plants and disrupting many by the game like numbers if direct whatever game they want for as long as they want about it late fees or debates chipping with Hillary. Once you're done for the game just -- back doubles -- the next one on your list -- if you like again you can go to a game like website and click keep it again Bible study the game at a discounted rate. And then send the case. And manuals for reasons. Phil Bryant fans get a two week free trial just going to game buy dot com more flash -- right phenomenally probably trying to figure out which game to run. Problems fall. Yeah and me."

" Then again. I never considered video finished until it's been collected and depending on how advanced -- knowledge is you could really dive into the color space of your image and go nuts. But today we're just gonna get to some color correction basics to get your video looking prettier and more cinematic I'm gonna be showing -- some final cut since it has the tools that pretty much any editing software apps."

" This is gonna be kind of shorts and -- just -- the basics later on in the series I'm gonna get much more in depth with color but for now. We're just gonna get you started and first let's start by explaining these video Scopes to you the first one here that doctor's -- This shows you the prominence information you've seen that is the color you have on your image and as you can see it's pointing heavily to the red and that's because tempers. Red -- down here you have the waveform monitor they show you the limited information you're seeing that's basically your black and white image everything between pure blacks pure white and all that analogy between. Is gonna show up right here in this monitor over here finally you have your RGB parade which is basically the same thing as the waveform monitor just broken up into red. Green and -- The first thing I'm gonna do is to correct the exposure from IC. So you can see here that the blacks stopped right around thirteen which is more grave and a black -- come over here all the blacks down again in the box. As you can seem to correct the black -- also saturates here image and you need to be aware that as well. Normally come appeared in my wife's gonna pull data I'd think you'd see there's already some hot spots here that this guy and I'm not worried about -- that -- I'm worried about -- this section here. So we'll pull that out. Again it's that tough enough and I've done that you could see that we're peaking in the reds greens and blues. So now I'm gonna grab RGB balance filter -- the -- down for the reds greens and blues to get their color below the white lines so -- not blowing out. And -- everything even that created a good base to build which means it's time to manipulate the color just a little bit. Nominee is a three way color director here but he could also do the same thing in levels that the first thing I pretty much always. Do is that blues to the shadows I think he gets it very well let's look. And I do pretty much every time now you can already see. That it's weighing more cinematic. Gonna come over here and dragged the whites down to a sort of -- color that take the lives and go in the opposite direction. Bullet that's gonna do is -- highlights more to pay hellish blue collar and -- your mid tones with more of the skin tones in the yellows and threats. Creates a lot of nice color contrast and get your highlights of the -- So finally the last thing to do the in my image looking cinematic is at -- box green courtship that don't you going to have this when you're shooting. Or your compositions going to be terrible. And it's gonna click on my 2351. -- screen. -- That is seen difference in my opinion. Or truck."

" Ultimately a chiropractor magic -- since the schedule for the show doesn't really allow me a lot of time to collect crack. That's a bullet makes a lot faster easier to finance software at red giant software dot com -- the beauty of color correction that'll take a boring image like this one. And turn it into one like this one. --"

" delicious. Combination the words sick and delicious sick being used insulin definition meaning great or -- Delicious use not a literal sense regarding taste buds but road leading to the eyes."

" Yeah and your entire Squarespace site on the go with the new Squarespace iPhone application. You can post and edit blog entries and upload pictures on the line snap photos on your own and quickly post them to your blog and content management is super easy. All your posts will be accessible directly from the minute that he could edit draft delete posts and previous posts. And basketball could manage multiple accounts. Your counts have allowed you to manage content for multiple Squarespace sites you can save the draft -- from one site -- easily jump to another site to schedule post for later in the day. To jump over to Squarespace dot com and get your site -- And when you do we should use promo code boat ride to get 10% off the life of -- order."

" And they haven't just as a reminder you still have a few days gonna podcast awards dot com and vote for someone that's produced. And best podcast categories or whatever other podcast I think is worth it. He -- every dates November 30. As always -- get a little Diddy you'd like to see answered episode -- you know you don't -- revision3.com. You can also only a Twitter twitter.com -- class -- underscore com you know I'll actionable. And a little -- malicious action on the right FaceBook pages they've plugged in with the show. And a hall -- and -- is next birthday Cecil."

" Okay. Yeah."

" It doesn't end up at the ballot."

" They know everything that they've."

" War."

" This episode film -- by Squarespace is the game flying. While on the phone right mr. Dixon -- to -- techniques -- because of your favorite Hollywood films. Today we're gonna show you this sketch was shot last week along with -- that and then later get to some basic public."

" But -- so right now we'll put a lot. We're gonna vote for it felt free to post production. Grab some popcorn and get comfortable."

" The show. Propaganda. Point services through the making sure there is certainly -- governments we have control over dude you're crazy. Button that. Lets you rate through Big -- it's not pomegranate. But can't yet and finished just Nikki Stone doesn't does does not dance and --"

" Dick in the chest -- And the test date I don't wanna kick you in the chest it's cool in the strength of the teenage girl. --"

" Now the spinach."

" It confirmed."

" Under the guidance gives apple do you want one. Okay -- get just ample."

" And again. --"

" I just finished watching Max Payne was wondering if you could show how they did actor is being flung back for the shotgun blasts there. Hollywood version of this effect is exactly the same as what we ended up -- I'm just a little cheaper and less complicated. Alsop the ability kick instead of a shotgun to try to -- that would lead to jail time an unpleasant encounters with big man. After the fifth. -- did not try what we're about -- at home I have some training and that our nation and Josh. Is dumb enough to trust me but what we're about -- you can -- dangerous if you don't know what you're doing so do not do it. And if you do I don't want any -- being like radical or my thumb watches -- show notes Baltimore's facing the neat. Because I warned you. Want. For this I got harder from Wal-Mart at hunters use to drag their -- behind. Now before get a bunch hateful animal defending emails I just bought -- for the fact I don't hunt. The fact the only thing -- right kills dance. I think the hardest and struck volunteer actors. Of course being as -- as possible the entire time. Now have -- British are back on and can hold back this year for the hook that you find in the back of the purse then Kyle to the hook us a room. And we set up something -- offered just the land on and have brutal and errors pull him back as fast as they could on my -- Now what we did to make sure we did -- hurt chart with have a lean forward a little bit and put a lot of tension on the road that we wouldn't pulled back it was just increased pressure instead of a sudden jerk on its back. Actually set up a solid Bruno in the life span with a light stand right we're not used to be inadvertently kicked the lights that. Next I gotta clean plate and now to recap we have just tug of war -- takes a life span the clean -- Not ticket but it's your factor editing software but the clip of your actor -- on top of the one of the actor getting pool below that. Now take -- masking tool -- mask around the actor that connects to pass the two clips together. Now what's the show you've seen means this technique any time but I don't think that ever give you the technical report. It's called growth. Which is the act of going frame by frame to manually created -- on -- the technique was invented my max Fleischer for animation in 1914 and patent in 1970. Now this is suiting suspect Fleischer also produced by. It just that there full circle. And now you're depressed and help. The technique originally started with animation but graduated like action later on. It was used in films like -- Hitchcock's the birds Star Wars Tron and Who Framed Roger Rabbit -- you. And knowing is now."

" So now we have our footage shot and it concludes compositing using roto -- but we can still see the broken frame so now we're gonna do a little what I like to call wire removal. Now there's a few ways you can accomplish this if you don't have a clean plate like using cloning. But we're smart got a clean -- so now we can you be easier method which is using masking to get an up with a clean plate on top of your other two clips and use your tremendous tool of masking the take out the rigid -- from NC. He says I can't turn of phrase."

" And they have that they can do the same thing for the shotgun blast it's it's going to be a little bit easier since you can't go back -- things in Britain and only mask out abrupt. Now to go to put --"

" Like a little bit boards what to plead that you gave. -- that you. Want to check out line."

" Not another great segue that's two weeks and right."

" the most disconnected in I think --"

" These -- a potentially some times."

" game -- the largest online video game rental store and has over 6000 titles to choose from across all console and handheld game like plants and disrupting many by the game like numbers if direct whatever game they want for as long as they want about it late fees or debates chipping with Hillary. Once you're done for the game just -- back doubles -- the next one on your list -- if you like again you can go to a game like website and click keep it again Bible study the game at a discounted rate. And then send the case. And manuals for reasons. Phil Bryant fans get a two week free trial just going to game buy dot com more flash -- right phenomenally probably trying to figure out which game to run. Problems fall. Yeah and me."

" Then again. I never considered video finished until it's been collected and depending on how advanced -- knowledge is you could really dive into the color space of your image and go nuts. But today we're just gonna get to some color correction basics to get your video looking prettier and more cinematic I'm gonna be showing -- some final cut since it has the tools that pretty much any editing software apps."

" This is gonna be kind of shorts and -- just -- the basics later on in the series I'm gonna get much more in depth with color but for now. We're just gonna get you started and first let's start by explaining these video Scopes to you the first one here that doctor's -- This shows you the prominence information you've seen that is the color you have on your image and as you can see it's pointing heavily to the red and that's because tempers. Red -- down here you have the waveform monitor they show you the limited information you're seeing that's basically your black and white image everything between pure blacks pure white and all that analogy between. Is gonna show up right here in this monitor over here finally you have your RGB parade which is basically the same thing as the waveform monitor just broken up into red. Green and -- The first thing I'm gonna do is to correct the exposure from IC. So you can see here that the blacks stopped right around thirteen which is more grave and a black -- come over here all the blacks down again in the box. As you can seem to correct the black -- also saturates here image and you need to be aware that as well. Normally come appeared in my wife's gonna pull data I'd think you'd see there's already some hot spots here that this guy and I'm not worried about -- that -- I'm worried about -- this section here. So we'll pull that out. Again it's that tough enough and I've done that you could see that we're peaking in the reds greens and blues. So now I'm gonna grab RGB balance filter -- the -- down for the reds greens and blues to get their color below the white lines so -- not blowing out. And -- everything even that created a good base to build which means it's time to manipulate the color just a little bit. Nominee is a three way color director here but he could also do the same thing in levels that the first thing I pretty much always. Do is that blues to the shadows I think he gets it very well let's look. And I do pretty much every time now you can already see. That it's weighing more cinematic. Gonna come over here and dragged the whites down to a sort of -- color that take the lives and go in the opposite direction. Bullet that's gonna do is -- highlights more to pay hellish blue collar and -- your mid tones with more of the skin tones in the yellows and threats. Creates a lot of nice color contrast and get your highlights of the -- So finally the last thing to do the in my image looking cinematic is at -- box green courtship that don't you going to have this when you're shooting. Or your compositions going to be terrible. And it's gonna click on my 2351. -- screen. -- That is seen difference in my opinion. Or truck."

" Ultimately a chiropractor magic -- since the schedule for the show doesn't really allow me a lot of time to collect crack. That's a bullet makes a lot faster easier to finance software at red giant software dot com -- the beauty of color correction that'll take a boring image like this one. And turn it into one like this one. --"

" delicious. Combination the words sick and delicious sick being used insulin definition meaning great or -- Delicious use not a literal sense regarding taste buds but road leading to the eyes."

" Yeah and your entire Squarespace site on the go with the new Squarespace iPhone application. You can post and edit blog entries and upload pictures on the line snap photos on your own and quickly post them to your blog and content management is super easy. All your posts will be accessible directly from the minute that he could edit draft delete posts and previous posts. And basketball could manage multiple accounts. Your counts have allowed you to manage content for multiple Squarespace sites you can save the draft -- from one site -- easily jump to another site to schedule post for later in the day. To jump over to Squarespace dot com and get your site -- And when you do we should use promo code boat ride to get 10% off the life of -- order."

" And they haven't just as a reminder you still have a few days gonna podcast awards dot com and vote for someone that's produced. And best podcast categories or whatever other podcast I think is worth it. He -- every dates November 30. As always -- get a little Diddy you'd like to see answered episode -- you know you don't -- revision3.com. You can also only a Twitter twitter.com -- class -- underscore com you know I'll actionable. And a little -- malicious action on the right FaceBook pages they've plugged in with the show. And a hall -- and -- is next birthday Cecil."

" Okay. Yeah."

" It doesn't end up at the ballot."

" They know everything that they've."

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Started discussion: November 26, 2009 @ 9:51am GMT

Episode 28 - Field Goal Punt Your Friends Like Popeye & Color Correction [Discussion]

Josh and Bruno put the power of spinach to the test… MythBusters style. Then, Ryan uses the Popeye inspired skit to go over a few basic color correction techniques.

Watch or download now!

shark_kk
3 months ago

Color Correction on Windows

You have show the same thing on Windows platform,, let's say in After Effects because we windows people also want to know the pro stuff :D
Guytheninja
3 months ago
Ok, who put Bruno up to eating spinach? There is no way I would have eaten spinach like that. :D

Great show guys! The hilarity never ends, does it?
RyanConnolly
3 months ago
In reply to shark_kk:
You have show the same thing on Windows platform,, let's say in After Effects because we windows people also want to know the pro stuff :D


Like I said in the episode. It doesn't matter what program you use, they all have pretty much the same tools. Adobe premiere even has a 3-way color corrector.
cfen
3 months ago

Good episode

Like the way you scale down a big budget effect to fit a small budget show.
Jespinoa
2 months ago

Great Episode for a Day Like Today!

What a perfect day for a Film Riot episode! No better gift on T-Day than a new episode! I really enjoyed this one and I'm hoping my friends and I can get together to put this lesson to the test as soon as I get my new camera in. =]

Thank you film riot crew for all your hard work!! Without you Thee Internet would be boring!
rabidbadger
2 months ago
It's amazing how, when you think about all the work filmriot puts into it's "simplified" versions of these effects, how much effort must go into just one big budget action movie.
Jespinoa
2 months ago
In reply to rabidbadger:
It's amazing how, when you think about all the work filmriot puts into it's "simplified" versions of these effects, how much effort must go into just one big budget action movie.


I can only imagine. Just today I was researching some programs for special effects other than After Effects and they seemed so complex it was intimidating!!!
rabidbadger
2 months ago
take first step. Watch greyscalegorilla to start.
az0madman
2 months ago
I would love to own Magic Bullet Looks because that thing does, well, magic. But it's costly and no student pricing. :(
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