Watched some YouTube Colour Correction

musicvid10 wrote on 2/25/2011, 2:03 PM

Link please?
Sometimes I enjoy being disgusted . . .

amendegw wrote on 2/25/2011, 2:20 PM

musicvid,

Try searching "Sony Vegas Color Correction" I watched the first four listed and came back thoroughly disgusted. Only one mentioned the Sony Color Corrector. Not one mentioned Video Scopes.

...Jerry

PS: The focus seemed to be on Video Game footage ??

Grazie wrote on 2/25/2011, 10:18 PM

I posted this as a warning to others who may see this stuff and consider that that was correction going on.

One sample had the "teacher" admit that he didn't play with the wheels as this wasn't straightforward and that he started off with the Brightness and Contrast. Unbelievable misinformation.

I hate to think just how much newbie damage has been done by this clap-trap.

Yeah, musicvid, just do a search on YouTube plus SONY VEGAS Color or Colour Correction..

Grazie

Serena wrote on 2/25/2011, 11:25 PM

here:

tutorial??[/link]

Grazie wrote on 2/25/2011, 11:57 PM

And which part do you find particularly misleading?

Grazie

PeterWright wrote on 2/26/2011, 12:29 AM

I'm unable to watch this example from the orient (home next week) but I remember seeing a similar inept tutorial by a no-hoper a couple of years ago, and it was infuriating.

The question is, is this something we have to put up with as part of the "democracy" of the 'net, or is there any possible remedy?

Maybe the software producers involved, after being alerted by experienced users, can have the right to contact Youtube or whoever, and either have it pulled, or to have a caption supered - "Beware, this guy is talking crap".

ushere wrote on 2/26/2011, 1:35 AM

fortunately / unfortunately that's the great thing about the net - everyone has a voice.

if you stop one voice what's there stopping you from stopping others?

by all means voice your opposition, but do not try to stifle others (who are talking crap!) ;-)

farss wrote on 2/26/2011, 3:30 AM

1) 35,000 views.
2) He knows someone called "Jose" :)
3) I'd wager neither him, Jose or 90% of his viewers have paid for Vegas.
4) You don't see this kind of thing happening with Avid MC, it takes two weeks of intense one on one training to learn how to open the thing. That keeps the riff raff at bay :)
5) There's some equally horrid tutorials on AE on YT. I guess the difference is there's also so many great free tutorials that almost no one watched the kiddies with their lightning bolts and plasma balls.

Bob.

Hogwild wrote on 2/26/2011, 5:59 AM

Not being very experienced at color correction myself, I'm always looking for articles and thumbing through the video production books I have to gain some insight and I find that I'm not that great at it yet and have particularly screwed up at least one personal short video with over saturation recently, but it was just to experiment and learn so no real harm done. I recently reread through Gary Rebholz's color scopes tutorial twice and started utilizing those more.

I watched the video above and it appears that it's intended for video game footage and the group of users that post their game playing to the net. He mentions that "you guys really like it on my last video" so I'm thinking he's explaining how he did his last video. The video's title is misleading, because it's not really Vegas Color Correction in general, but color correcting game footage. What I mean is, those game "maps" he calls them, are constant and consistent for each player or game system and the color correction is just for personal taste opposed to a video clip from a camera that might be over/under exposed, washed out, improper white balance etc, in addition to personal taste or a particular look & feel.

With that said, I regularly look on the net for free training regarding video production, and come across some very helpful tutorials (some Vegas specific, some to other NLE's and some to general video production) and they range from very good to very much crap. I've also purchased several books and have a DVD or two.

Generally when I find a training video that has good production values (talent's audio/voiceover, teaching/training skills, relevant and useful material/topic covered) I find the training to usually be reliable, useful and feel like the instructor knows what he is talking about, because they've taken the time to do it properly and know the material.

When (and not always, mind you), but when I come across a video that usually has a young sounding person that says "um", "I don't know", "er whatever", and is generally winging the tutorial, I tend to stop the video and search for another.

So in my case, it does no "newbie" damage because 1) I couldn't stand to watch or listen to the whole video & 2) I personally don't put all of my training eggs in one basket > youtube. Rather, I reach out to several different sources - free or purchased.

Unfortunately, anyone can post a training video on youtube, and it's up to the end user to weed out all of the crap from the good. If someone is serious about video production and making money full or part time with it, they probably won't be as successful as they could be if they're utilizing youtube as their only training reference anyway.

(RANT ALERT)
On another note: One thing that just bugs the sheeeet out of me is all of the videos that show up on how to get Vegas, or any other software, for free. It just speaks to the mindset of people anymore and that it's "no big deal".

I watched a video the other day about installing Vegas on a Mac, and the guy says "If you don't have Vegas, click the link in the comments section on how to get it for free". "I know most of you don't pay for software because you either don't have the money or maybe because you're just cheap er whatever" so I'll show you how to get it for free... he he he".

It's really no different than walking into Best Buy and tucking Vegas under your coat and walking out the door.
(RANT OVER)

My two cents,
Mark

Watched some YouTube Colour Correction - What!!?!

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