Using a vectorscope and waveform monitor you can bring down the range of your camera to make sure that you are not clipping. Many times the highlights can be blown out before they even get into your video production software. One of the key things with color corrections is that most people try to all of the color correction and exposure inside the camera.
Martin reminds us that these presets may not get your image 100% corrected because everyone’s exposures will be slightly different. The preset will save your white balance information and can be applied to any input in vMix. This preset information can be useful for color matching cameras from different manufacturers. vMix also announced 20X ZCam control in vMix 21 as well.Īnother tool built into the vMix color correction tool allows users to save preset files that can be uploaded to other vMix installations. The tool is similar to all of the other color correction tools out there today. You can use gain control, for example, to adjust the yellows just in the highlight of an image. Using the three components of the color correction wheels allows operators the ability to do fine color correction in an intuitive layout.
Each wheel adjusts a particular part of your video image, so the first wheel is the dark areas, the middle areas which is usually skin tones is in the middle wheel and the final wheel is for the highlights and the brightness. The first wheel represents the blacks (shadows) also called lift, Gain also known as Gamma also known as mid tones, and the third wheel represents for the highlights and overall brightness of the image. The color correction tools inside vMix have three (3) wheels which are used commonly in video editing software. Once the camera has been accurately tuned the finishing color corrections can be done in vMix. The vectorscope is all about color and provides us with tools to accurately adjust our camera settings ideally on the camera side first. A vectorscope is a tool that is ideal for live video color correction without having to rely on your own eyes and inaccurate monitor representations of your video cameras image. The vMix color chart will produce lines that connect your current image with the ideal colors.
To accurately tune your camera you can put up a color chart in your space and zoom into it with your camera. The vectorscope graph allows you to see the balance of the colors coming from your live video camera. At the top of a vectorscope you have red, toward the bottom you have cyan and there is also a green similar to what you have seen in color correction software. It’s like an x and y graph representation of the color accuracy of your live video feed. Vmix color correction vmix color chart correctionĪ vectorscope is a circle that represents the color of your camera image.