CMM - II Notes
by Izaz Ansari
Photoshop
Photo manipulation -
Photo manipulation is for artistic and aesthetic expression, not deception. With that in mind,
this is how to put whales in the sky, aeroplanes in the ocean and far-off planets in the sky
above Earth.
Perspective is the first thing you’ll want to line up when combining photos. While it’s
possible to alter lighting and colours in Photoshop, altering perspective is much more
difficult.
Making sure colours match is your next step to bring images together. Matching shadows and
their range of colours, is important. An ordinary viewer might not be able to articulate why
shadows look wrong, but they will notice it.
Dodge tool –
The Dodge tool allows you to lighten specific areas of your image without affecting hue or
saturation.
Burn tool –
The Burn tool darkens areas of an image. The more you paint over an area with the Burn tool,
the darker it becomes. From the toolbar, click and hold the icon for the Dodge, Burn, or
Sponge retouching tool, whichever is active.
Adobe InDesign
Adobe InDesign lets you design, preflight and publish a broad range of content for print, web
and tablet apps. It offers precise control over typography, built in creative tools, an intuitive
design environments.
Designing a brochure in InDesign – Could be used for newspapers or magazines as well
Creating flyers and brochures that attract attention and get results is easier and more effective
when you employ these widely used tools, features, and workflows.
Set up your document
Start your project right by selecting the optimal settings for your flyer or brochure.
• Explore Adobe Stock templates for a head start on your new document, or start from
scratch with one of the many preset sizes available.
• When setting up a new document from scratch, choose the Print tab in the New
Document dialog to set the color mode to CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black)
for printing. In the Units menu, choose Inches or other.
• Set columns and margins to frame where your content will go. You can change them
later, if needed.
A creative approach to type can make your pieces stand out. Here are some things to try in
the Properties panel.
• Explore your own fonts along with the many expressive Adobe Fonts.
• Experiment with formatting, such as font size, leading (vertical space between lines of
text), and tracking (horizontal space between characters).
Applying colors
Color can evoke emotion and help tell your story. InDesign offers many ways to both mix
and apply colors to your design.
• Save colors in the Swatches panel for consistency and reuse.
• For color inspiration, the Adobe Color Themes panel lets you explore harmonious
and appealing color combinations based on a single color.
Adding graphics
Graphics, such as images and logos, come from a variety of sources and in a wealth of
formats, including JPEG, SVG, TIFF, PNG, AI, and PSD. Choose File > Place to import
them.
If you need professional images but don’t have the time or budget for a photo shoot, you can
search and license a wide selection of high-quality photos and graphics from Adobe Stock
right in the app.
Adobe Premiere, editing
Color Correction –
Color correction is a process used in stage lighting, photography, television, cinematography,
and other disciplines, which uses color gels, or filters, to alter the overall color of the light.
Working with templates can save A LOT of time. But there are a good number of templates
that don’t include a built-in way to easily change the color of element.
Color correction vs Color Grading –
Firstly, you should understand the difference between color correction and color grading.
While you may use many of the same tools, they should be treated as two separate processes.
Color correction is the process of fixing any issues within the shot regarding lighting or color
so that all of the shots look consistent. Color grading is the work that is done to a piece to
create a ‘stylistic look’ to your film. You should always correct your shots before you grade
them, so you are working with a clean palette to begin the process.
Editors will have different workflows. Some will complete all of the edits before moving on
to the color correction, others will opt to correct shots as they go. The reality is, there is no
right or wrong time to fix your clips. You may even decide when to color correct based on
the project you are working on. Especially, if some shots are so challenging you are unsure
you can include them in your edit at all.
How to Correct Color in Premiere Pro
Color Workspace
Click on the Color tab at the top to switch to the color screen. Adobe has done their best to
optimize all of the correction and grading tools under one screen, but to the uninitiated, it can
seem a confusing mess.
In the right-hand column, you will see all of your color options, while the individual
controls/scopes live in the top left corner panel.
Lumetri Scopes
These are viewable in the top left panel, and there are several options to choose from, it might
look like a daunting amount of settings, but don’t worry we’ll guide you through. Right-click
in the window to bring up the options for the type of scope you want to look at in more detail.
All of the scopes show graphical information about the color and light in the shot currently
being viewed.
If you skim along your sequence, you will see the scopes change and reflect the shapes and
colors in the clip.
Each Scope type will show you something slightly different, and it is up to you to find the
right one that suits your footage. When we overlay the scope with the clip, we can see how
the light and colors are represented.
White Balance (WB)
The White Balance selector allows you to use a color picker to select the ‘White’ in your
shot, which will automatically change the temperature and tint controls.
Temperature
The temperature control lets you set the tone of your clip between extreme blue and orange.
For the most part, issues with White Balance will create a shot that is a little blue or orange is
its overall hue and you can use the temperature control to offset this.
Tint
Similar to the temperature control, this gives you the ability to control the green to pink hue
of your clip finely.
Exposure
This can help you mitigate issues where the shot has been filmed with too much, or too little
light entering the camera.
Highlights & Shadows
These two controls help you push the color range into either the lightest or darkest parts of
your shot.
Whites & Blacks
These two controls help you increase the amount of white or black that is mixed with the
colors. Too much white will create a washed-out look, whereas too much black will create a
dark shadowy look.
Saturation
Saturation changes the vividness of the hues in your clip, separating them from the grey tones
in that light range.
Color correction aims to neutralize your clips (as best you can) so that they have consistent
light and color. The best way to become more proficient is to play around with the controls.
Have fun with it and study the effects on both the scope and the shot. Let’s go through how
we fixed this shot of basketball players using the waveform (RBG).
From the scope, we can see that there is a lack of both color and light at the top. The first step
is to adjust the Exposure, adding more light to the shot.
Curves
Yet perhaps my preferred method to making more detailed changes is the Curves section. A
brief overview of how curves work is that it allows you to increase or decrease the intensity
of different elements of the footage: the Blacks, Shadows, Mid-tones, Highlights, and the
Whites. Making changes to each of these different sections will primarily impact only that
section and then graduate that change into the nearby sections. But this doesn’t just work for
luminance, you can also choose Red, Green, or Blue colors to either increase or decrease its
presence in any given section. This gives you an unparalleled amount of control over the
color of your footage.
HTML –
The HyperText Markup Language or HTML is the standard markup language for documents
designed to be displayed in a web browser. It is often assisted by technologies such as
Cascading Style Sheets and scripting languages such as JavaScript.
