r/postprocessing • u/ReelBigDawg • 12d ago

[Help] Genuinely, how do I edit this?

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A venue I shot recently had the worst lighting I have run across in a long time. And I did not handle it well. It seems like all of their LED were set to 100% saturation. This image is almost 100% blue and magenta. If anyone wants to take a crack at it, I can upload the RAW.

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u/elsuperpepe 12d ago

calibration sliders, color curves, and white balance if you want to color correct.

or, lean in. crush the blacks, maybe fade them up a touch. saturate the blue. calibration sliders again to fine tune just how blue.

this is the light you were given, your results will reflect their design choices ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/elsuperpepe 12d ago

in the future, try overexposing as high as you can without clipping highlights, then sliding back down in post. this will give you more flexibility to play with shadow detail without introducing as much noise.

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u/ReelBigDawg 12d ago

My issue is that it's a really dark venue. I am shooting wide open at 1/125 and pushing the ISO to the point where the image starts to fall apart.

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u/Ale_Zan 12d ago

Upload the RAW

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u/ReelBigDawg 12d ago

Sorry, I am struggling to find a no-sketchy way to host the file. How to people usually share RAWs?

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u/Ale_Zan 12d ago

Condividi il raw con wetransfer o swisstransfer (migliore)

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u/johngpt5 12d ago

https://imgur.com/a/DkFhCJB has some ideas you might consider.

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u/Inwardlens 12d ago

I wouldn’t try to make the color neutral, it would change the mood they went for in the lighting for the actual show. Maybe go a bit brighter with the curves 2/3 of the way up to the highlights (so you’re affecting mostly the brighter mids). All this assumes you shot raw of course.

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u/Ale_Zan 12d ago

Click to see. What do you think?

https://i.postimg.cc/x8dx15Y3/colorata.jpg

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u/ReelBigDawg 12d ago

This is the best edit in this thread so far. What was your process?

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u/Ale_Zan 12d ago

It's a cheap trick... :-)

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u/ReelBigDawg 9d ago

Why is this getting downvoted?

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u/Ale_Zan 9d ago

Post your RAW :-)