Color Correction Example Using Avid Color Correction
Film Look applied using Continuum Complete from Boris FX

The frame grabs below are from a video shoot using the Panasonic SDX900 at 24p. The tape was captured via SDI and recaptured at
3:1 compression in order to "soften" just a bit the hard edges usually associated with video. The rest of the steps are outlined below in the grid.

Since the final program was destined for video, these steps were chosen. If a film out was desired, the color correction would have been done in a
0 RGB - 255 RGB range and a film grain would not have been added.

Other than the resolution chosen, the same process can be done in Avid Xpress Pro (or any color correction environment).

	These are the original frames as captured with no color correction applied
	The next step in the process was using the AutoColor™ Correct feature. Since this is a video deliverable, black is set for 16RGB and whites are 235RGB. You will notice that the slight green hue has also been removed as part of this process.
	AutoColor correction is just a starting point. It creates legal black and white levels for broadcast. But correction is different than color enhancement where the "art" part of the process is done. This is very subjective and defines the look and feel of the final program. Here gamma curves were tweaked, brought down lower end blacks as well as added a more slopey curve to the whites. Notice the man's white shirt on the left compared to the original image. Also the flesh tones were brought back out. For the man on the right, the overall RGB value was brought down so the background matched the background behind the man on the left so that the edit didn't "shift" from cut to cut, visually resulting in a smoother edit.
	Although difficult to see here, a slight amount of film grain was added to the final images using the AVX Boris Continuum. Although the original sources were video, the end result is much closer to what we expect to see with film origination - starting with 24 frame video cameras to correctly match the frame rate..

	Comparison of original image on left and final corrected version on right.
	Comparison of original image on left and final corrected version on right.