Video Editing Software
Looking for opinions on video editing software. I don't mind buying a good package, but I'm looking at less than $100 - not making the next Avengers movie. I just want to take some old home movies tha...
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Both the paid versions of Vegas Movie Studio and Premiere Elements have color correction tools, though they do not provide video scopes. You need to buy the Pro versions to get them. But even the FREE version of Davinci Resolve provide 1, 2, or 4 scopes displayed at the same time.
Decades ago when I worked as an ENG/EFP camera operator, I always used portable waveform/vector-scope combo (top two below). We were under tight schedules with clients, and there wasn't enough time or budget to hire a colorist in a post house. Especially, when we could have spotted issues when shooting the footage. Broadcast cameras in those days had few built in tools to help judge video signals.
Bottom line, your eyes cannot always tell what's accurately going on with a color signal. That's where scopes are so useful. You don't have to have an extensive knowledge on how to use them. You can focus on how they can help to correct skin tones for instance. Footage where faces may be a little green or blue due to camera white balance issues. There are several 20-30 min. YouTube videos to get started, which may be all that's needed.
Decades ago when I worked as an ENG/EFP camera operator, I always used portable waveform/vector-scope combo (top two below). We were under tight schedules with clients, and there wasn't enough time or budget to hire a colorist in a post house. Especially, when we could have spotted issues when shooting the footage. Broadcast cameras in those days had few built in tools to help judge video signals.
Bottom line, your eyes cannot always tell what's accurately going on with a color signal. That's where scopes are so useful. You don't have to have an extensive knowledge on how to use them. You can focus on how they can help to correct skin tones for instance. Footage where faces may be a little green or blue due to camera white balance issues. There are several 20-30 min. YouTube videos to get started, which may be all that's needed.
