Posted by eb7g on 09/04/05 10:09

I just shot some miniDV footage over the weekend. It's for a short film,
so of course there is going to be color correction, from color balance,
to brightness and contrast. I can do it in Premiere, but it's not easy
and not the best way to do it. However, it's the cheapest.

The other way is to take the locked film to a post house, where they
will put it into the 4:2:2 color space from the miniDV 4:1:1 which
should make it easier and better to color correct. Then I can keep the
footage in Beta and synch up the sound. This won't be cheap. Possibly
$700ish at least.

So to me, it looks like I'm going to have to spend some money do get a
perfect looking film. Or so my hypothesis goes. Does anyone here have
any opinion as too what I should do? Am I right in that Premiere won't
be able to color correct as well as a studio. I may also want to
transfer to film as well (tiny slim chance) so I don't want any color
correct I do to create noise in the transfer.

Feedback? thanx

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