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Balance shadows and highlights separately with FFmpeg colorcorrect
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What this guide covers
For editors who see a colour cast in the dark areas or the bright areas of a clip and want to correct them separately. You end with a way to adjust by hand or let the filter analyse each frame, plus a saturation change. Based on the FFmpeg manual and not run; the manual does not say which direction warms or cools.
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Guide title
Balance shadows and highlights separately with FFmpeg colorcorrect
Coverage
For editors who see a colour cast in the dark areas or the bright areas of a clip and want to correct them separately. You end with a way to adjust by hand or let the filter analyse each frame, plus a saturation change. Based on the FFmpeg manual and not run; the manual does not say which direction warms or cools.
Example
A hypothetical clip with blue shadows, comparing a small manual shift with automatic analysis; no result was seen and a scope is needed to judge direction.
Useful starting points
- Change one control at a time and compare against the original on a scope.
- Per-frame analysis can flicker across cuts; fall back to fixed values if it does.
- Strong shadow or highlight shifts can make skin tones look unnatural; reduce them.
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