<p>This might be better suited as a comment to your original post, but alas I do not yet have those privilegies.</p>

<p>Anyway, my answer to you would be a cliché one: Keep tinkering.</p>

<p>It's really a matter of finding out what effects Premiere can offer, deciding which will be able to assist you the most and then going back and forth between them until you find a result that pleases you.</p>

<p>That said, you might want to check out the Color Balance effect. I find it very useful in most projects.</p>

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2012-12-07T22:26:38.433Z
2012-12-07T22:26:38.433Z
gburning
<p>If your goal is to get better at coloring.. yes keep tinkering. If you want a push button possibility download try SpeedGrade and try some of the preset "Looks". Ultimately, for any auto correction to look exactly like the Picasa one would be a piece of chance.</p>

<p>I am by no means a color guru, but I found these resources helpful in some recent projects:

<li>
<a href="http://www.hurlbutvisuals.com/blog/2012/01/7-tips-for-hd-color-correction-and-dslr-color-correction/" rel="nofollow">Some quick basics</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://provideocoalition.com/pvcexclusive/story/answering-the-essential-color-correction-question" rel="nofollow">Kind-of Concept Overview but interesting</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.lynda.com/Video-training-tutorials/78-0.html?previousCategory=1298" rel="nofollow">Color Correction Tutorials</a>
</li></p>

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2014-07-28T16:05:11.670Z
2014-07-28T16:05:11.670Z
integris
<p>I'm trying to color-correct a video I'm working on. This is an example frame from the footage:</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/VCTQ5.png" alt="Original footage"></p>

<p>Since I'm a newbie and pretty clueless about good-looking color correction, I've tried playing around with some Picasa filters. Eventually I've came out with this:</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/wvS9E.png" alt="Picasa color correction"></p>

<p>This supposed to be a reference for me to later on immitate with Premire's color correction tools. </p>

<p>In Premiere, I've tried using Levels:</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/2c21Z.png" alt="Levels"></p>

<p>And RGB curves: </p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/DKYot.png" alt="RGB curves"></p>

<p>And this is the result:</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Jwbbz.png" alt="Premiere Attempt"></p>

<p>After a lot of small adjusments, still you can see a big difference:</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/2bOBD.png" alt="Picasa vs Premiere"></p>

<p>My main problem is that <strong>whenever I'm fixing one color, or one area of the frame, always another part is affected in a non-wanted way</strong>. For example you can see the wall in the Picasa version is more yellow than the one in the Premiere version, but the left-hand closet is less yellow than the one in the Premiere version. Meaning making the whole thing more yellow might fix the wall's shade but make the closet's shade worse.</p>

<p><strong>My question is, what method should I use while using these filters (or others) in order to achieve a known effect?</strong> Is there a specific filter I should use before or after another? Or how could I determine the proper adjusment for affecting one color/shade but leaving another as it is?</p>

<p>This is important to me not only for this specific project, but also because I assume this <strong>method</strong> is what professional editors use when trying to achieve a specific vision they have for a frame.</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2014-07-28T20:37:32.140Z
Do you particularly like the the color grade you accomplished with picasa? Did that achieve something artistically and cinematographically that you were going for?
Scott James Walter
CC BY-SA 3.0
2014-07-29T01:19:38.673Z
Which filter in Picasa did you apply, and with which parameters?
user1118321
<video><premiere><filter><cs5><color-correction>
How can I accurately immitate this Picasa filter with Premiere's color correction filters?
Roy
# How can I accurately immitate this Picasa filter with Premiere's color correction filters?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-12-02)

I'm trying to color-correct a video I'm working on. This is an example frame from the footage:

![Original footage](https://i.sstatic.net/VCTQ5.png)

Since I'm a newbie and pretty clueless about good-looking color correction, I've tried playing around with some Picasa filters. Eventually I've came out with this:

![Picasa color correction](https://i.sstatic.net/wvS9E.png)

This supposed to be a reference for me to later on immitate with Premire's color correction tools.

In Premiere, I've tried using Levels:

![Levels](https://i.sstatic.net/2c21Z.png)

And RGB curves:

![RGB curves](https://i.sstatic.net/DKYot.png)

And this is the result:

![Premiere Attempt](https://i.sstatic.net/Jwbbz.png)

After a lot of small adjusments, still you can see a big difference:

![Picasa vs Premiere](https://i.sstatic.net/2bOBD.png)

My main problem is that **whenever I'm fixing one color, or one area of the frame, always another part is affected in a non-wanted way**. For example you can see the wall in the Picasa version is more yellow than the one in the Premiere version, but the left-hand closet is less yellow than the one in the Premiere version. Meaning making the whole thing more yellow might fix the wall's shade but make the closet's shade worse.

**My question is, what method should I use while using these filters (or others) in order to achieve a known effect?** Is there a specific filter I should use before or after another? Or how could I determine the proper adjusment for affecting one color/shade but leaving another as it is?

This is important to me not only for this specific project, but also because I assume this **method** is what professional editors use when trying to achieve a specific vision they have for a frame.

**Tags:** video, premiere, filter, cs5, color-correction

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Do you particularly like the the color grade you accomplished with picasa? Did that achieve something artistically and cinematographically that you were going for?  
> **username_2**: Which filter in Picasa did you apply, and with which parameters?  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2012-12-07. Score: 1

This might be better suited as a comment to your original post, but alas I do not yet have those privilegies.

Anyway, my answer to you would be a cliché one: Keep tinkering.

It's really a matter of finding out what effects Premiere can offer, deciding which will be able to assist you the most and then going back and forth between them until you find a result that pleases you.

That said, you might want to check out the Color Balance effect. I find it very useful in most projects.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2014-07-28. Score: 0

If your goal is to get better at coloring.. yes keep tinkering. If you want a push button possibility download try SpeedGrade and try some of the preset "Looks". Ultimately, for any auto correction to look exactly like the Picasa one would be a piece of chance.

I am by no means a color guru, but I found these resources helpful in some recent projects:- [Some quick basics](http://www.hurlbutvisuals.com/blog/2012/01/7-tips-for-hd-color-correction-and-dslr-color-correction/)
- [Kind-of Concept Overview but interesting](http://provideocoalition.com/pvcexclusive/story/answering-the-essential-color-correction-question)
- [Color Correction Tutorials](http://www.lynda.com/Video-training-tutorials/78-0.html?previousCategory=1298)


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