Discover the process of using the Lumetri Color Panel to create a mask, allowing for separate color manipulation of an object and its background. In this tutorial, you will learn how to desaturate an object, select a mask, and track movement for precise color correction.
Key Insights
- This tutorial demonstrates how to use the Lumetri Color Panel in Adobe to create a mask, focusing on separately manipulating color of the subject and its background.
- The first step is to desaturate the object or person in the video to create a black and white effect.
- This process involves selecting the mask in the Effects Control tab, and then tracking its movement to ensure consistency throughout the video.
- Mask feathering is a vital step to ensure that no part of the object is left uncovered by the mask.
- The key to successful masking lies in tracking, as even slight movements need to be accounted for to maintain the effect throughout the video.
- The tutorial also introduces the concept of opacity masks, which will be covered in a future video.
Premiere Pro Workflow
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Import Media
File → Import or drag into Project panel.
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Build Sequence
Drop clips on timeline, J/K/L to play, I/O for in/out points.
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Color & Audio Pass
Lumetri Color for grading, Essential Sound for audio cleanup.
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Export
File → Export → Media. H.264 for web, ProRes for archival.
Video Transcription
Hi, This is Margaret from Noble Desktop. Today, We'll Be Looking at Creating a Mask in the Lumetri Color Panel.
Let's Make Dan Black and White and His Background Color Separate. We'll Use the Lumetri Color Panel for This. Under Basic Color Correction, You Have Saturation. I Have Dan Clicked On, and I'm Going to Take Away the Saturation, so Everything is Black and White.
Let's Pop over into the Effects Control Tab. Here's Your Lumetri Color You've Just Added. Now, I'm Going to Choose My Mask, and Now Just As We Did with the Blur, We Are Going to Have This Form Around Dan. and When It's Something with the Foreground and the Background, Do Be Sure to Mask Feather It. You Almost Always Have to Do That to Make Sure That There's No Part of Him That's Not Being Covered.
Now, Once Again, I Have My Plate in the Middle of This. You Could Start at the Beginning and Make Your Life Easier, but I Just Made It Harder, so I'm Going to Do Forward and Backwards, and That's Okay. So, Let's Mask Forward. Even Though Somebody's Just Sitting and Talking, They're Definitely Moving, so You Have to Track Every Time You Do a Mask. Let's See How This Works.
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Okay, When You're Working with Something Like This, You're Adding. in Our Next Video, We'll Be Looking at Opacity Masks, Which Are Removing Something to Add Another Image Underneath It.
I Hope You've Enjoyed This Lesson on Creating a Mask Using the Lumetri Panel. This Has Been Margaret with Noble Desktop. Thanks for Watching.
Video Transcription:
Full Video Transcript
Introduction to Masking in Lumetri Color
Hi, this is Margaret from Noble Desktop and today we'll be looking at creating a mask in the Lumetri Color panel. Let's make Dan black and white and his background color. Let's separate Dan from the background.
Let's use the Color workspace. We'll use the Lumetri Colors panel for this, and under your basic color correction you have saturation. I have Dan clicked on and I'm going to take away the saturation so everything is black and white.
Creating and Applying the Mask
Now we'll pop over into our Effects Control tab. Here's your Lumetri Color you've just added, and now I'm going to choose my mask. Just as we did with the blur, we are going to have this formed around Dan. When it's something with the foreground in the background, do be sure to mask feather it. You almost always have to do that. Make sure that there's no part of him that's not being covered.
Now once again I have my playhead in the middle of this. You could start at the beginning and make your life easier, but I just made it harder, so I'm going to do forward and backwards. That's okay, so let's mask forward. Even though somebody's just sitting and talking, they're definitely moving, so you have to track every time you do a mask. This isn't a photograph.
Adjusting and Refining the Mask
Let's see how this works. Not that great, not quite wide enough, so I'm going to click on this again. Click on Mask One to make adjustments. Now once this is on, you can then pull this out a little bit further. Every time you've made a change like I'm doing right now, a little bit too much but it's okay, as long as it's not on the color you have to retrack it. I'm going to retrack it backwards now.
Okay, let's see how this looks. When you're working with something like this, you're adding in. Our next video we're going to be looking at opacity masks, which are removing something in order to add another image underneath it.
Conclusion
I hope you've enjoyed this lesson on creating a mask using the Lumetri panel. This has been Margaret with Noble Desktop.
