Schlinder’s List : Colour Saturation
Having just re-watched Schlinder’s list I was reminded of the colour saturation effects used to highlight the little girl in the red dress. Saturation adjustments can be used to tweak a piece of video to give extra impact by making colours more vibrant, or a very different feeling can be evoked by making the colours washed out.
Mark Watson demonstrates how saturation effects can be applied in Vegas to highlight a specific colour but the principles are the same in both Final Cut and Premier. Click here to read his tutorial.
To recreate this effect in Final Cut visit this tutorial.
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