Filmora 9 How to Fix Footage with Color Correction

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Let's say that you filmed a whole bunch of b-roll for your video and you took some time to edit it, but it doesn't look quite right... like each clip was filmed by somebody else.
The most common reason why each clip looks off is probably the color.
The cause for this could be a number of reasons like improper white balance settings, using a different camera or lenses, changing of light situations, the list goes on.
But it's a super easy fix and all you have to do is a little bit of color correction. So in this video, I'm going to show you some tips on how to make your video look more cohesive with color correction in Filmora9.
Let’s get into it! The first thing I'm going to do in the sequence is to see what clip I want to match my footage too. By looking at it, this clip is the nicest; it's probably one clip where the camera was set correctly. Now since I've chosen my clip let's take a snapshot of it.
To do that, go to the camera icon right below the preview window and take a snapshot and put it on the layer right above your sequence and stretch it so it covers the entire sequence. So if you're wondering why I'm doing this it's for me to reference the image.

I can toggle it on and off and compare my changes with the clip I want to match. You can also look at it while you do your color correction. All you have to do is make sure the reference layer is visible. When you want to select the clip you want the color correct, go to the advanced color correction tool and the window will pop up. Just move the window over and now you can see your reference image while you color correct. Now since this is all set up, let's do some color correction.
In order to master shots, you pretty much use of reference shots as the base for color correction so I'll use that to color correct too. I can tell for this clip it was way too orange and underexposed, so I have a feeling the white balance wasn't correctly set. To fix this, let's go to the white balance slider and lower the orange and make it look less orange.
Now let's increase the exposure so it's closer to our reference image. The image can also use a boost in color so I'm going to add some saturation just till there. The reference image also has more contrast so I'll definitely add some contrast. I also notice that the brightest points in the image (the highlights) are a little too bright so in the highlight section let's just bring those down so they're not as distracting. Not by much but it looks a lot better to my eye. For the second clip it will be a similar process but just adjusts accordingly... which is what color matching mainly is.
However, don't assume that each clip will be corrected exactly the same let's make sure our reference image is up then go right back into the color correction tool. Once again the white balance looks off so let's find a frame to work with first. Since there's some white in this frame, let's use it. Now I'm going to warm up the white balance so that box looks white.
The image looks a little dark so let's increase its exposure as well. The color doesn't seem as vibrant as a reference image so let's increase the vibrancy. That looks pretty good however I do not really like how the blue on the table looks, I feel it could be a bit more vibrant in order for it to look more like the table in the reference image. So to edit let's go into our HSL meaning Hue, Saturation, and Luminance; this tool lets you edit the specific colors.
So we will select the blue image and adjust the saturation to make it pop a little more. Lastly, I'll add some contrast so the image doesn't look as flat. This looks pretty close so let's move on to the next clip. Just based on the first look we're going to need to do the same changes, so let's start off with fixing the white balance and now we'll increase our exposure.
It's likely that all these clips transpired shot a little underexposed in order to expose for the bottles in the shot. The shot looks flat so let's add contrast. I'll also increase the vibrance again. So this looks pretty close to our reference image however there's still a green tinge to it, so I have a feeling the reason why it's so gray is because of the angle.
We see a lot more light for the booth and the light from inside the booth is probably greener colored... so in order to fix this, let's adjust our tint. Let's slide our tint more to the magenta side. That looks better. All right now that we're done let's play and compare the before and after there's quite a difference Whooooaaaa.
And overall I feel the shots look and feel more color cohesive. And that's all you have to do to color correct and even your b-roll. Do you have a better way that you match your b-roll? Let us know in the comment section below. Thank you everyone for watching, don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more video editing tips and tricks. Until next time, make sure to stay safe, wash your hands, and keep creating.