Advanced Color Matching Trick in After Effects | Color Blind VFX

[@IsmaHAWK]

It’s crazy to hear that you’re also colorblind. Awesome stuff. Wish I found this video a few years ago! Would have been a life saver!

[@MaximilianoNoriega]

When you said “Hey, you’re colorblind. Go home” you said in a way that I felt it!

[@pwnisher]

Lol i am sorry hahahha

[@willmueller3432]

Im not color blind but this actually helped me with color compositing because Ive never really had any key way of doing it other than messing with levels, etc. I will for sure try out your method!

[@pwnisher]

Heck yeah!! So happy you got something outta this. :)

[@Theraot]

You reminded me of the Curb-Cut Effect .

[@theseangle]

@@Theraot what is this effect?

[@Theraot]

@@theseangle Nothing to do with VFX. "The curb cut effect is the phenomenon of disability-friendly features being used and appreciated by a larger group than just the people they were designed for." -- Wikipedia. It refers to curb cuts, ern.. Sidewalk ramps, which were intended for people using wheelchairs but are useful for people using bikes, skateboards, baby strollers, shopping carts, hand trucks (two wheelers), wheelbarrows, and similar. Plus, they are a hint for blind people. And I'm sure there are other uses.

[@theseangle]

@@Theraot oh thanks. btw i wasn't thinking that it's a visual effect at all ;D

[@qlulezz]

I'm colorblind too and I've had issues color correcting footage or even assets in Photoshop compositing aswell. I dealt with my deuteranopia just by simply handing cc and compositing to other people rather than trying to do it myself. Great to finally find a tutorial for this.

[@pwnisher]

Absolutely! So glad you found it helpful.

[@espinaca27]

Dude you’re joking... You’ve totally changed my view on what’s possible now, amazing!! A colorblind guy making super awesome VFX 👏🏻

[@pwnisher]

Yeah make it happen!!

[@lathwellcg6741]

Colourblind designer crew unite! I used to hide being colourblind from employers but learnt to embrace it. Loads of software, hardware out there to help. However the best thing I learnt was a colleague and friend who told me he loves my colour choices in design and to embrace them.

[@TPDOP]

What software and hardware? :)

[@lathwellcg6741]

@@TPDOP Various things with different levels of results. I use an app called Colorblind Assistant which is freeware, when running it has a little window that zooms into the area surrounding your cursor and gives pixel by pixel color data and a three word description. Windows has color profiles in it's accessibility options, although Im not sure they are great for design work as they can skew things. Hardware wise you can get various color readers. I guess the tech is the same as what they use to get unique paint colors mixed, they read a surface and give you color profiles. These can go mad expensive, I use a Nix device though. It is pretty cheap, accurate enough and is small and tough enough to hang off a set of keys so it is always at hand.

[@bobbihansel]

I see Parsec, I smash like. Great sponsor for a great vid, thanks Clint.

[@pwnisher]

Thanks so much! Yeh Parsec is LEGIT!

[@edwinjose9548]

Man I m so glad that you've been doing all the things back at corridor with that colour blindness. Awesome man.

[@torinhight]

THANK YOU! based on your description, I'm almost the exact same kind of colorblind as you, and I'm so glad you shared this!!!!

[@Mu3DDD]

Fellow colorblind VFX artist here and you my friend are a saint!

[@haydenray7148]

This just seems like a good way to composite in general. Final product looked great. Love the content

[@pwnisher]

Thanks so much!

[@TimStotz1]

I too am colorblind, I think in exactly the way you are. Glad to see you're overcoming it.

[@tomsueyek9596]

Dude huge fan ever since the old cardboard warfare days and this is such an amazing video. I legit can't see any of those numbers either! I'm also colour blind, and an editor, photographer, videographer - There needs to more of these type of videos!

[@westonkehoe1088]

I had no idea you are color blind. I am too and whenever I see creators like you making videos for that community it is really inspiring. This helped me out so much because before this whenever I was color matching something I always had to ask someone else to look at it and then make edits. It's super awesome to see content like this. Also at the end when you cleared up those myths was great, I remember in elementary school all the kids would grab markers or crayons and they'll test me on what color they are. It's hilarious when people think that I just don't see color. You're the best Clint keep making amazing content!

[@pwnisher]

Dude YES!! Imm so glad you got something out of this video. Makes me super happy man. And yeah, this tip helps me a bunch, but I still ask friends or loved ones if it looks correct. I wanted to include that bit as well but didn’t have the time.

[@Fasty]

Oh man, this is unexpected and amazing!! Protanopia (red/green) colour blind person here, and just want to say thank you so much for making this video

[@paulpierantozzi]

I am colorblind compositor as well. Glad to hear I am not the only one! When I started out I was told that I wouldn't be able to make it in the industry because my colors would always be off, but I have yet to run into major problems after a year of working. In Foundry's Nuke the process is fairly similar to AE, but it is a lot easier to check color values since you can control + click any pixel and it will tell you RGB numbers. After going through this process for a while you become more accustomed with how a color image is actually made and which RGB values attribute to which color which is actually kind of cool.

[@free-ny9fp]

came to know after i turned 27, about my colorblindness in driving school eye test, before that it never occurred to me i was missing something but working in photoshop for a long. your story will helping many to overcome the fear of leaving vfx/cgi/editing coz of colorblindness, this video was a great help, THANK YOU.

[@PenguinjitsuX]

The idea of just trying to make it fit in if it were in a black and white newspaper is so easy to understand! Love this way of color correcting.

[@ssjenforcer191191191]

This is a better instruction of how to move the sliders to match colour than I've seen.

[@threeanglestudios]

My friend first of all and this will be strange but, im glad to hear that your colorblind, as I am, and to be truth you're the first person in the video community that I "know" that's colorblind too, and to be truth that's amazing, I realized that I was colorblind when I was already on college, and when i actually discovered i thought leaving this path but somehow I ended up reading an article about some Portuguese Architect and he said "I love behind colorblind, no one sees the world like me", that was a turning point, from then I focused in trying to show to people how I see the world, and here I am a few years later trying to learn some new stuff about UE and found this video, you maybe won't read this, but for me that was the universe trying to say something to me! Thanks for all your videos, and btw this one is changed my color grading for life! thank you very much!

[@skjeggebuse]

Jesus christ you've just changed my entire workflow !! Thank you so much man !!

[@thegreatgabesby1036]

Thank you Clint From one colour blind person to another it's great to know that you can still grow up to be a cool guy

[@pwnisher]

Hahahahha yes indeed :)

[@cg4unet]

pwnisher you are amazing, i run away from colors for whole my career, and working on VFx (with color issues) , is for me personally is like being a warrior in world wars, great great salute for finding a solution to literally an impossible to solve issue (for me), i mixed for first time in 10 yrs of career, Salute to you man, and your attitude, amazing, thanks

[@Me_Abrar]

As a colorblind artist myself, I have been using the same trick for couple of years and its been very useful.

[@mexicanburrito2979]

Great f-ing video! I've always felt like an imposter for being a colorblind 3d artist but this makes me feel like there really is more of us out there and unique ways to work around it!

[@evenelly1855]

Totally agree! Just starting out in 3D and now I have real confirmation others out there are doing it and still making great stuff!

[@monocore]

Compositing in AE is just, adorable. Utterly adorable.

[@danuvisuals9556]

Thanks Clint 😊

[@bluemosquedesign]

WOOHOO! Tips for colorblind dudes. OMG, THANK YOU

[@prestonpspsparten]

Woa Marc fitt’s English got so much better!! Much love

[@electron2601]

The tools in these programs have many great work-arounds for people who are not only color blind, but helpful for those who aren't and this video is a great example of that in using one of the great many tools. Great video!

[@AndrewMarston]

Great technique. This method is also good for color correcting even if you're not color blind since often environmental or other screen elements can skew color perception. Going channel by channel and using color info will never let you down.

[@MAILKANE]

my goodness. this is all that i need. Thank you clint!

[@SoUncivilized414]

Oh man, this is a great tip. Even for someone who sees (as far as I know) all the colors on the screen.

[@laaan25]

As a colour blind motion designer, this video was super helpful! Please do share more colour grading tips! Loved the video 🙌🙌🙌

[@JordanFountain]

I'm colorblind too! I feel like this video was made for me! Thanks Clint!

[@JustAnotherChris]

Wow super awesome tip! Never thought of this

[@JourneysEnd]

I'm also a color blind filmmaker-- this is super helpful man. Thanks!

[@RenderBenderProductions]

As someone who is getting into VFX and is also color blind this was super helpful. I am also red and green color blind so all the circles at the start of the video that are supposed to have numbers in them just looked like a bunch of dots.

[@eirik237]

wow, thanks for the tips! I have the same background where I wanted to be a pilot but found out when taking the tests for airforce that I had red green deficiency, and ended up as a VFX student :) One small positive factor is the doctor told me colorblind people's eyes are more sensitive to light than others, so this technique is very efficient.

[@MarkDFilms]

Found out I was color blind (red green as well) while learning vfx back in high school and have been finding tricks and cheats to get by for years and years since. Love that you made a solid tutorial for everyone else that might be starting to learn now but would have been frustrated or discouraged otherwise!

[@vipadventure]

Learned this trick years ago from a Sam and Niko "Shoot Your Friends" video. Has helped me tons!

[@NBCmotion]

I originally learned this technique from a Corridor BTS video back in like 2013. It has saved my butt so many times, and I'm not even colorblind. It's so useful to isolate color channels

[@technicolourmyles]

Great tutorial, even if you're not colour blind, it's a cool technique! If I could suggest a tutorial, I would personally LOVE a texturing tutorial from you. I watched the door handle VOD and the texturing part just left me itching to try it myself, and I've been looking for similar content ever since. I would love to learn more about detailed texturing with all those little tricks, like creating dust and noise maps procedurally and just cool node trickery to add detail. I use Blender, but from how it seems, I think Octane's nodes are almost identical to Cycles in Blender. Top notch stuff, mate, keep it up! Loving this content.

[@jvolto]

Awesome tutorial as always, even if i'm not colorblind! Didn't know about that color matching trick, thanks! Have a nice day!

[@madmoret]

I highly appreciate this type of content! As a colorblind person, this inspire me very much.

[@MaybSh]

Great Tutorial again

[@tomorrowevening]

I never knew you were color blind too! Thanks for sharing this! I'm also red/green colorblind 🤓

[@parshadsabara5085]

Ohh, man! I've been following Corridor Channel for so long and just came upon this video on my recommendations... I am not color blind but I did not know this color matching trick. This will be super helpful dude. Thanks a ton! Keep creating. You are a true inspiration for my freelance projects.

[@thecanadianhoser]

Straight up the best colour compositing tutorial I've seen. Simple and so effective! Thanks

[@MrMoustouche]

Love this clint. Can i also say that recording in like a park or your backyard has the most chill vibes ever

[@lathwellcg6741]

Also thanks for this Clint. Great to see well respected artists like yourself representing.

[@ADADMAN]

Would love to say this looks great, but I'm colour blind too so what do I know?! Seriously though, this is an interesting new technique that I've never heard of before! Thanks Clint!

[@JordanPledge]

Thanks for doing this Clint. I’m also protans colour blind (couldn’t see a single number in those test) and work in motion graphics. It’s really reassuring to see a fellow colourblind person kicking ass in vfx and not being held back. Thanks for the great video 👌🏼

[@bluemosquedesign]

Another great tool for colorblind peeps like us is to use the skin tone line in a vectorscope (in AFX open Workspace/Color.) The option for turning on the line is in the settings if it's not already on. Lots of great tutorials on how to color correct using scopes, and you'll see that to improve your footage dramatically only takes a few simple steps with the scopes.

[@ocdvfx]

I love you so much for this.. I've felt like I was at a constant fight against myself with my vfx. You're a life savior and an inspiration as always Clint!

[@rishoppradhan2039]

every time i watch u i get amazed ❤

[@muradmammad]

Dude thank you very much for this video. I am at the video and 3d production industry. And everytime i need to balace.This will help me so much!

[@ZorinZato]

THANK YOU CLINT. I’m super color blind and it’s been a big bummer

[@pwnisher]

I gotchu! 🤙🏼

[@bernardogriz]

Oh my god, Clint, i always felt insecure because of it, so glad you spoke about it. Thank you!

[@pwnisher]

Oh man nothing to worry about :) it makes us unique.

[@bernardogriz]

@@pwnisher i like to be unique, i'm more happy for seen that we can really work with vfx and because you gave precious tips. You're the guy!

[@afistfulofvideos]

This was amazingly informative, Clint! Thank you so much!

[@JoeGordonAnimation]

ay im colourblind too this video is a life saver!

[@nath3007]

Thank you for this technique! This will be very helpful for future projects!

[@jalin8039]

thanks for the awesome tutorials. I'm not colorblind but this is still really helpful. THESE TIPS ARE SO IMPORTANT! keep it up.

[@dagrial]

Great stuff! Thanks for sharing! I am also color blind and I was almost giving up to color correct footage. It was very frustrating after working many years in the field.

[@AkshaySahu]

Hi Clint, thanks for the video. I too am a Deutan and your video helped me to get good colors.

[@augustino0]

Much thanks for sharing this. The technique has been very helpful.

[@evenelly1855]

Being colourblind too, you would not believe how much you have made my day! I have wondered for some time whether turning CG from a hobby to a career is just a pipe dream. Having found your channel so helpful and inspiring, to find out you are colour blind is a real boost! Do you know anywhere else I can find tips and strategies for colourblind people using CG?

[@Crick2x9]

I also worked with a partially colorblind vfx compositor. He could not see red. dude was so good I could have not figured out he was colorblind until he told us...

[@jellykid]

That is so useful thanks Clint!!!

[@Lucas_OBrien]

This is incredibly helpful, holy crap!!

[@nsiepmann]

This is a great tip - thank you!

[@Qielon]

I've been rejected from the army for the same reason aswell and I'm actually a motorsport photographer so.... basically we took the same "artistic way" beside our original dream :O

[@lathwellcg6741]

My brother was rejected for the RAF for the same reason but has gone on to work in development for Nissan, service track day cars so driving sports/super cars all day and now is part of a development team for large scale hydraulics.

[@jakehannad.2364]

Clint looks like The Father from Far cry 5 😆 dope videos man!

[@thanksforcheckingoutmychannel]

Learning and growing at reading lips @ 6:23

[@johnathanhodges9366]

Dude this was sooo helpful! Thanks man!!

[@gabrieljcs11]

If I'm not mistaken it's easier for the eye to tell "shades" in black and white than in color, so this should be a better method for everyone :)

[@pwnisher]

Absolutely! The captain dissolution video on COLOR goes over this.

[@sherlockmaverick]

@@pwnisher Disillusion!

[@MAVERICKOfficialChannel]

Crazy how this is the video that made me realize I was colorblind

[@deepsleepdiver]

Wow dude! Had no idea you were colorblind!?!?!

[@bradkaf8670]

Ey man! Can't thank you enough for this.

[@cgndnm]

i came from v2rocketproduction's video with you on it, great vid! got a new sub here

[@bestplanetever6048]

WOW! I am not colour blind, I am the opposite of that, not only can i see all the numbers, I've taken other colour tests and its a lot before I can't see the difference. Not bragging, just amazed at the differences. One of my fav DOP's was colour blind and shot things with a more lighting value approach. I guess colour blind and VFX/art isn't like being a tone deaf singer.

[@pwnisher]

Yeah it doesn’t hinder my work too much to be honest, even though i’m moderately color blind.

[@jog2243]

Congrats on the sponsor and thank you for the tutorial! Super helpful. Quick question, where'd you get that dope Hyperlight Drifter shirt!?

[@pwnisher]

Thanks a bunch! And fangamer.net!! It’s my favorite place for shirts. They’re legit the comfiest shirts ever.

[@AB-mv1mb]

Great tips!

[@ballz_11]

Wow thx clint

[@Pikamaku]

Thank you I needed this

[@A_A78]

thank you very much! I'm not colorblind but I always struggling with color!

[@shiPham0705]

Didn’t know you’re colorblind. Still great video and useful tips as always!

[@ecoveydesigns1060]

Great video... So, did he cut the audio at the end to see who watched the whole video? lololol

[@-saca-1297]

AYY Im a color blind vfx artist too

[@MattMattGOfficial]

Very helpful! I’m also an editor and colorblind! I just got a pair of correcting glasses, but not the Enchroma. Those are nice but aren’t very accurate. Chroma Gen is the company I went with. They’re more accurate, a bit more expensive, but worth it if you’re looking for a fix.

[@pwnisher]

Super interesting. I’ve never tried those color blind glasses before, but would definitely be down.

[@msteelefinley]

Were you in 8 bit or 16? Also Colorspace would affect which sort of math is calculated for the info tab, so making sure all of that is set up will allow for complete accuracy for your output. Love this content, though, brother! Great to see this kind of pro level tip in a short little tut!

[@javierzapanacaceres2933]

Was a great correction... But who knows I'm color blind too damn ...

[@commanderdigital]

Christopher Nolan is colorblind so maybe it's a blessing

[@bryanlewis8777]

Do you use premiere as well for color adjustments?

[@pwnisher]

Totally, but I recently have switched to Davinci full time.

[@alejandrodelapena5174]

Cool vid Clint

[@MayKayy]

Thank you!!

[@alejandrodelapena5174]

clint , When are you doing a surface imperfections tutorial ? , i am really looking forward to it, because i needed for a project i am working on.

[@pwnisher]

It’s scheduled for about a month from now. VERY excited for it! Its going to be a big one :)

[@lukasbieri]

@@pwnisher Is this coming out soon? I'd love to see that! :)

[@Marcus_Graf]

About being colorblind and wanting to be a fighter pilot: you need to see the movie Little Miss Sunshine. I hope you’ll love it...

[@CreativeGrid]

Cool one bruh

[@jacobunknown]

I'm not colourblind, but this is really helpful!