
COLOR CORRECTION
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You don’t always need whites to peak at 100%. A Caucasian face should sit at
around 70%; many times when fi lming outside I will shoot so the whites peak
slightly lower than 100%, in order to preserve detail. When exposing an image,
if the highlights peak over 100% there is no way to bring the information back.
Sometimes an image is lit with low levels of light and nothing peaks at 100%. In
these cases, don’t be hesitant in post production, to let the image peak at 80%
or 70%, if that is most appropriate for what is in the scene. In general, however,
peak white should be set to 100% and black levels set at zero. There are ...