Want bluish look in night shoot
Shooting in daylight with a tungsten white balance give a bluish look. But shooting at night with daylight white balance does not give bluish tinge. I want a bluish look for a night shoot in a Nikon D3200 movie. Are there any in camera settings to help achieve this in the shoot rater than after?
Re: Want bluish look in night shoot
I don't know that camera, so I cannot say. However, the trick the pros use is to do a manual white balance using a card that is not white. As I remember, you use a color that is opposite to the tint you are trying to achieve.
Re: Want bluish look in night shoot
Yes, to get a bluish cast use a yellowish (green+red) card to white balance. Movies more often use a cyan (blue+green) tint (white balance against a redish card) for night shots.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Additive_color
Re: Want bluish look in night shoot
Thanks guys. i will do it in vegas. It is for a halloween zombie walk and I want a 'horror' type look. Any suggestions welcome. I have not much experience in colour correcting or grading
Re: Want bluish look in night shoot
In Vegas try this: - duplicate base track as 'overlay'
- add channel blend: 'Distribute blue channel' (see screen shot) (emulate eye's low light color response)
- add levels: gamma 0.5-0.8 (darken midtones)
- add color balance: red -0.2, green -0.1 (add bluish cast)
- add black & white: 50% ± to taste (desaturate blue cast)
- overlay opacity 60-90% to taste
(using Movie Studio; hopefully this translates to Pro)

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There may be 'nighttime' effects included with your Vegas install; give them a try also.
Re: Want bluish look in night shoot
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Thanks all