Want bluish look in night shoot

[Anonymous]

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?

[johnmeyer]

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.

[jagabo]

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

[Anonymous]

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

[raffriff42]

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.

[Anonymous]

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)


[Attachment 39148 - Click to enlarge]


[Attachment 39149 - Click to enlarge]

There may be 'nighttime' effects included with your Vegas install; give them a try also.

Thanks all