Using the colour picker and vignettes

Hi,

I have been asked to colour correct some footage. You can see an example still shot of the original and what the customer wants here:

Link to still shots

Basically the brown/grey wall needs to be changed to dark blue which is easily achieved by using the colour picker. However, areas in the guy's hair and under his chin also get coloured so I've been trying to use a vignette to prevent the colour picker's effect on the area within the vignette.

This doesn't seem to work - can anyone suggest an alternative method?

Thanks,

Andrew

Reshoot w/the right colored wall.

I was going to say you could try to make a custom shaped vignette if he didn't move around too much, but the fact that he has glasses makes the whole thing exceptionally more difficult. Besides a re-shoot (which would be quicker) I think your only other option is to rotoscope it.


-Andrew

Thanks for that.

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Reshoot w/the right colored wall.

You wouldn't believe the number of times I've tried to explain how much easier it is to shoot it right rather than fix it in post!

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Besides a re-shoot (which would be quicker) I think your only other option is to rotoscope it.

It was done at a company's premises in Nice, France so not really an option!
I had already tried rotoscoping and it sort of works on sharp edges like his shirt sleeve - if I draw the custom vignette against his face his glasses come out fine too. However, his hair is a real problem.

I was hoping using the colour picker would work, and it does to a great extent, but I need to prevent some areas with similar colours in his hair and face from being changed; ideally a simple soft oval vignette over his face would do that but I can't seem to find the method...

Thanks for any further advice,

Andrew

Here's a secondary room tutorial that might help