Shot Color Matching

In plain words

Match the color temperature and saturation that differ from cut to cut so they look like the same place and time.

When to use it

Consecutive cuts in the same place, or when a brand-colored prop appears in several cuts.

Example videos

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In AI video, like this

Color drifts from cut to cut, as when an image model's green leans toward yellow-green. Pick one reference cut and match the rest to it with colorbalance, selectivecolor, and hue. If only one prop differs, repaint just that part with a mask.

One-click prompt

Match every shot to one reference shot by nudging only green, saturation, and gamma in small steps: ffmpeg -i shot5.mp4 -vf "colorbalance=gs=-0.04:bs=0.03,hue=s=0.95,eq=gamma=1.03" -c:a copy out.mp4. Compare it side by side with the reference until both look like the same place and time.

See it in real films and ads

Casey Faris — How to Color Match Shots in DaVinci Resolve

AI-made examples

Tom's Guide — How the balloon color was repainted in After Effects after Sora's "air head" was made

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