idk if you will want to give away your secrets but do you do anything different on 911 season one gifs? all your sets always look so good no matter the season or episode. i am just a baby gifmaker and have a hard time getting a handle on the coloring with season one. like i think maybe it's more yellow toned? but i'm not great with figuring that stuff out.
hi, this is so kind of you to say! ❤❤ you're right, s1 of 911 has a weird yellow filter on most scenes (thank fucking god they got rid of that) and a lot of scenes in general across the seasons - especially the ones happening in characters' houses tend to be a little more yellow, which is really annoying to color.
i don't really do anything special, and each scene is different so it's more of a trial and error process, but i can tell you what is almost a laughably easy way to color correct! bear in mind a lot of gifmakers do it differently so don’t take my word as the only one, but hopefully this is simple!
i’m using this scene as an example; this is the gif without any coloring at all:
pretty yellow, right? before you add any of your regular coloring, start off with adding a selective color layer. go to the neutrals tab, and reduce the yellows, and slightly increase the cyans and majentas, like so:
using this layer has very drastic effects, so keep your changes at a minimum! again, it varies from scene to scene, and you need to adjust it as required. this is what the gif looks like now:
if you’re satisfied with how it looks, go ahead and color your gif as you normally would! this is my final result:
looks pretty okay, right? this should work with any gif with a weird filter—if a scene is too blue, for example, you reduce the cyans and increase the yellows and majentas. the trick is to know which colors complement each other and which ones cancel each other out!
do keep in mind what i said about the layer being drastic—especially while you’re coloring poc. you might need to add in some selective color and color balance layers to correct their skin tones. here is a tutorial on anti-whitewashing, and here is a guide on how to make characters of color look less red or orange in your sets.
here’s a comparison of the og and finished scene!
really hope this helps you!
