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encoded media, but the flat color signal of log-encoded media may make it harder to get good results, depending on the scene.
Furthermore, Shot Match is not the right tool to use to try and match un-normalized log-encoded clips that use different types of log encoding, such as LogC and RedLogCine, or to try and match normalized and un-normalized clips. Because log-encoding is similar to a set of red, green, and blue curve operations, Shot Match is not equipped to achieve a successful result in this situation.
Shot Match is not designed to apply corrections to clips that already have node adjustments. The results will be unpredictable, and probably won’t match. While the clip you’re matching to may have simple primary adjustments applied to it, the other selected clips that are being matched should be completely ungraded.
Lastly, Shot Match has been designed to do no harm to the image. This means if you use Shot Match to try and match an underexposed interior shot to an exterior shot exposed at high noon on a sunlit day, the Shot Match algorithm will do its best to “split the difference” in order to make the difference between these two clips less jarring, while at the same time taking care not to stretch the color and contrast adjustments being made to the underexposed clips to the point where the image falls apart.
How to Use Shot Match
There’s no way to easily describe what Shot Match does. It’s a complex algorithm designed to try and deal with an impossibly varied number of different situations. As a result, Shot Match doesn’t apply adjustments to any of the user-editable controls in the Color page. Instead, the image adjustment created by Shot Match is applied invisibly, as the very last adjustment to the node that was selected when Shot Match was used, similar to a LUT.
A Shot Match adjustment applied to a clip
The procedure for using Shot Match is deceptively simple. However, getting a good result requires some careful thought in terms of choosing which clips to match to one another.
1 Following the guidelines presented in this section, Command-click or Shift-click one or more clips that you want to be matched. The clip you want to match to may or may not be part of the selection. You may select as few as one clip, or as many as you like.
Selecting clips you want to be matched
TIP: If you want to make it easier to notice the before and after, you can turn on Split Screen, and choose Selected Clips from the mode drop-down in the Viewer Options. This lets you see all the clips you’re about to match in a grid.
TIP: If you want to make it easier to notice the before and after, you can turn on Split Screen, and choose Selected Clips from the mode drop-down in the Viewer Options. This lets you see all the clips you’re about to match in a grid.
TIP: If you want to make it easier to notice the before and after, you can turn on Split Screen, and choose Selected Clips from the mode drop-down in the Viewer Options. This lets you see all the clips you’re about to match in a grid.