Making advertisements are hard. And the tough part is not filming or directing the whole thing. It's actually in post-production. The color-correcting artists are the folks responsible for the perfection you see, in this case, a L'Oréal Garnier commercial.

To the untrained eye, you won't be able to tell the difference.

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A lot of the work done is invisible to you and me.

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From masking, to tracking.

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To layering complex corrections and using the right lighting and colors.

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It's really harder than it looks: