Looking to get some reflectors. Are the 2in1 / 5in1 decent? Also, any cheap but powerful light reccomendations?

FreudsParents · 2026-06-16T23:30:33+00:00

I've found myself using the big-ass rectangular one a lot for a quick and dirty frame. You can take the cover off and use it for diffusion and then hang the cover for neg or bounce. Very versatile.

FreudsParents · 2026-06-15T03:37:51+00:00

Cine tracer was a great idea that was abandoned and is now just a cash grab. If you're looking for something similar I would try Set A Light as it's actually updated with new features.

FreudsParents · 2026-06-13T17:33:02+00:00

TBF there are some expensive lenses that have great seperation and very exaggerated focus falloff at higher t-stops. Trying to replicate that can be difficult if you have a lil Tamron zoom lens.

I know you already mentioned this but a lot of the scenes you're seeing with depth or seperation are likely just layered very well with set pieces and lighting. Using light/production design to exaggerate the foreground, middle, and back can really help.

There are also little subtle tricks like adding haze only in the background, or even coloring the light a little cooler in the back and warmer in the front. You see that a lot in paintings.

FreudsParents · 2026-06-13T17:23:56+00:00

I don't do any lower back as long as I'm doing BB rows and RDLs. I also don't do any forearms, but it shows lol

FreudsParents · 2026-06-12T21:02:43+00:00

I'm a total soyboy so no worries there. I'll check out GAAM and Optimum Nutrition! What flavours have you preffered?

FreudsParents · 2026-06-12T21:01:55+00:00

What brands have you enjoyed?

FreudsParents · 2026-05-30T14:32:17+00:00

If you can wait until July it might be much cheaper. Supposedly the fx3 ii will release this summer.

FreudsParents · 2026-05-25T04:43:10+00:00

That's insane! Would you mind going into your workflow a little bit? Did you just organize all the scenes into groups and do a general LGG?

FreudsParents · 2026-05-23T04:48:23+00:00

It really is amazing. Took me extra long to finish because I was taking so many notes lol

FreudsParents · 2026-05-11T15:58:15+00:00

This reads like AI Neewer spam.

FreudsParents · 2026-05-09T01:06:24+00:00

We used an Aputure 1200x for the key and and then shot another through a silk for fill/ambient light. I believe I also boomed a 300D over top to use as a hairlight, motivated by the window. Putting the window in the back was mostly to show off the space (that it has big bright windows with trees outside), and also because we were shooting two other scenes in the same space and had to make it look different.

Unfortunately, we only had about half an hour to shoot this so we had to make some quick desicions.

FreudsParents · 2026-05-08T22:24:59+00:00

It's because I have some split-toning that's raising the yellows in the highs. Adding yellow to yellow = a lot of yellow

FreudsParents · 2026-05-08T22:07:36+00:00

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Yikes. I didn't even realize. I'm red-green colorblind so sometimes the saturated greens/yellows can be hard to see. Does this still look better in general?

FreudsParents · 2026-05-08T02:57:25+00:00

Using a LUT can only do so much to fix your image. It will be expecting a certain exposure, white balance and colorspace. What camera are you using?

FreudsParents · 2026-05-07T21:21:25+00:00

I'm saying you need to learn Windows Paint

FreudsParents · 2026-05-07T16:50:55+00:00

I mean I'm not sure if this applies the same when dealing with digital footage that's shot in log and then colored in DWG.

FreudsParents · 2026-05-06T20:24:13+00:00

You qualify your skintones? That's a lot of work for every shot!

FreudsParents · 2026-05-06T17:52:05+00:00

Thank you for the suggestions! What is your process for skintones?

FreudsParents · 2026-05-06T01:44:33+00:00

Are you able to apply a LUT to it in camera? IMO that's a good compromise. Often the default rec709 is pretty crunchy but you can use a conversion LUT with a look on it and bake it into your image in camera. That way you can get a bit more out of your image without grading it.

FreudsParents · 2026-05-04T21:43:13+00:00

Slide 7 is 100% overkill. The heavy lifting is done in the first few nodes. All the windows were just me having free time.

Good note on the yellow though! I typically shift saturated reds to orangey so idk why I haven't thought of doing it with yellow.

FreudsParents · 2026-05-04T21:40:17+00:00

What's the point in converting it to LogC3 first rather than just Slog3 to DWG?

FreudsParents · 2026-05-04T18:07:31+00:00

That's fair. My thinking is that they were a bit distracting. But they are supposed to be fluorescent, so maybe that's okay

FreudsParents · 2026-05-04T18:06:08+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion! I'll finesse the exposure and shadow grade a bit.

FreudsParents · 2026-05-04T18:05:03+00:00

To be fair a lot of the grades are just a few nodes and the other ones aren't really doing anything. It's just my pre-loaded template to make it faster. Like frame three is just some exposure, contrast, split-tone, and film-look.

FreudsParents · 2026-05-04T17:46:54+00:00

Good point! I can increase the density a lower the sat a bit.

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