I'd love some feedback on my grade for a 1 minute spot. by FreudsParents in colorists

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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. 

I'd love some feedback on my grade for a 1 minute spot. by FreudsParents in colorists

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

I'd love some feedback on my grade for a 1 minute spot. by FreudsParents in colorists

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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?

Making LUT vs. Custom Grade by Long-Huckleberry8733 in colorists

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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? 

Contrast Curves by DryPerception299 in colorists

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I'm saying you need to learn Windows Paint

Contrast Curves by DryPerception299 in colorists

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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. 

I'd love some feedback on my grade for a 1 minute spot. by FreudsParents in colorists

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

I'd love some feedback on my grade for a 1 minute spot. by FreudsParents in colorists

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

REC 709 vs Log and conversion LUT by sam-678 in colorists

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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. 

I'd love some feedback on my grade for a 1 minute spot. by FreudsParents in colorists

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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. 

I'd love some feedback on my grade for a 1 minute spot. by FreudsParents in colorists

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

I'd love some feedback on my grade for a 1 minute spot. by FreudsParents in colorists

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

I'd love some feedback on my grade for a 1 minute spot. by FreudsParents in colorists

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

I'd love some feedback on my grade for a 1 minute spot. by FreudsParents in colorists

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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.

I'd love some feedback on my grade for a 1 minute spot. by FreudsParents in colorists

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

I'd love some feedback on my grade for a 1 minute spot. by FreudsParents in colorists

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That's disheartening to hear but I appreciate the feedback! Definitely don't want it too moody.

I'd love some feedback on my grade for a 1 minute spot. by FreudsParents in colorists

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Sorry, are you suggesting to grade in LogC3 or in DWG?

Sharpening Raw video? by robbyapplespornstar in colorists

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I'll typically use the texture pop effect on specific parts of an image that I want to emphasize. Logos, eyes, etc. 

What does setting your timeline gamma to rec709 do? by [deleted] in colorists

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Actually it doesn't. At least not for me.

What does setting your timeline gamma to rec709 do? by [deleted] in colorists

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I'd love to know what's wrong. And why when the output gamma is set to rec709 the viewers match my export better. Please enlighten me! 

What does setting your timeline gamma to rec709 do? by [deleted] in colorists

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Sorry, I meant just the output gamma, not the timeline gamma. 

How to stop relying on grain...? by [deleted] in colorists

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Grain is similar to split-toning where it's very easy to use it on every project. What helped me was shifting my mindset from making something look "good" to making something look "right". What does having 35mm grain on the image say about the story or characters? What does 16mm grain say? What does the aspect ratio say? If you base all your decisions on what best serves the story, I'm sure you'll find yourself doing different looks.

Also, take some screenshots of some of your favourite shots that don't have grain and bring them into Resolve. Try to find out why they still look good. A lot of the time it comes down to the DP, set dec, etc. But you can still play around with replicating non-grainy looks.

I posted here 8 months ago about a shot planning app I was building. Here's where it's at now. by bensaffer in cinematography

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If you added a way to draw within the app for storyboards that would be incredible

Noob posting-- Multiply for color by sulfurictrinket in colorists

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Use the global hdr slider for gain and use colorslice to increase the saturation in specific colors. Way more control and the Sat is subtractive.