been playing with a new camera, trying to edit shots from different sources into a consistent movie.
here’s the result:
looks like i need to learn about grading … would you have any tips ?
DJI OA4
DJI Neo
Panasonic G9+ Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60 mm f/2.8-4.0
Nice location!
As for grading, there is a lot that could help the image before post-production even comes into play.
The first help (when possible) is to avoid shooting at 10:00am to 3:00pm unless you specifically want that look. The shadows are too harsh, the top-light from the sun doesn’t show contours well and is not flattering, and the 5600K color temp reveals all colors, which looks chaotic without any color harmony. This time slot is okay if there is cloud cover, however.
If that time range is unavoidable, the G9 has options to lower contrast, raise shadows, and reduce sharpening. It may also be possible to manually set white balance to 6500K to warm up the colors a little, depending on the scene. The G9 white balance screen also has an Adjust control that lets you tint the image’s overall color in any direction. This can be used for either accuracy or artistry.
It’s nice to do whatever adjustments you can in-camera, because those adjustments are done on the sensor’s 12-bit raw data before being encoded, which results in less banding. Once encoded, any adjustments in post are done in 8-bit space in Shotcut, unless you use 10-bit mode. But then you lose the LUT filter and many others.
Yes, it sounds backwards to get the image as final-looking as possible with camera controls rather than post tools. But that’s the way to get the highest quality when using 8-bit video files or editors. The 8-bit post tools are limited in how far they can stretch the image data before banding and other artefacts become visible.
thanks Austin for your precious recommendations, i will look at that. i’m still getting familiar with the G9 as it’s brand new to me, but will look at how it can help.
The LUT filter supports 10-bit RGB.
and many others
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