https://mobile.twitter.com/robsbessette/status/452637809686609920/photo/1?screen_name=robsbessette

...and it's freeee !

Ok this is fine its subjective but what I'm wondering is how this can complicate things for distribution of a documentary. Could it still be shown in a theatre or would it have to be converted to 30p etc.

Up to now it's a spare time project and I would appreciate any comments to improve it further.

It does offer following features:

• SCOPEs for videographers, photographers, graphic designers and whoever want to learn, teach, talk, change color
• Stand-alone solution; for Mac OS X and Windows Platform
• Global SCOPEs like: Vectorscope, Waveform Monitor, RGB Parade, Saturation Spectra, Luminance Spectra
• Filtered SCOPEs like: Skin Scope, Shadow Vectorscope, Highlight Vectorscope, Midtone Vectorscope
• Up to 3 pixel pickers at one time for color evaluation
• Interplays with photo viewers, video players, internet browsers, photo editors, video editors, color grading tools, effect tools etc.
• Does analyze color in real-time
• Tracks adjustments during color correction, color grading or retouching
• Quick and intuitive access by few key strokes and mouse clicks
• Does analyze from any area of primary screen
• Stays always on foreground of all programs, resizable, can stay also on secondary monitor
• Easy to use compare procedure
• Based on YCbCr Rec. 709 color model
• Eliminates any influence of visual manipulation
• Helps color correction and grading in a non optimized environment
• Helps in case of broadcast safe working

I'm taking portrait stills and I want to get the gorgeous color skin tones that Canon's cameras produce.

Is there any Photoshop action or method I can use in post to do so?

My cine D settings are 0, -5, -5, -5, 0. Everything else is default.

From now onwards - I'm using 4400k for daylight shooting

for more info: https://iaremrsir.wordpress.com/2015/04/08/spaces-raw-cineform-raw-for-davinci-resolve/

and to get the plugin (top one): https://iaremrsir.wordpress.com/downloads/?hc_location=ufi

I know it was shot on 16mm but I will be using an Em1 omd Olympus.

Any advice on grading, and filters, plugins, lenses ect though I am on a micro budget. I was thinking Tony Kaye might of been using a color filter to get some of the look?

Davinci Resolve Lite is one of the best color grading tool and now available as free Lite version. It works so far up to a Full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080 but not directly with .mts files. Sony Vegas Pro 11 does work directly with .mts files but does not export AAF and EDL files which can be read by DaVinci Resolve. Hence a easy workflow is almost not possible with implemented tools from both sites. With EDL_Convert and the application of two Vegas scripts its possible to realize an effective and efficient Workflow. Rendered .mov files will not be endless in space consumtion. You can predict the head and tail trim of the original cut in Vegas.

Workflow Overview:

a) Media Ingestion

b) Vegas Edit

c) EDL_Convert (Creates two new Text EDL files + Subfolders for Workflow)

d) Vegas Batch Render (place before Noise Reduction, Velocity Envelopes if needed)

e) Davinci Color Correction

f) Vegas Final Edit (Title, Audio Effects etc.; final Render for Presentation)

Workflow Detail:

a1) copy .mts files to logical folder structure of your computer (something like c:\originals\yyyy\yyyy-MM\yyyy-MM-dd)

a2) rename them in a logical way (something like yyyy-MM-dd_hhmmss.mts)

b1) start Project in Vegas in a separate Poject folder - save .veg file

b2) at the end of the edit use "save as" and activate "copy media with project" (this will copy all .mts files into the Project folder)

b3) save Project.veg also now as Project.txt (Text EDL) file

c1) load Project.txt file into EDL_Convert Program (creates Project_EDL_lin.txt and Project_EDL_lin.veg in Project\CCInput\ folder, Project_EDL_final.txt in Project folder) and starts Project_EDL_lin.veg of Project\CCInput\ folder by EDL_Convert automatically. Regions are applied automatically as well.

d1) apply neat video, stabilizer and/or velocity envelopes to specific clips in  Project_EDL_lin.veg

d2) Batch rendering in DNxHD format by means of A2_RegionsRender.cs. Choose Subfolder Project\CCInput for .mov files)

e1) load from this subfolder all freshly generated .mov files into DaVinci MEDIA

e2) Goto COMPOSE of DaVinci

e3) Add new empty timeline - right click on timelines area

e4) drag/drop sorted files from media files area to timeline

e3) start color grading in COLOR

e4) goto DELIVER and render graded files with original name into Project\CCOutput subfolder

e5) Move .mov Files to Project\ mainfolder

f1) start Project_EDL_final.txt of Project Folder in Vegas (audio files will be linked to .mts files, Video files will be linked to .mov files)

f2) edit the rest (put titles to your video, etc.), save all as .veg

enjoy....

Version History

v1buid003:

Did add head and tail trim

v1build004:

Did add new scripts A1_RegionsMark 24p, A1_RegionsMark 25p, A1_RegionsMark 30p. They will take care that you can render footage with mixed framerates to the target frame rate either 24p, 25p or 30p. This is done by automatically adjust "Undersample rate" as well as "Playback rate".

All RegionMark scripts will remove regions which might be set before and then subsequently sets the new regions.

Added A0_RegionsRemove which does only remove regions which might be set.

Added A0_RunEDL_Convert which will execute EDL_Convert.exe directly from Sony Vegas

v1build005:

Did correct frame shift. DaVinci Resolve thumbnails are now displayed correctly. Before that, thumbnails did show last frame of previous clip. Had to make changes in A2_RegionsRender.cs script as well as EDL_Convert.exe.

v1build006:

EDL_Convert program: introduce link to sony vegas; option to autorun Project_EDL_lin.txt, save it to Project_EDL_lin.veg and apply RegionsMark script. All RegionsMark scripts: automatic choose first track if nothing was selected; can be progressed from EDL_Convert to save .text to .veg

Install:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gjnc673jymve3ug/EDL_Convert%20v1build006.zip

Copy all *.js and *.cs files to the script folder of Vegas Pro (something like: c:\Program Files\Sony\Pegas Pro 11.0\Script Menu)

Copy EDL_Convert.* files to the "C:\ProgramData\EDL_Convert\" folder of your computer. If you want to put it to another folder, please open the script A0_Run_EDL_Convert.js with a notepad editor and change the line var InstPath = "C:/ProgramData/EDL_Convert/EDL_Convert.exe"; that the path will fit. Please note: The script language is a little bit tricky. Sony Vegas does use "\" for making remarks within the code. Instead of "\" you have to use "/".

Enjoy!

http://try.colorgradingcentral.com/colorfinale/

Just saw that magic bullet looks came out the other day and is on offer for 7 days. What are folks opinions of it here, and at this temporary new price? Worth a shot?

I'm on a PC (Win 7 64bit, After Effects CS6).

I would be very grateful if someone gives me an advice on how to correctly setup After Effects for GH2 Color Grading. In general, what Color Management settings should be set in the:

1. Project settings (32bpc, HDTV rec. 709 16-235 or Preserve RGB?...)?
2. Interpret footage Tab (HDTV rec. 709 16-235 or sRGB?...)
3. Output Module settings (HDTV rec. 709 16-235 or Preserve RGB?...)
4. DNxHD codec settings (Rec. 709 or RGB Levels?...)

I had to raise this question because all my attempts of rendering my GH2 footage turn into a nightmare (blacks are crushed too much, footage looks much darker than the original ungraded footage, blacks don't blend "gently".

I tried to manipulate with transcoded footage (using Neocsene and 5DtoRGB for Win) but I still get the same results after I render with DNxHD. What pisses me off is that in AE after I render a thing I can't even get this ungared thing (without applying any effects!) to have the same colors as the original.

I do realize it's related to the Color Management and/or the codec issues.

Thank you in advance.

Has anyone used both of these? Or developed some kind of comparison video?

Panasonic Lumix GH4 CINE D -5,-5,-5,0 With Vision-Color M31 LUT

Samyang 35mm T1.5 Cine Lens

Is GH4 Cine D and Cine V photo style can work as good as Log file like S-Log or C-Log ?

Their other stuff - ClipToolz Monocle | ClipToolz Convert | ClipToolz fourK | ClipToolz Thumbs - is worth checking also.

http://www.cliptoolz.com/colorFeatures.html

 
Download Links:
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the flicker was caused by the cameras(LX7) hdyn mode, not Colordirector, the effect is highly customizable as you can see bellow in hdr effect section http://directorzone.cyberlink.com/detail/118406385 if you want to test it out free trial is available at Cyberlink

demo

Here is an example:

I have updated all of my drivers and have the latest version of Resolve 11: Asrock 970 Extreme 4 AMD FX 6300 Dual GTX 760 w/ 2GB 16GB Corsair @1600MHZ

Please if anyone knows how to fix this, I will be very, very grateful, as I am coloring a feature soon and need to be able to export correctly!

ProLUT is a color grading pack of looks based on real films and movies.

It comes in every format you can think of so that you can use it in whatever software you're using.

Watch the demonstration video here:

More info http://www.davidhjlindberg.com/?product=prolut

Does anyone know how to get this grade with Magic Bullet Looks? I've tried raising shadows and lowering highlights then decreasing contrast but it doesn't look nearly similar to this. Please help, this is like a puzzle that's been driving me crazy!!

Now for the instructions! 1. Import your video into photoshop 2. Right click your video in the layers section and change it to a smart object (Important) 3. Now go to the filters section in photoshop and add the camera raw filter to your video. 4. Adjust the highlights and shadows as you would like then click done. 5. Go to file>export>render video>adobe media encoder>quicktime uncompressed 6. Now wait for it to render (It will take A LONG TIME) but it will be worth it none of the plugins in any of the other video suites have this much capability when handling highlights and shadows) that's why it take so much longer to render. 7. Enjoy your results and have an excellent day i really felt i had to share this because i have been trying tons of plugins and they never worked well enough. Also i should add that you can finish your grade in davinci, premiere, after fx, final cut etc. Good Luck