Hey guys, look! Once again - a new video, which I've graded with CGH
About the light kit for a narrative work mainly (some interviews once in a while) do you think a kit of 3 LED lights is a good idea? like this ones
@Aksel if it can be dialed to 3200K as well. Some people don't like LED lighting for skin tone. I'm one of them... but it's fine for eye-lights, and a fill in a run-and-gun pinch.
@psywhisper @pvjames awesome work, as always.
@Aksel it's a "quality of light" issue. I'll eventually do a tutorial examination of this in the advanced Film School tuts, but the quality of the light is something most beginners don't notice at first, except that when they see it, they ask, "Why does that look so good?" And the answer usually is (leaving out the talent of the DP) the quality of the light.
@shian Wise words about the quality of light (you could probably say the same about good sound - that often people don't notice it but it makes video look good!).
I love my Dedolight kit (4 heads) but don't yet have a softbox, just spots. At the moment I bounce the spots off a big round reflector to get soft lighting, but must get some proper ones. I did some indoor work recently where we just used skylight from a big window (not direct sunlight) and it looked wonderful. I'm really intrigued by that grid stuff that people use on softboxes to create large-source lighting which is also directional. It sounds like the best of both worlds. Very interested in anything you have to say about lighting in your tutorials.
watch the working with sequences tutorials, identify the components that will get a similar grade and put them in their own comp, grade accordingly, that way you essentially only do 6, or so, grades instead of trying to grade every cut. As far as Dynamic Linking, you'll have to ask someone else. I never finish in PP.
No. Let me repeat I NEVER go back to FCP or PP, NEVER. I always finish in AE. It's simpler, and I get better results, without crashing.
http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/comment/55553#Comment_55553
Export XML to AE, in AE identify which clips will be graded similarly, select them, and pre-comp them, continue until I've got however many different grades I need setup in each's individual comp, grade each. When I'm done, it's a s simple as going back to the original comp, which will now contain all the graded precomps (if you follow the tutorials correctly) and just export that comp.
Forgive my newb question, I just found this thread, and went to your site. Why does the toolkit have discontinued beside it?
@eddieblake discounted not discontinued.
lmao sorry didn't have my glasses on.
Ah artsy. Hehe. There's a quick and easy way to check exposure. Before pressing the record button, enable IA intelligent mode. It will give you just an idea. In-camers auto exposure isn't always right though. Look at the histogram and try to mimic it... or change it to your liking. Most of the time I don't deviate too much from the automatic setting. Me vs Machine!!
@shian's light meter tutorial is good, too.
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