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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Are red goal posts (under exposed) okay for a darker look?

Matthew Quinn said:
one of the most common mistakes for new red users is shooting dark. these cameras love light, and much easier to bring a darker look in post than trying to pull exposure from an under exposed image
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Exactly right. My usual explanation in color-correction sessions is: "darker is easy. Brighter is hard."

You can create pockets of light and shadow to suggest a dark scene without making it pitch black. Check out the Exorcist show on Fox as an example of a show that has very dark, eerie, moody scenes, but there's still lots of detail there.
 
My understanding is that if your happy for the area showing in purple whilst using the exposure tool and raw view (causing the goal post) to stay dark and not bring back any detail in that area than its fine. Same goes for red (highlight clipping).. for example a sun through a window in te background. It's going to goal post but that fine.. its a sun

hope that hat is right and makes some sense
 
Don't starve the sensor is rule #1 with digital. The flip side is - don't open up so much that a lit subject is clipping.

A classic example is concert footy where the lit performers are blown out and the rest of the scene is a noise fest. It's particularly annoying when close ups look correct, but the wides are a sea of blooming white shapes in a dark field. In most multicam situations you should be within a one stop range on all units for consistency.

In "place and fall" exposure theory, it's all about getting optimum exposure on the most important elements in the frame - often human skin tone - and just letting the other values fall where they may. Whether you have 15 stops of DR or 8, most scenes have elements that should be right down the middle or close to. Obviously there are particular creative choices that violate the "rules", just be sure everyone is aware of potential issues...

Cheers - #19
 
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