Moving vs. Static clipping in false color - exposure mode

[joshua csehak]

Quick question. When I look at a scene in false color - exposure mode, th red noise indicates clipping of the highlights, but sometimes it's static noise, and sometimes it's moving. Is that significant in any way?

 

[Graeme Nattress]

It's not really significant. I've found it to be a very accurate guide to what is and is not clipped.

Graeme

 

[John Marchant]

The moving red noise tends to be just at the edge of clipping, the static noise is definitely gone. Best to treat both as clipped and end up with the occasional pleasant surprise when you get to grading.

It seems to me that the purple underexposure overlay is a little more generous?

 

[Graeme Nattress]

The clip is absolute, whereas the purple is more of a "guide" to under-exposure.

Graeme

 

[joshua csehak]

Nice. I've been viewing in redcolor (vs. Raw) and using false color to control clipping, since it represents raw sensor data anyways. Is that the recommended way? Or is it better to view in raw?

It's amazing how much fits between the goalposts! Everything on a bright sunny day. And it's really cool to load up the clip in redcine-x and drag the flut back and forth and see the exposure of the different areas change.

 

[Graeme Nattress]

In the end, it's whatever works for you. I generally view in REDColor, and press the false colour button to check for purple fizzle for under-exposure or red-fizzle for highlight clipping.

Graeme

 

[landyk]

the static noise is definitely gone. Best to treat both as clipped and end up with the occasional pleasant surprise when you get to grading.