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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 :)

Simply Amazing

taking it to the very extreme

taking it to the very extreme

took it to the very extreme, and I mean it.
not too accurate
its about 10 filters in AE
just look at the bokeh =P

trying to "Esquire"-ize it, if you know what I mean

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Hi Mike

thats good news about RedAlert. Did you manage to get rid of the striping/edging around the highlights on the indoor shot? I wondered whether this was indeed caused by the default sharpening in Red Alert.
 
mikes said:
As the DOP on these - effectively - I just wanted to say how much I am enjoying your grading.
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In that case, here's my take, set to sRGB colour space so those on browsers should see an accurate rendition. Nothing fancy or weird, just a nice, natural look. I'm just amazed at the information in the original TIFF file when playing with it in Photoshop - well done Red, and well done Mike on a gorgeous shot!



Paul
 
mikes said:
Just so you know - in concert with RED HQ - we have dramatically improved these shots - by improving the file conversion RED Alert stage. It is a natural part of the process to learn how to better work the software and experiment with the settings. As we have learned - so the images have improved (not that they were that bad to start with).
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Hi Mike, very much enjoy your site and fxguide interviews... I'd update the jpgs and downloads on your website with less aggressive edge sharpened versions... those settings give the illusion that you shot with a cheap handycam. I'd take a cue from Mike Curtis apporach at HD For Indies and put up flat, completely neutral versions if possible...
 
The blown out look

The blown out look

Here's a slightly blown out California summer heat look.
 
Nik Manning said:
On the first post I removed alot of the blemishes. No bluring just healing brush over a few major areas.
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Keep in mind that this kind of technique is awesome for stills, but when you have to be consistent from frame to frame (and have to correct each frame individually 24 times for every second of footage you shoot), it adds up FAST. It's fun to grade these stills very specifically, but unless your profession is a professional color timer, this may take up a lot more time than you realize (or have).
 
Häakon said:
Keep in mind that this kind of technique is awesome for stills, but when you have to be consistent from frame to frame (and have to correct each frame individually 24 times for every second of footage you shoot), it adds up FAST. It's fun to grade these stills very specifically, but unless your profession is a professional color timer, this may take up a lot more time than you realize (or have).
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That's what trackers are for! :weight_lift:
 
That was our Cooke 75 mm Prime... Wanted to see what our Masterprimes would have done...but oh well a shoot day is only so long. I do have to say you guys should see this stuff projected... It really has a sense of weight to it in color grading on a professional projector. It doesn't have the same organic nature as film in grading but that just takes the colorist adjusting. You start to realize how much resolution you have when on a barco 2k you can crop... one thing though under a heavy grade it does have a noise pattern... which can be jarring when you cut from a full frame to a crop...Same issue as film.
 
Greg Syverson said:
I hope the red still look better than this
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I dont understand this post ? Where you just joking Greg ? I will answer but I am not sure as to your point, and what artifacts in this image you were referring to???

Mike
 
jtm said:
Hi Mike - A couple of questions if you feel like sharing: what lens did you have on the front - and (b) I presume you didn't shoot wide open (there seems to be a lot of bite to the images)

Lovely BTW

Jtm
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Jeff answered re lens - I will check if I have the fstop- I think it was 5.6 .
This was also one of the first images we posted - before I understood the software and issues fully, so that would have added to the 'bite'. Operator error - s it were but then I had only had the camera for half a day by this stage

Mike
 
I'm really starting to like Color. I just wish it would support 4K so I didn't have to keep piping through Shake!

EDIT: some notes: there's an ovoid secondary on the face, I couldn't get it hot enough without doing that, but I was able to just use both sides of the secondary to acheive the look - one for the face, then another for the rest of the picture. Of course, tracking that over a moving shot might be a little harder... I'm itching to dig into some actual CU footage!
 
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