Still Frames from RED ONE

[Diego Querzoli]

I'm pulling frames from fottage from the REDONE-MX for a project ... I'm getting fairly good results now, but wondering if there's a way for more resolution....

I shot at 4.5 K ISO320, 24fps, shutter at 180 and i'm using the footage with redlog film colorspace...

i get a 4480x1920 frame with a 72 dpi resolution that gives me a 14x6inches image at 300 dpi.... need more resolution.....

any tricks, hints or better options?????


thanks!

 

[D Fuller]

Try Genuine Fractals.

 

[ChrisLyon]

You can't make something out of nothing. The pixel count is the pixel count.

Better options... Canon 1Dmkiv or 5Dmkii. Perhaps someone familiar with Nikon can suggest something.

If you want high res stills then shoot higher res with another camera system. R1 is, after all, a motion camera. Even the Epic doesn't meet everyone's needs for photography.

 

[Art Chong]

Why do you need to print something that big at 300dpi? That seems like a bit of an overkill outside of very specialized applications. Most digital stills cameras outside of medium/large format aren't any more than about 5000 pixels wide, so 4480 is within spitting distance already.

 

[Richard Foster]

Photoshop's uprezzing is very good going up 50 to 100%. Also Genuine Fractals as David suggests. It depends a lot on subject matter and what you are trying to achieve. Also try a little sharpening after pixel doubling. Hope this helps.

 

[christopher witzke]

I've had to cheat in the past.... I'll double the size of the image ( going to 22"X34" @ 300dpi from a 11"X17" @ 300dpi ) and then adding in eye lashes, specular highlights in eye's, a few strands of hair.... and then adding some unsharp mask.... then taking the file back down to the size wanted.

Having the things sharp that are naturally sharp in real life is enough to give the illusion of resolution..... no need to sharpen what's not already sharp.