Tag: skin tones
False color can be one of the most helpful exposure tools you can use. It is also extremely confusing the first time you load it up. It works by …
Sticking with the default picture profiles on your Sony a7 IV, FX3, or a7S III is a fine plan. You can consistently get a decent look. Taking some time …
Lyrics videos are a fun way of creating a music video. A lot of top artists now actually launch lyrics videos as an additional piece of promotion for their …
Modern NLEs are incredibly complexes pieces of software. Some things are easy to find and essential to just performing basic video editing tasks. Others are buried or tucked away …
When filmmakers talk about color, most often it revolves around whether or not skin tones look good. Getting them right requires a lot of know-how and experience. People will …
The BS1H takes two already good ideas from Panasonic’s line of cinema cameras and blends them together into something new and interesting. We now have the power of the …
White balance is more important than it might seem, especially coming from a photo background. With raw photographs, you can always adjust the white balance in post without any …
Nearly every conversation about color grading or color science when discussing cinema and cameras includes skin tones. You have to nail skin tones. You just have to. It’s also …
Getting your color and exposure right can be really challenging, especially if you are tight for time. Mixed light sources, changing color temperatures, the hundreds of permutation of camera …
Cinematic, more cinematic! That’s the war cry of most of the filmmakers out there. We all are well aware of the dreaded nightmare, the “Video Look”, the “Soap Opera …
Many filmmakers would agree that one of the most intimidating aspects of color grading would be retaining accurate, beautiful-looking skin tones. As you start adding on various LUTs, curves, …
Of all the color profiles included with Sony mirrorless cameras, S-Log 2 and S-Log 3 are arguably two of the most frequently used gamma curves by aspiring filmmakers and …
When you’re operating a mirrorless camera like the Sony A7III, it’s best to spend time fiddling around with the menus to determine how to get the best images from …
As a rule, choosing a professional-grade video camera is not an easy feat. Unlike entry-level mirrorless cameras or mid-tier camcorders, prosumer camera systems that are used in the industry …
For novice colorists, one of the trickiest aspects of color grading seems to be nailing perfect skin tones. That’s because as you go to grade your shot, you may …
Since the use of LUTs has grown in popularity in recent years, there are at least a myriad of packs available online already alongside many others being rolled out …
Regardless of the outstanding video features that all Sony Alpha Series cameras have brought to the table, they still need some further tweaking before one can get natural looking skin tones …
It’s not a secret that most of the compact mirrorless cameras that shoot 4K video and even some of the professional cinema cameras tend to produce slight color shifts …
Many videographers still believe that getting the right balance between skin tones and the rest of the image in post is a serious challenge and something that should be …