Popular Post Juan Melara Posted November 21, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted November 21, 2017 Hey all, I've just finished up a new grading tutorial especially for any of you shooting CinemaDNGs. It actually works with any CinemaDNG, not just limited to Blackmagic cameras. In the tutorial I show you how get access to the full dynamic range, richer colours throughout the full range, and all in a curve thats a lot nicer to grade than BMD Film. Feel free to leave any feedback or questions and I'll do my best to help you out! Alpicat, Stock by Numbers, andrgl and 7 others 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 That looks great Juan. Will this work with CDNGs made from MLVs from the 5D3? I have found that most LogC workflows look beautiful with ML Raw. webrunner5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan Melara Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 I haven't tried it with 5D3 CinemaDNGs, but all other DNGs I've tried have benefited from the workflow. So it's worth a shot! mercer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpicat Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Thanks Juan for this great tutorial! seems to works nicely on BMPCC raw footage too. 18 hours ago, mercer said: That looks great Juan. Will this work with CDNGs made from MLVs from the 5D3? I have found that most LogC workflows look beautiful with ML Raw. I don't have a 5D3 but have done a quick test on some MLV files from my Canon 50D and it's looking good to me, see image below. I'll post a video if I get a chance: mercer and bamigoreng 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 1 hour ago, Alpicat said: Thanks Juan for this great tutorial! seems to works nicely on BMPCC raw footage too. I don't have a 5D3 but have done a quick test on some MLV files from my Canon 50D and it's looking good to me, see image below. I'll post a video if I get a chance: Thanks Alpicat... that looks real nice. I don’t know Resolve very well, but I may start to. Btw, I loved the 50D... it led me to sell all my other cameras and buy a 5D3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan Melara Posted November 23, 2017 Author Share Posted November 23, 2017 Looks good Alpicat. Very filmic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seku Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Juan, you just blew my mind. I am one of those that are guilty of just using the LogC lut on 5dmk3 raws.... without going linear first. Those color space transforms are pure genius :D Thanks so much for these videos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 I tested this method on some footage I shot the other day on the 5D3. It's probably not the most optimal footage for it, but there is some high DR that was preserved fairly well... better than my previous attempt with the footage. I used Juan's method through the first stage of Rec709/Linear to Linear/LogC, then I exported the ProRes and did a basic color correction/grade in FCPX with Colorista IV and the Color Board... Whoops, image didn’t load... try again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpicat Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 On 21/11/2017 at 11:13 PM, mercer said: Thanks Alpicat... that looks real nice. I don’t know Resolve very well, but I may start to. Btw, I loved the 50D... it led me to sell all my other cameras and buy a 5D3. Cheers Mercer, your film project looks great too! On 23/11/2017 at 10:36 PM, Juan Melara said: Looks good Alpicat. Very filmic. Thanks Juan, for that shot I used a schneider cinelux anamorphic with the rectilux HCDNA, which pairs nicely with the 50D. I've posted a quick video test using your grading method (this time with EOS-M footage), I put it on the magic lantern thread as it's probably more relevant there, here's the link: mercer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 So I was messing around with this linear idea and I remembered that @hyalinejim sent me a similar suggestion that he set up in the settings. Unfortunately, one of the options I couldn’t find on my version of Resolve... I think I’m using 12. Anyway there’s a screenshot of his settings at the bottom of this post in case it’s helpful to @Juan Melara or someone else... It seems similar in concept but I am barely a layman at this kind of stuff. Since I can’t seem to figure out how to set up hyalinejim’s approach in the settings, I used Juan’s approach on another of my silhouette shots... And to be clear that’s a CDNG created from a 5D3 ML Raw clip. And here is a screenshot that hyalinejim supplied to me for an Arri LogC conversion using linear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stathman Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Wrong post, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stock by Numbers Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Amazing - thank you for this. Is there a way to create a preset that does this more quickly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan Melara Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 Once you've setup the node graph, grab a still of it. Then you can middle mouse click the still in the gallery to apply it to the selected clip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stock by Numbers Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Excellent - thank you again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Amazing stuff, Juan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majoraxis Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Thanks Juan - this works great! This process has breathed new life into a project I was struggling grading. This is a godsend. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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