GH5 to Alexa Conversion

[webrunner5]

Yeah that is super good! That would be a hard camera to guess what it was shot on.

[Oliver Daniel]

Found this on YouTube, nice to hear the voice of the project. 

@Sage, I will admittedly say that since using GHa, I’ve ditched every other LUT I’ve bought and stopped using those made by myself. 

The conversion turns the GH5 into almost a different camera, it’s just simply beautiful work. 

The EVA1 and GH5S is on the way to cement my Panasonic production trio. Worth trying the conversion on these too, and sharing the results? 

[Sage]

2 hours ago, Oliver Daniel said:

 

@Sage, I will admittedly say that since using GHa, I’ve ditched every other LUT I’ve bought and stopped using those made by myself. 

The conversion turns the GH5 into almost a different camera, it’s just simply beautiful work. 

The EVA1 and GH5S is on the way to cement my Panasonic production trio. Worth trying the conversion on these too, and sharing the results? 

Thanks man, I appreciate it.

With the 'Definitive Update', it has finally arrived, so to speak, and its been an honor.

Feel free to do that - I'm always asked how it looks on EVA and the S, and they're a black box to me (though the S is fairly close)

The Intro video is still at V1 ? V3 is so much better than V1, and V2, that it decidedly needs an update (now that I can take a breather from the technical)

5 hours ago, webrunner5 said:

Yeah that is super good!

Right on!

@katlis Any chance for a V3 version?

[ykt.net]

@Oliver Daniel Hi ! Can you share this lut ? 

[Téodor Spencer]

Hi @Sage, I know you are already considering this, but I really think you should bring EC to the P4K. The interest around the camera is huge and I think your conversions could make it shine a bit more

[Oliver Daniel]

9 hours ago, ykt.net said:

@Oliver Daniel Hi ! Can you share this lut ? 

It's a paid product and it wouldn't be fair on @Sage to share his product around freely, you can grab it here. 

[Sage]

@Oliver Daniel Thanks Oliver. Looking at his previous posts, I think he might be referring to luts for LogC, and was confused about what you meant

I hope people will find it worth it, and consider my own personal investment to get it to where it is today. I believe in doing free updates and personal service because I want people to have the best, and to do right by the people who put their faith in me (no matter what or how long it takes)

[ykt.net]

6 minutes ago, Sage said:

@Oliver Daniel Thanks Oliver. Looking at his previous posts, I think he might be referring to luts for LogC, and was confused about what you meant

I hope people will find it worth it, and consider my own personal investment to get it to where it is today. I believe in doing free updates and personal service because I want people to have the best, and to do right by the people who put their faith in me (no matter what or how long it takes)

Yes, a little bit of confuse ?

[Sage]

This is the new V3 Linear, in context of the others (V35 for a reference):

LogC

Soft

Main

Linear

V35

[katlis]

@Sage Re-graded with V3! I decided to try out Linear (GHa3-L ?), and tweaked the luma to compliment. Otherwise, the rest of my same grade from the 1st video is on top of GHa. I like the added contrast in this version!

 

[Sage]

35 minutes ago, katlis said:

@Sage Re-graded with V3! I decided to try out Linear (GHa3-L ?), and tweaked the luma to compliment. Otherwise, the rest of my same grade from the 1st video is on top of GHa. I like the added contrast in this version!

 

Thank you Katlis, there are some simply incredible shots in there. For dramatic works on projection I love the 'Sicario ceiling' of Main and Soft:

Now, 'Tree of Life' really is an incredible testament to 90s IRE sun highlights (though, they had film):

[Wild Ranger]

@Sage i wanna tell you, if next year everything goes great, i'm gonna be shooting my next feature and i'm really considering using the Gh5 with your lut, a really portable and cheap Alexa!

[katlis]

14 minutes ago, Sage said:

For dramatic works on projection I love the 'Sicario ceiling' of Main and Soft:

I agree, while I've been getting acclimated with grading GH5 footage and following your advice I've always kept it under 75. Loving the results. Now I'm trying to get out of my comfort zone and experiment with new looks, so adding this Linear option to V3 is a nice push.  Hoping to shoot my first real dramatic short next month. From the grade I'm imagining in my head, I'll probably stick with <75, but either way I'll be using GHa!

[Wild Ranger]

21 minutes ago, Sage said:

Now, 'Tree of Life' really is an incredible testament to 90s IRE sun highlights (though, they had film):

Yeah, i like the lower highlights but film, back in the day, when processed had a very bright punch and higher ceiling. Love that punch with film, which with this LogC conversion is more achievable. 

Different looks from different eras.

[Sage]

20 minutes ago, Wild Ranger said:

@Sage i wanna tell you, if next year everything goes great, i'm gonna be shooting my next feature and i'm really considering using the Gh5 with your lut, a really portable and cheap Alexa!

Likewise - and when it comes time to shoot, it'll be the GH5 (and P4K @Téodor Spencer) for me. Your feature will be amazing, I have no doubt.

16 minutes ago, katlis said:

I agree, while I've been getting acclimated with grading GH5 footage and following your advice I've always kept it under 75. Loving the results. Now I'm trying to get out of my comfort zone and experiment with new looks, so adding this Linear option to V3 is a nice push.  Hoping to shoot my first real dramatic short next month. From the grade I'm imagining in my head, I'll probably stick with <75, but either way I'll be using GHa!

Ah, I can't wait to see it! Yea Linear adds that bit of flexibility, which I think was a needed option.

I'll be shooting trees in the sun today, just for fun lol (first chance to breathe)

5 minutes ago, Wild Ranger said:

Yeah, i like the lower highlights but film, back in the day, when processed had a very bright punch and higher ceiling. Love that punch with film, which with this LogC conversion is more achievable. 

Different looks from different eras.

Indeed, that is that the higher ceiling really 'clicks' with film, I think due to the nature of the color sci, and the halation. Whereas the Sicario ceiling plays to the GH5's strengths, so to speak (btw, try linear )

[TurboRat]

10 minutes ago, Sage said:

Likewise - and when it comes time to shoot, it'll be the GH5 (and P4K @Téodor Spencer) for me. Your feature will be amazing, I have no doubt.

Ah, I can't wait to see it! Yea Linear adds that bit of flexibility, which I think was a needed option.

I'll be shooting trees in the sun today, just for fun lol (first chance to breathe)

Indeed, that is that the higher ceiling really 'clicks' with film, I think due to the nature of the color sci, and the halation. Whereas the Sicario ceiling plays to the GH5's strengths, so to speak (btw, try linear )

What are you referring to about keeping under 75 and about the Sicario ceiling?

But I agree with the better contrast in the V3 lut looks much better :). I always add contrast when I use the previous version of the GHa lut. Glad to see it's already added

[Sage]

1 minute ago, TurboRat said:

What are you referring to about keeping under 75 and about the Sicario ceiling?

But I agree with the better contrast in the V3 lut looks much better :). I always add contrast when I use the previous version of the GHa lut. Glad to see it's already added

The new 'in Post: Cinematic Luminance' section on page 2 of the new PDF is critical, in addition to the new supplemental waveforms

Essentially, the top third of the waveform is where extreme highlights place when conforming to cinema standard luminance. The GH5 is missing the three stops on top, and EC Main/Soft really encourage correct placement of luma for the cinema when exposing for them (moderately), and have beautiful handling of harsh skin detail

[Ryley K]

Some screen grabs from a music video teaser I'm making. Shot with GH5, old ENG lens, and the Atomos NInja V in ProRes 422 with the Tungsten LogC LUT baked into the footage. It gave me a really good starting point to add different LUT's and start grading. Also added the 4:3 border and film grain.

 

[Sage]

33 minutes ago, Ryley K said:

Some screen grabs from a music video teaser I'm making. Shot with GH5, old ENG lens, and the Atomos NInja V in ProRes 422 with the Tungsten LogC LUT baked into the footage. It gave me a really good starting point to add different LUT's and start grading. Also added the 4:3 border and film grain.

I love the cinematic grime you've got going on there. I really want to do something like that (styled like 'Black Swan')

If I may, I'd actually like to recommend avoiding baking in, especially in mixed lighting scenarios. The reason for this is because dialing in the WB correction ahead of the conversion can be a bit of a fiddly thing in these situations, and there is a lot less stress to get the WB perfect in cam (even under halogen)

A side note - the lut on top is causing 'hyper-saturation' in the reds. The EC variations (Main/Soft/Linear) won't do this. Especially now with V3, they are generally the way to go, as they provide the color back-end that is the hallmark of post houses like Technicolor and FotoKem.

[kye]

On 10/25/2018 at 2:18 AM, katlis said:

I'm limited in resolution with the free version of Resolve, but I may just have to make the switch and get the full version!

I'd highly recommend it.

If nothing else, the ability to do localised adjustments as well as global adjustments is completely night and day with what results you can achieve.  The free version of Resolve is like Photoshop without layers.