thephoenix Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 hi all i am on vacations and took my laptop which is out of age. tried to install dvr 16 but no way... error message at launch. thing is i shot quite a few clips since i am here and i just want ot check everything is ok and i don't need to reshoot some of them. is there any "light" soft that i could install to check with a histogram or scope etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shell64 Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 I have two options for Mac users. I will try to find good options for windows as well. Colorcast: Free color grading and post processing software for Mac. Includes various scopes (waveform, parade) and three way color corrector and sliders similar to davinci resolve raw color settings. It did stop development in 2018, and I have had glitches with it, but it might be decent. Final Cut Pro X trial: Download the free 30 day trial from apples website. Add /thankyou to the end of the url if you don’t want to enter any details to download. Use this to view scopes on your footage. If you need it longer, set your date and time back after the trial ends. thephoenix 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thephoenix Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 my bad didn't say i am a pc user Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Just an idea, and not sure if it will work, but aren't there media players that will let you install a LUT? Like, if you put the free false-colour LUT into VLC and looked at it that way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thephoenix Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 5 hours ago, kye said: Just an idea, and not sure if it will work, but aren't there media players that will let you install a LUT? Like, if you put the free false-colour LUT into VLC and looked at it that way? have no idea. and not sure it would be as accurate as a real soft made for it. stiil looking for the soft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thephoenix Posted August 25, 2019 Author Share Posted August 25, 2019 tried to install dvr 15 nut no more luck. anyone knows a light soft for pc where i can check my exposure ? i could grad a still and open in photoshop but i do'nt think it will be acurate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Members BTM_Pix Posted August 25, 2019 Super Members Share Posted August 25, 2019 What camera is it ? Are you just trying to see if you have blown something out or something more elaborate? What version of Windows does your laptop have on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thephoenix Posted August 25, 2019 Author Share Posted August 25, 2019 xt3, windows 7 just wanna check i exposed correctly my footages, i am dealing with high contrasts so just prefer to be sure as i still can reshoote some Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Members BTM_Pix Posted August 25, 2019 Super Members Share Posted August 25, 2019 Although Blender is primarily a 3D package it does have a video editor that supports scopes and histograms. How it runs on your laptop isn't something I could guess about but its free so worth a go. https://www.blender.org/features/video-editing/ thephoenix 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Kuźniar Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 There are plugins for VLC that enable histogram, dunno about scopes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thephoenix Posted August 25, 2019 Author Share Posted August 25, 2019 ok thanks. will look into it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tupp Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Shotcut is open source, and is fairly lightweight and has histogram and waveform (apparently, no RGB parade and no vectorscope). Kdenlive is also open source, and seems to offer all the important scopes. It is probably lightweight, but not as much as Shotcut. Both of these NLEs have Windows versions. There are other open source NLEs and post production applications, but I am not sure what scopes are offered nor if there are Windows versions. heart0less and thephoenix 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tupp Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 I just realized that ffplay (the ffmpeg player) will show histograms, video waveforms and vectorscopes. Ffplay has to be one of the smaller applications that provides such capability. These commands worked on my Linux terminal. Not sure if the syntax changes slightly for the Windows command line. Note that the word "video" in the commands should be replaced with the name of your video file (for example, my_video.mp4). I saw both simpler and more complex versions of these commands when I did a web search. If you try ffplay and have problems, please post your commands, and I will see if I can help. thephoenix and heart0less 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denist Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 I heard many people say that Kdenlive and Shotcut are not stable on Mac. Really they are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Romero 2 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Can you find an old copy or Resolve 12 or 12.5??? Don't quote me on this, but I think they would run on Win 7. Maybe they are still available for download on the BlackMagic website??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Sports Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 get a good quality external monitor like a Focus Oled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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