Administrators Andrew Reid Posted June 7, 2021 Administrators Share Posted June 7, 2021 Often the digital look of video is because of clipped highlights and crushed shadows. A sudden step from detailed shadows to sudden black or missing details in highlights are often a sign that the full luminance range of your camera file is being clipped by the hardware you use to edit and playback footage. More info here: https://www.eoshd.com/dynamic-range-enhancer-H264-H265/ BTM_Pix, Emanuel and KnightsFan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted June 14, 2021 Author Administrators Share Posted June 14, 2021 Here is an example I shot on the Fuji X-T4 in 10bit H.265. This is the clipped version: This is fixed by the instructions in the guide and the LUT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emanuel Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Superb example, great subtle apples to orange stuff, kudos man (EAG :- ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted June 14, 2021 Author Administrators Share Posted June 14, 2021 This is that moment, when I realise I've been looking at crushed blacks on my Fuji cameras ever since the X-T3 on my Intel MacBook Pro. Also a big thanks to Colorizer / @Attila Bakosfor donating the LUT for BT.601 to BT.709 conversion. Attila Bakos 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted June 15, 2021 Author Administrators Share Posted June 15, 2021 Anyone tried it yet - Looking for some feedback! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexcosy2 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 I absolutely noticed that on my XT3 on my MacBook Pro in previous versions of Resolve. I found that converting to ProRes and forcing clips to full range in Resolve did the trick (forcing the h265 clips didn’t work… don’t know why). but a technical lut is even easier indeed ! I don’t seem to have the same problem with my S1 clips . Andrew Reid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted June 16, 2021 Author Administrators Share Posted June 16, 2021 Was that Resolve 15? Thanks for trying it out. Just out of interest is your S1 set to 64-1023 or 64-940 for 10bit in the Luminance Level camera menu? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightsFan Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Nice work. Crazy that there are companies charging money for editing software without proper color management. Glad you've got a solution available. Andrew Reid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexcosy2 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 4 hours ago, Andrew Reid said: Was that Resolve 15? Thanks for trying it out. Just out of interest is your S1 set to 64-1023 or 64-940 for 10bit in the Luminance Level camera menu? It’s set to 0-1023. But I always record V-Log and I don’t know if that setting also affect V-Log really (which I assume would override that anyway to get full range… why would a camera shoot Log with video levels…well…who knows ). Regarding the XT3 issue, it seemed to be hardware dependent also… my older iMac didn’t seem to mess up levels even with the same h265 clips… I remember that sh*t really frustrating me at some point. Also I think by Resolve 17 that issue was gone, have you had it with the latest Studio version ? I don’t have my Fuji anymore so I can’t check, or maybe with an older file. But as you said, I’m absolutely convinced that people spent years editing Fuji files with the wrong levels clipping their highlight and crushing their shadows without even knowing it… which is a shame because the files are nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted June 17, 2021 Author Administrators Share Posted June 17, 2021 8 hours ago, alexcosy2 said: But as you said, I’m absolutely convinced that people spent years editing Fuji files with the wrong levels clipping their highlight and crushing their shadows without even knowing it… which is a shame because the files are nice. Yep, you're 100% correct about that I was doing it myself in Premiere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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