The top 6 "essential" scene files from Barry's Book

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filmguy123

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Alright, I'm going to config my SD card with 4 packages of scene file settings. Here is what I am thinking:

1.) Defaults
2.) My Custom Favorites
3.) Barry's
4.) Frame Rate Hacks (ie 2fps, 4fps, etc.)


My question is, with these 6 slots for Barry's scene files, what are the "must-have" essentials? I played with all of them today, and it seems to me that most of the effects produced there can be done in POST Production, and in fact, I'd prefer to do them in editing so as to shoot "safe" footage that can be adjusted how I like.

That said, there appears to perhaps be some that are really best done in camera, or can only be done in camera - ie "low noise" and "low light". So, my question is, what are the top 6 "must-have" and "can't do in post" or "really shouldn't do in post because it will look way better done in camera" scene files that I should use?

Thanks!!
 
I was planning on doing the same thing, well, almost the same thing. How big a SD card do I need? I'm guessing I don't need much...
 
Like RAW in stillphotos?

Like RAW in stillphotos?

Have same feeling, but are afteradjustments (like sharpening) the same as camera settings really?
jussi
 
bump on this - really curious which camera settings & looks can't or shouldn't be replicated in post. What scene files are best done in camera from Barry's book?

And what scene file menu settings are ones that really need to be done in the camera and can't be changed in post?

Thanks!!
 
Personally I shoot colors as vibrant as possible (without losing detail) and noise as low as possible, based on what Barry says about the various scene file settings in his book. That way I can time down to something more realistic, but still vivid. I have two scene files with everything the same except frame rates, that way I can click back and forth with no hassle. Works for me.
 
Bake in your general look before post

Bake in your general look before post

Although you can do a lot with DVCProHD in Post like upconvert to 1080psf23.98 very nicely, you don't have the dynamic range that the big boys have. The more of the desired you look that you can create in camera the better off you are. It is much easier and produces a better image if you only have to tweak it slightly. Also as I work in a high end Post facility I see a lot of Students and Indies bring there projects in that have been messed up by inexperienced colorists, data managers, or themselves thinking that they can do all their own post. (Which is entirely possible, they are just inexperienced at this time)

If you shoot a stock image and have it pushed it way above and beyond the threshold of DVCProHD and it looks like crap, that is a reflection on you, not the post process, nobody thinks "Wow that is an amazing shot. too bad they screwed it up in post" People think "Wow that camera operator sucks". Remember you are only as god as your last project.
 
duckgrossberg said:
Also as I work in a high end Post facility I see a lot of Students and Indies bring there projects in that have been messed up by inexperienced colorists, data managers, or themselves thinking that they can do all their own post.
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Just curious, but what type of problems do you usually see with their footage?
 
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