GH4 Best color profile?

Brandon Rice

Brandon Rice

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So I am wondering what color profile you've used and liked? Maybe one more geared toward post-process grading and one that just looks terrific out of the camera? I'm late to the party getting a GH4 I know... but I have one now! :) Hit me with your best shot!
 
Everyone's got a different opinion on this. After a lot of testing I have settled on Cine V (-1,-5,-5,-3, 0). idynamic low, Shadow +3. Color looks the most accurate to me with these settings, especially skin tones, with clean detail in the blacks and it grades easy.
 
I shoot cineV with all zero's, 16-235. Add bit of an s-shape to a color curves preset in Vegas and I'm done.

Here's a sample of my oversaturated contrasty image that I like. https://vimeo.com/128570651

YMMV depending on the curves you add and or depending on what lenses you use.

Cheers,
Pete
 
And I will never say anyone else's practices are wrong - because it is not wrong - but I never use CINE-V. Mostly use Natural, as it is brightest on the histogram, or Cine-D if in a very contrasty area to reel it in. Contrast -5, sharp -2 or -3, zero for the rest. 0-255 levels, no "i" or auto anything. MP at 0.

But, as stated, you'll get a ton of answers to this... none are wrong. :)
 
wwjd said:
And I will never say anyone else's practices are wrong - because it is not wrong - but I never use CINE-V. Mostly use Natural, as it is brightest on the histogram, or Cine-D if in a very contrasty area to reel it in. Contrast -5, sharp -2 or -3, zero for the rest. 0-255 levels, no "i" or auto anything.
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Natural was what I was using before CineV. CineV in stock settings is too contrasty, which is why I raised the blacks and used idynamic low. Idynamic gets a bad rap because people were using it on CineD with everything -5, which is flat as hell, and then adding idynamic on top of that and getting noise, which shouldn't be surprising. But with Cine V, I have not seen issues with it in any situation on low setting and it does help increase the dynamic range, as well as tames highlights. I prefer this setting to natural because it seems to maximize dynamic range in the midtones and brings out alot of color detail in skin, instead of compressing it into a pink, salmon mush. But for a straight out of the camera look with no post, Natural is a good place to start.
 
I love natural except it makes greens like grass and foliage look radioactive. Nice look overall but very unique greens compared to other cameras.

Like others have said there is absolutely no right answer to this question and is 100% about personal preference. Its like asking which crayon is better, the red one or the blue one. This is why cameras have these kind of settings so people can dial in the look that works for them.
 
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