F55: Catalyst Browse grading high-key shoot

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Did this quick grade in catalyst tonight after a shoot I DP'd and shot with F55. No curves just basic adjustments here and there.

What do you guys think? Any Sony Look[SUP]TM[/SUP] here? :happy:


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Looks fine to me. I have been seeing good results from Catalyst Prepare. I find Edit a little weak.

Ned
 
Sorry off topic.. but have you found a way to get a screen grab from Cat B onto your desktop.. as you could easily with Cont B..?

Frame looks good.. please dont tell me she is your assistant :)

Thanks
 
I'm not sure about exporting a frame but I just use "copy to clipboard" function then paste into photoshop or whatever other program you might have have. You could also just do a screenshot that puts the image to desktop. On mac that is command+shift+3. On PC "print screen" then paste to MS Paint.
 
I don't have Catalyst in front of me but I remember exporting a single frame as an image was in a drop down menu like the 'more' one. I just can't off hand remember which one specifically. When I get some time in the office I'll take a look.
 
Great looking shot. Fom the amount you've pulled it with the wheels you'd expect the grade to be a bit less subtle but it works really well.
 
Thanks guys.

@Ben - The dialing does look a bit extreme but is mostly correcting for a green cast from flo lights, color temp difference because I was in CineEI mode 5600k, and lastly removing the bias in the red channel which seems common no matter what camera I shoot on. This is probably more "normalizing" the image over "grading" or "stylizing" it. But while I played with it, I did some seriously weird things to the image that I will have to post later. Very Andy Warhol'ish.

@Publimix - Yes this is slog3 with sgamut3.cine in CineEI mode stuck at 5600k. XAVC-I 4K. In Catalyst I'm using LC709 as base LUT.
 
Many funny thing about this particular job. The director originally wanted a green screen for this particular sequence and when I asked what the background would be replaced with he said "a white background".

Well naturally to avoid any green screen nonsense I said no sweat we will just shoot it against a white backdrop, in this case a hallway used as a makeshift studio.

I have to force myself to always ask a client the "5 why's" and when you don't it seems to always lead down the same path of doing horrendously very stupid things.
 
I have a job that I was originally very excited about which is currently being utterly decimated in the edit by the client gradually turning the video into everything we all categorically agreed it wouldn't be, with the additional punch in the nuts being that we didn't shoot anything to make it the thing we didn't want it to be so we're having to use all the worst cuts of everything to try and shoehorn this terrible revision into place and now it is neither one thing nor the other and I hate it and the client is going 'it isn't working for me' and I am finding it hard to say 'that's because with each successive revision you have ripped the soul from it and only gone for the shots with your friends in them, no matter how bad they are'.

I'll give you what you want but you have to know what you want to begin with and not try to 'I don't know but I'll know when I see it' on a job where I am not charging by the day.

I know they pay for our toys and everything but i really hate clients.

Rant over.
 
Yes this kind of thing happens all the time and frankly drives me nuts. [Rant edited and removed]

So Ben, about the project you worked on - will you be putting it front dead and center on your website? :shocked:
 
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That sort of stuff is terrible. I'm really trying to implement a process where unless I am about to default on the mortgage I say no if because of the limitations enforced on a shoot, I can't guarantee work of a certain standard. My standard, not theirs.

I might just end up putting it on my client list without linking to it, unless I can claw back a bit of control.

V1 and v2 were full of energy and fun. All subsequent versions are just full of smug annoying people :(
 
Client relationships and climbing the ladder.. is it (not a new Raven!)

Last summers job I told them to rent me the CNzoom (that would be a NO) and then stress on set when I couldnt just 'punch in on that'.. this winters (big) job it is just part of the package.

My current smaller project is.. erm.. compromised on time, money everything.

Climb climb
 
Ben Scott said:
That sort of stuff is terrible. I'm really trying to implement a process where unless I am about to default on the mortgage I say no if because of the limitations enforced on a shoot, I can't guarantee work of a certain standard. My standard, not theirs.

I might just end up putting it on my client list without linking to it, unless I can claw back a bit of control.

V1 and v2 were full of energy and fun. All subsequent versions are just full of smug annoying people :(
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Yes just put it on unlisted link, or vimeo with password. I have a ton like that.

More fun: I've had to re-color correct a color corrected final video (which i sat in on in the grade but things changed after I left) just so I could use it personally on a private vimeo link to show future potential clients.


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Client relationships and climbing the ladder.. is it (not a new Raven!)

Last summers job I told them to rent me the CNzoom (that would be a NO) and then stress on set when I couldnt just 'punch in on that'.. this winters (big) job it is just part of the package.

My current smaller project is.. erm.. compromised on time, money everything.

Climb climb
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Recently I explained to a director that tilting, panning whilst framing and pulling focus was a bit difficult for me at f1.4. (that would be 0.6" DOF on 50mm I believe)
 
Well a lot of directors come from 1/3 or 2/3 eng zoom backgrounds.. it does cause issues but how to deal with it nicely is a little hard.

I guess this is where the C300ii AF comes in to play.

S
 
Yep 90% of this job is building good relationships and being the guy that comes up with solutions instead of insurmountable problems. However, sometimes that means politely declining a job.
 
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