DIY Beam Splitter: Workflow - HDR

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Read this first: http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=222799

This thread is dedicated to the workflow(s) for processing VIDEO for VIDEO HDR.

The good news is that HDR VIDEO has already been done as demonstrated here: http://vimeo.com/14821961

Now...we just need to flesh out several workflows and see which ones are best, the advantages and disadvantages of each etc. For example, I'm sure that, as cool as the "actor" looks in this shot, it doesn't look "real". I'm not saying that it should or that it shouldn't, but I'd like to know what to do to "push" the footage in either direction. I'm sure many people will have the same questions.

You may not have a beam splitter yet, but that doesn't mean that you can't help! Go shoot some footage high exposure, then low exposure and try to "HDR" the video together using whatever means seems best to you.
 
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it can certainly be done with many different workflows, and sometimes with more than one camera. i only own one camera, so i'm gonna try my own thing later today.

it should be said though, that HDR video will likely be nothing more than a fad/niche. in stills, it can look great, but sofar i've seen 2 types of HDR: the "fantasy" look, and the "hyper-real look". hyper-real meaning a true high dynamic rage shot. Fantasy meaning, ultra processed, surreal, often "glowing" shots.

Without HDR techniques, films such as King Kong(Jack Black), and Sky Captain have acheived the fantasy look with success(IMO), but not in an HDR way...we have to understand, and determine what our projects warrant, and sofar, the HDR stuff is either overdone, or misunderstood...but when i see a still photo with true high dynamic range utilized, i am intrigued to learn how to implement such techniques with moving pictures in mind.
 
it can certainly be done with many different workflows, and sometimes with more than one camera. i only own one camera, so i'm gonna try my own thing later today.

it should be said though, that HDR video will likely be nothing more than a fad/niche. in stills, it can look great, but sofar i've seen 2 types of HDR: the "fantasy" look, and the "hyper-real look". hyper-real meaning a true high dynamic rage shot. Fantasy meaning, ultra processed, surreal, often "glowing" shots.

Without HDR techniques, films such as King Kong(Jack Black), and Sky Captain have acheived the fantasy look with success(IMO), but not in an HDR way...we have to understand, and determine what our projects warrant, and sofar, the HDR stuff is either overdone, or misunderstood...but when i see a still photo with true high dynamic range utilized, i am intrigued to learn how to implement such techniques with moving pictures in mind.
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I agree with you 100% here Chris Light! I suspect that we can tone the whole thing down to the point that you can't even "tell" it's HDR. That's MY preference for HDR. I HATE HDR that look like HDR. My preference is HDR that is so subtle, or so well done that it just seems slightly "richer". To be honest my first thought when I saw HDR video was "Hey, we could ACTUALLY CONTROL the DYNAMIC RANGE in a DSLR!!" ...perhaps..."expand the dynamic range" using this method.

I'm sure for the music video projects this could be LOTS OF FUN! :) But I do agree...that in this light...HDR video would be "fadish"....agreed. Thanks for your input! I'd love to see your tests and your experimental workflow(s).
 
and sorry HHL..i did shoot some footage today, but the wife and newborn baby hit the sack early...1/2 my bedroom is my edit suite haha. got the laptop in the living room now haha
 
and sorry HHL..i did shoot some footage today, but the wife and newborn baby hit the sack early...1/2 my bedroom is my edit suite haha. got the laptop in the living room now haha
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You're completely fine! :) I got roped into "other duties as assigned"....so I'm behind schedule too. To bad were not full time film makers huh? :)
 
(Red Camera)EPIC HDR, in-camera or post.

http://reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=49668

Image: http://reduser.net/forum/showpost.php?p=650372&postcount=18http://reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=49668&page=2

HEY Chris Light! Isn't that pic EXACTLY the HDR we are talking about???? I didn't realize it was HDR at first! Even when I look at it....I STILL can't tell!! VERY SUBTLE! I know we're talking, EPIC HDR HERE...but still....THIS would be the goal from MY perspective. HDR that expands dynamic range on a DSLR.
 
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chrismagicc said:
does anyone know how they did this music video??
http://vimeo.com/7437001
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The video was brought into a video editor, such as Final Cut, and exported to image sets, ie. each frame of the video becomes a sequenced number in a series of images. These are then batch processed in Photoshop or Illustrator converting with the drawing filter. The images, which are still numbered frame by frame, sequentially, are then brought back into Final Cut and set into the timeline at 1 image per frame. If it all looks great with the automated process it's fairly painless to do, but most things require a little user intervention, so they probably had to go in and process a lot of the frames manually.
 
The video was brought into a video editor, such as Final Cut, and exported to image sets, ie. each frame of the video becomes a sequenced number in a series of images. These are then batch processed in Photoshop or Illustrator converting with the drawing filter. The images, which are still numbered frame by frame, sequentially, are then brought back into Final Cut and set into the timeline at 1 image per frame. If it all looks great with the automated process it's fairly painless to do, but most things require a little user intervention, so they probably had to go in and process a lot of the frames manually.
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Thanks for the insight. :)
 
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