getting super soft look out of dvx

[cecil995]

Hey everyone,

First time posting on here. This site has been great so far. I am trying to achieve a super soft look, which is popular with music videos and alot of commercials. Is is better just to mess around with MB or are there in-camera adjustments I can make. Also is the chromo level setting in the scene file the best way to saturate the reds? thanks.

 

[J.R. Hudson]

Can you provide us with a grab?

 

[cecil995]

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1116/667/1600/park before.jpg

here is the before right out of the camera

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1116/667/1600/park after.jpg


and here is the after....some color correcting ...maybe alittle too red? anyways I added a tiny bit of blur....is it too much....any advice is good....I can handle the negative

 

[Scottdvx100]

I wouldn't bother using MB (Magic Bullet I assume). Your editing software should be able to do it.
You can apply a guassian blur but you might like it better by layering the clip on top of itself. Apply the blur and then do a 'screen' (experiment with other composite settings) (thsi will cause the hilights to glow) or set opacity of top layer to 25-75% and see what that give you. Typically more interesting than softening the entire image all the same.

 

[Neil Rowe]

..cant see the pics cecil.. im getting some sort of error.. just us imageshack

www.imageshack.us

 

[Scottdvx100]

Since the image name has spaces you may have to delete the %20 and hit return again.

 

[cecil995]

ok see if this works

before:



after:

 

[cecil995]

ok here is one clip that i just worked on....simply used what scott mentioned about layering the same clip....see what everyone thinks