Need Help Matching DVX100s in Post (Clips Inside)

Jonathan_Healey

Jonathan_Healey

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I recently filmed a musical performance with 4 DVX100s, a GL1 and a Song Lipstick Cam. For the moment, I'm not concerned with the non-DVX camera (however, advise is welcome). So far, 3 of the DVX100 match very well, but one of the DVX100s (the wide-shot on the floor) seems to be set at a higher f-stop than the other 3 DVX100s.

I'm looking for assistance with getting the wide-shot camera down a stop our 2 to match the remaining DVX100s. I'm using Final Cut Pro 4 to edit with.

Also: If you have any advice on matching the Lipstick camera with the DVX100's colors, please let me know.

Here are 2-examples. I've provide a short song and long song:

"Freaker By The Speaker" (8-minutes)
http://www.aviewofyou.tv/dvx100/kellerwilliams_freaker.html

"Love Handles" (3-minutes)
http://www.aviewofyou.tv/dvx100/kellerwilliams_lovehandles.html

Thanks and much obliged!
 
Re: Need Help Matching DVX100s in Post (Clips Insi

Re: Need Help Matching DVX100s in Post (Clips Insi

Can you post a frame of good and a frame of the one that needs matching? I can try some stuff on the stills.
 
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Re: Need Help Matching DVX100s in Post (Clips Insi

I once did a shoot with 3 different cameras. Boy! I never spent so much time in post trying to color match my footage! Of course, the tools I used were not that great (Adobe Premiere 6.5 with Matrox realtime color correction filter).

Complementary to Jonathan's original post, is there a color correction tools that allows easier matching of shots? I've heard that Avid Xpress Pro and Vegas have great capabilities in that area? Is that so?
 
Re: Need Help Matching DVX100s in Post (Clips Insi

Re: Need Help Matching DVX100s in Post (Clips Insi

That is why I am asking for two full rez still from each camera so I can try mathcing them.
 
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Re: Need Help Matching DVX100s in Post (Clips Insi

Thanks for the interest. I took someone's advise (from work) and ended up matching them. It came out well. I've submitted the footage to the network, already. I'll post links to the new clips this weekend.
 
Re: Need Help Matching DVX100s in Post (Clips Insi

Re: Need Help Matching DVX100s in Post (Clips Insi

Great job!

What did you do and using what program?

Were the DVX cameras set for same stop?

The images from the other non-DVX cameras were unusable?

Pity the images are so small.

Congratulations!


Carlos E. Martinez
 
Re: Need Help Matching DVX100s in Post (Clips Insi

Re: Need Help Matching DVX100s in Post (Clips Insi

I used FCP4 to crush the blacks on the stationary wide-shot and added some yellow to the picture also. I de-saturated the reds (with the same clips), also. It seems that this shot was filmed at a higher f-stop while the other cameras seemed to match.

The non-DVX cameras were used. Obviously, the lipstick camera is in there. The GL1 contains the shots of the pedals and the overheads from the rear. I made my best effort to match those cameras, also.

Pity the images are so small? Are you suggesting I encode them at a larger size?
 
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