OFFICIAL A1 Custom Presets thread

So, tried cine gamma normal, and.. well.. it sucks to be honest, so forget that lol.
Cine Gamma 2 really does seem to be the best bet, and Cine gamma 1 i guess if you are in extreme low light and need that little extra boost without adding noise.

Did some quick tests, and yes, had a haircut so.. a new me.

please forgive the softfocus, i did not have a model to stand in for me to judge my focus distance during this 20 second test, but it does give you something to compare.

Here are stills, again, of Vision 4 and Pana look 2

vision04ft7.jpg


panalook2uv7.jpg



And here is my assimilation of the two presets into one which i call
Panavision :) hehe. A nice blend of the two presets while maintaining panalook sharpness, with a mix of the twos color and black levels.
Subtle difference, but it may be exactly what i was looking for.

panavisionyi5.jpg
 
Please share the settings.

I did a similar experiment last night of combining elements of the two but it got too late to shoot examples.
 
Panavision Preset

Cine gamma: 2
Knee: Low
Black: Medium
Ped: -8
Setup: -5
Sharpness: 2
HDF: Medium
CMX: 1
CGN: -15
R:14
G:15
B:16
 
Sounsd about right,

In my panavision preset, i see my blacks hit 0 IRE without crushing or compressing the blacks too much. This also allows more room to make adjustments with slight curve adjustment in post.

I think i gots me a preset.
 
PaPa said:
Panavision Preset

Cine gamma: 2
Knee: Low
Black: Medium
Ped: -8
Setup: -5
Sharpness: 2
HDF: Medium
CMX: 1
CGN: -15
R:14
G:15
B:16
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PaPa YOU GOT IT!
Panavision (amazing name) is so far better and has all the best qualities of the others.
I was comparing Panalook with Vision04, they seemed pretty nice, but when i scrolled and saw PANAVISION i was stunned! The first preset with a nice skin color, great contrast and film look
 
wow, I was so close LOL. The only difference between what you came up with and what I worked out last night is:

setup -9
CGN -19
R:15
B:15
G:15

Guess there's no need to test my settings tonight :)

Thanks for the hard work, you two. PANAVISION it is!
 
PaPa said:
Panavision Preset

Cine gamma: 2
Knee: Low
Black: Medium
Ped: -8
Setup: -5
Sharpness: 2
HDF: Medium
CMX: 1
CGN: -15
R:14
G:15
B:16
Click to expand...

Can't wait to try it :). Hopefully the purples/dark blues/and rich pink colors turn out perfect. *crosses fingers* If so, this is the replacement to vision01 I've been searching for :).

*EDIT*

Just tried it. O....M....G....You guys hit paydirt. It's pretty spot on and it's actually brighter than vision01. Looks great and I'll be using this from now on. Thanks so much for all the hardwork PaPa and Gio!

Now the one thing that is still bugging me is still a small subtle difference. The preset is having a hardtime with the rich violet/purples which also is part of the reason I suspect it has a hard time with the rich pinks.

Here's the color that it looks darker blue than violet :

Cottonelle.jpg


I used that exact product to test the presets color ability on and it still had close to the same issue as vision01. :( All other shades of blue are perfect as far as the difference in shades and color. It's more the richer purple and dark/rich pink area of the color chart thats giving me a hard time. Easter egg purple comes out fine as well as lighter pinks.

Can you please tweak just that part PaPa? I'm not sure if you have to add red or take away blue. I don't have the program loaded up which let's you test the settings live.

Thanks for any help in advance!
 
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I guess your need to calibrate your monitor cause it looks purple to both of my monitors :)
Both purple and pink look very rich to me ~!
 
It's not my monitor that's the problem. Both in real life and on my monitor the purple is the same shade. On my LCD from the A1 is where the difference is. Are you saying the A1's LCD is not true to what is being printed to tape?
 
Nice work Papa, this will be the preset I use from now on. The skin tone is film like and the blacks are black. Panavision got rid of the faded look of Panalook2. I assume all other setting not mentioned for this preset are at zero or off. Thanks again.
 
I have a shoot planned for next week. I will be using Panavision as well and most likely along with my mid-format adapter.
 
Definitely going to be using the Panavision preset from now on! Its incredible. Just put it in my camera and it blows away previous presets.

Thanks for all the hard work guys,

-Kegan
 
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