Saturated, colorful pictures?

[OB1]

Yes, correcting in post will cost you a little quality.

Uh Oh! - not good.

 

[GenJerDan]

Depending on what "look" you're wanting, it can be very easy. For instance, if you want the entire film to be "warm" or "cool", just white-balance with a warm or cool card. Costs...nothing.

Or if you want punchy colors, mess with the settings a bit. Also free.

:^)

Dan

 

[OB1]

Depending on what "look" you're wanting, it can be very easy. For instance, if you want the entire film to be "warm" or "cool", just white-balance with a warm or cool card. Costs...nothing.

Dan

GenJerDan: by "card" do you mean a filter glass piece?

Or if you want punchy colors, mess with the settings a bit. Also free.

:^)

Dan

GenJerDan: Punchy colors is one thing, but If the light bouncing off of a blue object (lake water for instance) reflects along with it too much of the white light inherent to light itself, then that light will be picked up as that much more reduced in its "vividness" right? This polarized white light is going to be exponentionally greater than the "punchiness" you can "dial-in" as a setting I would think.

I'm going to have to experiment with this.

Just trying to keep from having to spend tons of money on Chrosziel's masterpiece in order to be able to use poloarizers with my anamorphic.

 

[GenJerDan]

GenJerDan: by "card" do you mean a filter glass piece?

No...an actual card. Instead of pointing at something white to do the white balance, try something else. Here's a link to what I mean http://www.studio1productions.com/warmcards.htm (but there's no reason you can't make your own.)

Dan

 

[Barry_Green]

Most of the "warm card" functionality can be accomplished in-camera. After you manually white-balance, if you want the image warmer or cooler, just adjust the Color Temp scene file setting...