Skin Tone DTL--Useless or cool?
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Daniel_Runyon
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Re: Skin Tone DTL--Useless or cool?
I've tried it and like it pretty well depending on what I'm trying to achieve. You need scenes that are pretty well lit to see the difference more clearly. The funny thing about it is it kinda works the opposite of what you normaly think off and on to mean.
I've tried it and like it pretty well depending on what I'm trying to achieve. You need scenes that are pretty well lit to see the difference more clearly. The funny thing about it is it kinda works the opposite of what you normaly think off and on to mean.
magicdavek
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Re: Skin Tone DTL--Useless or cool?
Could you elaborate on this?
Could you elaborate on this?
Daniel_Runyon
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Re: Skin Tone DTL--Useless or cool?
Well, youd think "on" would mean it would show MORE detail, but it actually sorta smoothens, so it shows less detail in the skin tone spectrum. It's meant to make imperfections in faces and such less noticable.
Well, youd think "on" would mean it would show MORE detail, but it actually sorta smoothens, so it shows less detail in the skin tone spectrum. It's meant to make imperfections in faces and such less noticable.
Barry_Green
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Re: Skin Tone DTL--Useless or cool?
Yeah, it would seem more intuitive if it was named "Skin Tone Blur", for example. Then you'd know that ON meant "please blur the wrinkles" and OFF meant "please don't blur". But it's named Skin Tone Detail, and ON means blur detail, OFF means don't blur, which is kinda backwards...
Yeah, it would seem more intuitive if it was named "Skin Tone Blur", for example. Then you'd know that ON meant "please blur the wrinkles" and OFF meant "please don't blur". But it's named Skin Tone Detail, and ON means blur detail, OFF means don't blur, which is kinda backwards...
Imran_Zaidi
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Re: Skin Tone DTL--Useless or cool?
Oh dear, I've gone cross-eyed.
Oh dear, I've gone cross-eyed.
rbilsbor
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Re: Skin Tone DTL--Useless or cool?
In my experience, it's a good feature if what you're shooting is lit poorly and the footage will end up on consumer TVs. It makes people look slightly better, which is always good with video (although they look much better on the flatter gamma curves of the DVX already). When I watched skin tone DTL footage on the Sony broadcast monitor, the skin blurring made my eye think I wasn't in focus... never a good thing. So, in my mind it's a "consumer" feature, but you can put it to good use if someone you're shooting has particular skin problems...
In my experience, it's a good feature if what you're shooting is lit poorly and the footage will end up on consumer TVs. It makes people look slightly better, which is always good with video (although they look much better on the flatter gamma curves of the DVX already). When I watched skin tone DTL footage on the Sony broadcast monitor, the skin blurring made my eye think I wasn't in focus... never a good thing. So, in my mind it's a "consumer" feature, but you can put it to good use if someone you're shooting has particular skin problems...