The Panasonic G1HD | GH-1 Video Mode : A Real Video Mode

As a shooter, I've been color correcting XH-A1 footage for the past couple of years and have been plenty happy with the results. Can I expect about as much from the GH1's codec?

When you import the footage into your NLE, you pick the format and the color space of that format. If you are concerned about colore fidelity, pick a 4:2:2: format.

Compression isn't really an issue in grading. Philip Bloom made a claim that he thought it was going to be a problem, but I think he's operating under a mistaken assumption. (Maybe he can clarify how it might be a problem or why....)

The image quality is what it is, its not going to be degraded by grading, and if you're working in a sufficiently deep color space, it will be the same with any other camera working in that same color space.
 
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When you import the footage into your NLE, you pick the format and the color space of that format. If you are concerned about colore fidelity, pick a 4:2:2: format.

Compression isn't really an issue in grading. Philip Bloom made a claim that he thought it was going to be a problem, but I think he's operating under a mistaken assumption. (Maybe he can clarify how it might be a problem or why....)

The image quality is what it is, its not going to be degraded by grading, and if you're working in a sufficiently deep color space, it will be the same with any other camera working in that same color space.

Very simply, even if you bring it into your NLE, as I did, at pro res 422 it doesn't make the image any less compressed. The compression is recorded like that. So even though I have graded GH1 footage successfully with my Kauai Sunset piece. I had to be very careful and pushing certain things, like blacks and the like showed up the already present artifacts very clearly. So I did very subtle colour enhancements, but anything too heavy and artifacts became very visible...
 
As far as what Philip said about grading, I concur. I have a corporate client who I still do shows on DV for and whenever I am color correcting those shows, I forget how fragile DV and all 4:1:1 or 4:2:0 codecs are. I am used to grading DVC ProHD and lately AVC Intra and they give you so much more room to "push" the signal.

That's one of the things I dislike about the EX1/3. Love the camera and picture but it seems that you cannot push the image as hard in color correction.

Dan
 
As far as what Philip said about grading, I concur. I have a corporate client who I still do shows on DV for and whenever I am color correcting those shows, I forget how fragile DV and all 4:1:1 or 4:2:0 codecs are. I am used to grading DVC ProHD and lately AVC Intra and they give you so much more room to "push" the signal.

That's one of the things I dislike about the EX1/3. Love the camera and picture but it seems that you cannot push the image as hard in color correction.

Dan

Lol . Isn't that how Philip Bloom initially got noticed, heavily graded EX1 footage?
 
Well, yes, now that you mention it. But if I recall, Philip was using Magic Bullet, which I consider more of an add on effect, not actual grading done in FCP 3 way CC or in Color or Colorista. If you have used Magic Bullet, I would term it more of a look effects suite than used for actual color correction.

Dan
 
Well, yes, now that you mention it. But if I recall, Philip was using Magic Bullet, which I consider more of an add on effect, not actual grading done in FCP 3 way CC or in Color or Colorista. If you have used Magic Bullet, I would term it more of a look effects suite than used for actual color correction.

Dan


Agreed. Grading and timing in After Effects and Photoshop feels a bit more true to the process, but Apple Color or Colorista would be the tell-tales of the process.
 
Whew! I am new here and just read this entire discussion. I loved it but my head is spinning. Thanks for a very "fun" and enlighting read. I have a GH1 ordered and your posts taught me alot! :o)
 
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