Viper Image with Green Tint....

[A51Films]

I've been looking into using the Viper to start my feature now and then move on to the RED (at 2k) once its available for rent. The only thing that has me concerned about the Viper, is the green tint the image gets when shooting in Film Stream mode. Now, I've never actually Color-Corrected anything in my life; What would I have to do to remove that green tint (other than Magenta Filters infront of the camera, reducing the excess green.) in a NLE, or should I use something more specific to do this? Never using a camera like this, with RAW data instead of white balanced images, I have no idea how to go about getting the image to look right. So any help, would be appreciated.


P.S. I'm sure I will get a post-production supervisour and tech. that knows what they're doing, but I'd like some kind of idea of what needs to be done, so I can actually communicate with them on the same terms.

 

[SomewhereinLA]

First, You should never shoot anything with equipment you are not familiar with. Also starting with on camera and then finishing with a different one seems to me a very bad idea. It would be like in film world, starting with one film stock and then switching to another one in the middle of your movie... Very bad idea. To answer you question, a green tint is not a problem, but should not be corrected with a filter if front of the lens, it can be easilly done in post. Not to be critical, but it seems that you may not have the expereience to shoot with such equipment, you don't learn to drive in a Formula 1. You also need to understand that post production for a 2k or 4k movie will be very, very expensive.

 

[A51Films]

The following links explain why I was going to go with filters on the camera....


http://www.jkor.com/peter/magenta.html

http://www.cinematography.net/Pages%20DW/Viper_Magenta_Filter.htm

http://www.digitalpraxis.net/viperimage.html


What I got from them was that, the green recieves more light than the Blue and Red channels so Color Correcting can be difficult. The magenta filter lowers the level of green light, so its more even with the Red and Blue channels, so color correction becomes easier.