Harry Clark
12-21-2007, 07:45 PM
OK, here's a workflow conundrum for multi-camera shows.
Since all cameras are like snowflakes (no two are alike) and there is no live "paintbox" grading with Red One (RAW-style capture)...
First off, it might be useful to have a software Macbeth and 11-step grey scale and Stouffer scale built in to Redcine so if you shoot one in the field you can do some quick and consistent matching.
You would normally first be concerned with "matching" cameras and then achieving your look. Soooo... on a 3-camera Red shoot, I would first think to shoot a grey scale under a neutral light, and then shot your scene. In Redcine, you would ideally set up the "A" camera to the grey scale, then the "B" camera, etc. So now they all match as far as the slight differences in sensors, circuits, lenses go. But now you dial in a "look" on "A" camera and save it. Is there a way to save a bottom layer of correction for each camera so they "match", and then an upper layer of correction for the "look"? As far as I can tell, once you dial in your "look" and save it, you can apply it to other shots. But I assume that it overrides any other correction to the shot you're applying it to.
Apologies; it's late and I'm not sure I'm explaining it correctly. And it's probably outside of what Redcine is meant to do. More like what you'd do in a DaVinci suite. But it would be great if there was a fast efficient way of doing this.
Cheers,
Harry
Since all cameras are like snowflakes (no two are alike) and there is no live "paintbox" grading with Red One (RAW-style capture)...
First off, it might be useful to have a software Macbeth and 11-step grey scale and Stouffer scale built in to Redcine so if you shoot one in the field you can do some quick and consistent matching.
You would normally first be concerned with "matching" cameras and then achieving your look. Soooo... on a 3-camera Red shoot, I would first think to shoot a grey scale under a neutral light, and then shot your scene. In Redcine, you would ideally set up the "A" camera to the grey scale, then the "B" camera, etc. So now they all match as far as the slight differences in sensors, circuits, lenses go. But now you dial in a "look" on "A" camera and save it. Is there a way to save a bottom layer of correction for each camera so they "match", and then an upper layer of correction for the "look"? As far as I can tell, once you dial in your "look" and save it, you can apply it to other shots. But I assume that it overrides any other correction to the shot you're applying it to.
Apologies; it's late and I'm not sure I'm explaining it correctly. And it's probably outside of what Redcine is meant to do. More like what you'd do in a DaVinci suite. But it would be great if there was a fast efficient way of doing this.
Cheers,
Harry