
People who know the least over-estimate their presumed skill or mastery.īoth phenomena are agitated by enthusiasts' over-obsession with gear and mis-directed ideas of how to improve one's results. PP: People undertake responsibilities or chores that, sooner or later, become so complicated as to make one incompetent and give up.ĭK: People appreciate the complexity of something only once they begin to know it well. It's a lot of work for a short or precarious "aah" response from viewers.Įver hear of the Peter Principle or the Dunning-Kruger effect? This is a primary reason why many people avoid or denounce video or hybrid cameras. Yoiu might want to underexpose it a little bit (1/2 to 2/3rds of a stop) and then use either levels to make an S curve or use your lift / gamma / gain controls. So, my suggestion would be to try PP 6 (which is Cine 2) and see what you think. They are relatively easy to use but you can make your footage look real ugly real quickly if you aren't sure what you are doing. Resolve also has lots of built in luts as well. You could instead use the lift / gamma / gain wheels to adjust the contrast instead of an s curve. Also, there is a white balance feature that can save your hide. You should at least learn how to make an S curve in levels. If you are going to use resolve, then you would be doing yourself a big favor by at least learning BASIC grading. There IS a big difference though between the Cinegammas and the standard picture profile. There is in my opinion not a BIG difference between Cine 1 and Cine 2 and Cine 3 and Cine 4. The Cinegammas are easier to expose than SLOG is. You don't necessarily need to color grade footage in those profiles though you might like how they look out of the camera. The Cinegammas (Cine 1, Cine 2, Cine 3, and Cine 4) also have expanded dynamic range compared to the standard picture profiles. (Also, it is best to overexpose S Log by about 1.5 stops, so I would avoid using it until you have time to practice it out). Yes, S LOG will help you capture more dynamic range, but will almost certainly result in you having to grade your footage. Is this stuff mostly for the professionals and studios?īy the way I love using the edit module in DaVinci Resolve 15 but I am a long way from being able to use the color module. These subjects seem to be much more complex than I expected. So I guess I should not use S-Log or Cine until I know how to grade the clip. The grading is another thing I need to learn and understand how. From what I have read if I set Cine or S-Log my files will be flat and they will require grading. I can't even talk intelligently about my camera's video settings or about color grading. OMG, I struggling with so many things when it comes to video.
