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Howdy!
Please forgive any ignorance here, as I've done my best to research this issue, to no avail.
When using the soft clip function for lifting my blacks (to give a stylistically faded look), is there a way to avoid having it affect my matte bars on top and bottom as well?
I know I can use the "output blanking" option in the timeline menu to super impose true black matte bars, but that doesn't always suit my needs (I shoot anamorphic often, and like to use 2.66 ratio which is unavailable in that menu).
I also realize that I can just do away with matte bars all together by adjusting my output resolution in the project settings (which is my go to work around), and then Youtube/Vimeo/etc will add them anyway. However, I like to preview my work in its intended "look" while I edit, with the matte bars present, and having them lifted to a higher black point makes it hard to effectively gauge my work's overall contrast level and black level, compared to true black. Hope that makes sense.
Anyway, any help or tips are greatly appreciated. Cheers!
Chris
stantonbrothers . com
Please forgive any ignorance here, as I've done my best to research this issue, to no avail.
When using the soft clip function for lifting my blacks (to give a stylistically faded look), is there a way to avoid having it affect my matte bars on top and bottom as well?
I know I can use the "output blanking" option in the timeline menu to super impose true black matte bars, but that doesn't always suit my needs (I shoot anamorphic often, and like to use 2.66 ratio which is unavailable in that menu).
I also realize that I can just do away with matte bars all together by adjusting my output resolution in the project settings (which is my go to work around), and then Youtube/Vimeo/etc will add them anyway. However, I like to preview my work in its intended "look" while I edit, with the matte bars present, and having them lifted to a higher black point makes it hard to effectively gauge my work's overall contrast level and black level, compared to true black. Hope that makes sense.
Anyway, any help or tips are greatly appreciated. Cheers!
Chris
stantonbrothers . com