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- Real Name: Ben Sol
Hello everyone, I have recently purchased the Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6k and a BLAZAR LENS Great Joy 50mm T2.9 1.8x Anamorphic Lens. I am trying to Figure out what resolution to shoot in and what settings to use in post production. I have been spending the past week trying to figure this out but am still at a loss and confused on the settings to use.
I have been shooting in the open gate 3:2 aspect ratio at the full 6064x4032 resolution with a 1.8x squeeze of the lens. Is that the the optimal resolution to use on the camera with that 1.8x squeeze factor in terms of maximum quality? Also why is there only a 1.6x anamorphic de-squeeze preview option on the camera at that resolution and no 1.8x?
The second part of the question is when importing that footage in Davinci Resolve. The Blackmagic raw footage obviously has the 1.6x setting as a preset on the footage since I have no other option when using the camera at that resolution. When I select the clips attributes and change the pixel aspect ratio to 1.8, I see black bars at the top and bottom of the clips appearing. Does that mean I am not utilizing the full area of the sensor at 1.8x at open gate (6064x4032)?
Also, I have been trying to figure out what to set a correct timeline resolution and image scaling tab settings in the project settings in order to have the footage appear correctly and without getting black bars when exporting. I have seen videos in which people decrease the vertical resolution in order to get rid of the black bars and select stretch frame to all corners in order for the image to appear correctly. I would have to decrease the vertical resolution to something like 6064x2500 (approximately) but am I not decreasing and loosing vertical information by doing that when exporting? that would bring the megapixel count down to around 15 megapixels. I also found an article on a "reputable" website which said that to not loose any resolution you have to increase the horizontal resolution to get the proper proportion, that would bring my resolution to 10915x4032 (45 megapixels). I understand I am not gaining quality by doing that since the sensor is only 24 megapixels. Working with that resolution is a nightmare in resolve but I can always change that at the end when exporting footage. I don't want to downscale my footage by reducing the vertical resolution when exporting. What is the proper way of working with a 1.8x anamorphic squeeze without loosing resolution during export?
Do I just keep the original resolution of 6064x4032 when exporting and change the viewing aspect ratio within the media player itself which is used to view the footage in order to de-squeeze ? Do I Increase the horizontal resolution or decrease the vertical resolution?
I have been shooting in the open gate 3:2 aspect ratio at the full 6064x4032 resolution with a 1.8x squeeze of the lens. Is that the the optimal resolution to use on the camera with that 1.8x squeeze factor in terms of maximum quality? Also why is there only a 1.6x anamorphic de-squeeze preview option on the camera at that resolution and no 1.8x?
The second part of the question is when importing that footage in Davinci Resolve. The Blackmagic raw footage obviously has the 1.6x setting as a preset on the footage since I have no other option when using the camera at that resolution. When I select the clips attributes and change the pixel aspect ratio to 1.8, I see black bars at the top and bottom of the clips appearing. Does that mean I am not utilizing the full area of the sensor at 1.8x at open gate (6064x4032)?
Also, I have been trying to figure out what to set a correct timeline resolution and image scaling tab settings in the project settings in order to have the footage appear correctly and without getting black bars when exporting. I have seen videos in which people decrease the vertical resolution in order to get rid of the black bars and select stretch frame to all corners in order for the image to appear correctly. I would have to decrease the vertical resolution to something like 6064x2500 (approximately) but am I not decreasing and loosing vertical information by doing that when exporting? that would bring the megapixel count down to around 15 megapixels. I also found an article on a "reputable" website which said that to not loose any resolution you have to increase the horizontal resolution to get the proper proportion, that would bring my resolution to 10915x4032 (45 megapixels). I understand I am not gaining quality by doing that since the sensor is only 24 megapixels. Working with that resolution is a nightmare in resolve but I can always change that at the end when exporting footage. I don't want to downscale my footage by reducing the vertical resolution when exporting. What is the proper way of working with a 1.8x anamorphic squeeze without loosing resolution during export?
Do I just keep the original resolution of 6064x4032 when exporting and change the viewing aspect ratio within the media player itself which is used to view the footage in order to de-squeeze ? Do I Increase the horizontal resolution or decrease the vertical resolution?