grading/transcoding process-plates for Getty images
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 11:21 pmHello from Munich,
currently I'm working on process-plates for marketing with Getty-images.
Basically POV’s shot with the camera mounted to the bonnet of a car.
Footage is 4.6K-16:9 (4608x2592 / URSA-mini), RAW-3:1, 50p.
Shot on a sunny day, all very well exposed and super stable.
This footage is only of interest for buyers with further PostProduction in mind.
e.g. for car-commercials or other CGI/compositing projects.
Maximum quality Getty accepts is 4K-DCI / ProRes4x4 / 50p.
(Unfortunately Getty is not accepting 4K-16:9 (4096x2304) footage, I need to decide for UHD or 4K-DCI.)
My question today is:
How should I color-correct this footage, or is it best to simply transcode the RAW to 4K-DCI-4x4 without any corrections? (but cropping the 16:9 to DCI of course)
My first idea was to only Lift/Gamma/Gain/Offset a little bit to the waveform (0-1023) in order to „expand" the footage without crushing/clipping any highlights or blacks.
Maybe some +shadows and -highlights and if really needed some soft clip here or there.
No LUT/REC.709 conversion, no extra contrast, no +saturation, no broadcast safe.
White balance looks good as set in camera to 5600K, all super-sharp, absolutely no noise.
How you guys would prefer getting such Getty-footage?
Many thanks for some 2nd opinions.
Cheers,
Emanuel
currently I'm working on process-plates for marketing with Getty-images.
Basically POV’s shot with the camera mounted to the bonnet of a car.
Footage is 4.6K-16:9 (4608x2592 / URSA-mini), RAW-3:1, 50p.
Shot on a sunny day, all very well exposed and super stable.
This footage is only of interest for buyers with further PostProduction in mind.
e.g. for car-commercials or other CGI/compositing projects.
Maximum quality Getty accepts is 4K-DCI / ProRes4x4 / 50p.
(Unfortunately Getty is not accepting 4K-16:9 (4096x2304) footage, I need to decide for UHD or 4K-DCI.)
My question today is:
How should I color-correct this footage, or is it best to simply transcode the RAW to 4K-DCI-4x4 without any corrections? (but cropping the 16:9 to DCI of course)
My first idea was to only Lift/Gamma/Gain/Offset a little bit to the waveform (0-1023) in order to „expand" the footage without crushing/clipping any highlights or blacks.
Maybe some +shadows and -highlights and if really needed some soft clip here or there.
No LUT/REC.709 conversion, no extra contrast, no +saturation, no broadcast safe.
White balance looks good as set in camera to 5600K, all super-sharp, absolutely no noise.
How you guys would prefer getting such Getty-footage?
Many thanks for some 2nd opinions.
Cheers,
Emanuel