Digital Video - August 2010 - (Page 24) 24 feature | august 2010 Milani, in addition to be being Carbon 9’s drummer, is also a video editor. He cut the video in his home studio using Final Cut Pro 7. His workflow started with upconverting the .H264 stream from the Canon 5D to ProRes 4:2:2 basic. “It let me keep the media settings for the camera,” Milani says. He edited in that format and output a QuickTime movie. “We didn’t color grade it,” he says, noting that the HD from the Mk II, for all its stunning potential and its cinematic look, is simply not robust enough to handle much post processing. “The idea was to make sure the color and contrast of the images was primarily accomplished in-camera.” The clip is fun and edgy, and Pizzello is pleased with the results. “If I had it to do over again,” he reflects, “I would not have produced it. I enjoyed conceptualizing it and the actual shooting, but getting the shoot together wasn’t something I’d want to do again.” Also, the shoot proved frustrating at times for all the reasons so many do. “We didn’t get the coverage I wanted of the band rappelling down the walls to rescue the hero,” he laments. None of this really Pizzello and Sadler plot their shots while video costar Isabella took Pizzello by surprise, Sinclaire menaces Green. but he admits that the experience may inform the way he watches and judges the films he sees. “So much of the way it came out happened because Third-party software will help optimize your DSLR-shot HD video. of logistical issues, or there was not enough time, or the set was too cold, BY IAIN STASUKEVICH or everyone was tired,” he sums No one will claim that the current crop of HD-capable DSLRs captures imagup. “And you can’t help but have all es better than those actually made for motion picture production. When it those things affect the aesthetics of comes down to the image itself, these hybrids still have some shortcomings the final product.” dv in the areas of compression, stability and compatibility. Until the next iteration of cameras addresses these issues, there are a To check out the resulting Carbon 9 number of third-party software developers stepping up to the plate. Here video, go to www.dv.com/august2010. are a few examples of their offerings. Photo by Chris Pizzello DSLR Workflow Secrets of the Stars More Online: ROLLINGSHUTTER (The Foundry, for Nuke, Adobe After Effects) This plug-in slides "rolling-shutter jello" objects back into their proper shape. It also allows the user to select and manipulate specific objects in the frame, rather than applying the effect globally. F_DENOISE (The Foundry, for Nuke, Shake, Avid DS) Some digital artists will add an organic grain filter to soften digital noise, or they could just use the F_DeNoise plug-in, which, according to The Foundry site, “removes noise and grain from a sequence using motion estimation to average pixels along the direction of motion.” CANON EOS GAMMA CURVES (Light Illusion) Canon DSLRs currently record HD video to H.264 compressed QuickTime files, which doesn’t leave a lot of room for improvement in post. This software extends the camera’s dynamic range at the image sensor. DV FIXER (Boris FX, for Adobe After Effects) High levels of compression can cause the “jaggies.” DV Fixer is an antialiasing filter introduced in the Boris FX Continuum Complete 6 AE filter set. 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