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Post by Eric T. Jones on Feb 22, 2005 23:45:22 GMT -5
On the Dead Moose, Inc. Misc. Pics page, you'll see side-by-side comparisons of four frames from "another walk in the park" that have not only been color-corrected, but brightness and contrast adjusted.
This isn't the first time I've done this. "Dudes: part duce" was the first color-corrected DMI film, and before-and-after comparisons might be done with that, too.
But with what's on that page, I see a dramatic difference. This might be just me, but the images look even sharper with brightness and contrast adjusted. (I lowered the brightness, of course)
I might end up color correcting all the films before they hit DVD. That, plus 16:9 enhancement, DMI films will NEVER look better.
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Post by MrMan on Feb 24, 2005 1:07:37 GMT -5
DVD? Heh. Funny. Well to my point. Why are my films all test subjects? Besides the fact that they just tend to be something new and not normally or ever done by DMI or NN.
-MrMan
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Post by MrMan on Feb 24, 2005 1:08:39 GMT -5
Wait... I answerd my own question... Woops.
-MrMan
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Post by Eric T. Jones on Feb 25, 2005 1:33:06 GMT -5
The films are best viewed on a regular TV monitor; computer monitors reveal image flaws too much. (mainly due to the process in how it's shot; DV 16:9 looks like crap. 4:3 looks a lot better, but I have to go 12 feet away to get the angles I want) Which is usually the case for DVDs whose image quality doesn't exactly exploit the format's potential.
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Post by kenny on May 26, 2005 11:02:17 GMT -5
Which is why we have an anamorphic lens, like in "CoCd." Right?
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Post by Eric T. Jones on May 26, 2005 18:00:31 GMT -5
"Code of Conduct" didn't have an anamorphic lens- it had a wide-angle lens. There's a difference.
With my new camcorder, though, the 16:9 mode looks just as good as 4:3, because it uses all the resolution to produce the widescreen image. (not 75% from cropping off the image and stretching it out) The reason why I want the anamorphic lens is so I can film in real anamorphic scope. (as in, I can film things in a scope ratio without having to matte the image in post-production)
My new camcorder also reduces the necessity for colour correction; for the DMI G-1 DVD release (giving MrMan credit for the title), though, I'm colour-correcting and reframing the various films. (including changing the aspect ratios- I looked at the "Dudes" films and realised they worked better in a 1.66:1 pillarbox instead of the current 1.85:1 aspect ratios; "ZOMBI!!!" is going to be on DVD in 1.33:1, as originally filmed, instead of 1.56:1 letterbox.)
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Post by kenny on May 27, 2005 10:26:49 GMT -5
More techinical mumbojumbo from the admin himself. How claryfying. (English, PLEASE)
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Post by Eric T. Jones on May 28, 2005 1:40:56 GMT -5
I'm sorry, something you didn't understand about that second paragraph? Fine, I'll do this simplified version-
There's a difference between wide-angle and widescreen lenses. (a.k.a. anamorphic) Wide-angle lenses, as the name so puts it, widen the angle, so you don't have to set the camera so far back. Anamorphic lenses (that's widescreen if you're lost) widen the aspect ratio.
Don't like my "essays", too bad. Live with 'em. They're not that hard to read.
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Post by kenny on May 28, 2005 22:11:33 GMT -5
I'm an idiot when it comes to camera stuff. Thats YOUR ballpark. I usually am the videogame guy. Sorry to take your time.
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Post by Eric T. Jones on Oct 15, 2005 20:48:24 GMT -5
I'm testing out color correction on shots for "Visions"- not because it would enhance the quality of the images, but to make it accurate to the time of day. Plenty of the shots I did were done in early-afternoon, and so some of them aren't exactly believable as 8:30 PM (the blinds closed doesn't do enough). Testing out tinting on a shot that's supposed to take place in late-afternoon was easy enough (greenish-yellowish tint makes it look convincing enough), but the 8:30PM shot is going to be a bit tricky, since the window light is just glaring at the whites present in there.
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Post by kenny on Oct 24, 2005 20:17:48 GMT -5
Cool! When you finish splicing and rotoscoping LFM, will you color correct it?
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Post by Eric T. Jones on Oct 24, 2005 20:52:12 GMT -5
Will do- I did notice, especially in the shower scene, excessive reds, so yes, I'll do the appropriate color adjustments.
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Post by kenny on Oct 25, 2005 20:39:37 GMT -5
ACID shower, Eric. Don't get- um... well... you know....
NM
Thanks!
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Post by Eric T. Jones on Oct 25, 2005 20:46:09 GMT -5
Well the water's not even seen in that part, anyway.
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Post by Eric T. Jones on Mar 8, 2006 19:25:19 GMT -5
Since I have currently nothing to do related to DMI films until the writer's block goes away and I get the sound effects for LFM, I'm going to do color-timing on some of the other DMI productions. This sudden revival of interest in color timing was influenced by using a certain shot at the beginning of LFMITU, and so I color-corrected the first one so there would be better color continuity.
That, and I've completely redone my technique- how I did it for "Dudes: part duce" and "another walk in the park" wasn't actually holding to the natural color. I thought it was just excessive reds that were the problem, but the blues were exaggerated, too. In the opening shot of LFM, the natural color came when I emphasized the remaining color, green (though I like the color scheme on awitp).
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