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01 The Summer Blockbuster Colour Grading Tutorial from Juan Melara on Vimeo. Introduction I’ve received a lot of requests to share the techniques I use to achieve the various grades on this site and on Vimeo. But by far the biggest request has been to show how I create the cool/warm look. Otherwise known as [...]
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I’ve been busily working on the first tutorial in my video tutorial series. Here is a sneak peek of what I’ve been cooking up. I’ll be updating this page over the next 2 weeks with more sample images prior to the final launch, so check back often for the latest info. The first tutorial in [...]
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Kodak 2393 LUT Alex Montoya Footage Breakdowns from Juan Melara on Vimeo. So how do the LUTs from my previous post look when used with footage from a serious production? Below are some real world examples using R3Ds from Alex Montoya’s great short film Maquillaje (Make Up). See the short film on Alex’s Vimeo page here. If [...]
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Kodak 2393 Emulation LUT Test + LUT Download Link from Juan Melara on Vimeo. What is a LUT? A look up table (LUT) mathematically translates a set values in your image into another set of values. For example converting a flat log image into video gamma that has correct brightness and contrast, or converting from [...]
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5D MKII + Davinci Resolve Colour Grading Demonstration from Juan Melara on Vimeo. BMCuser.com member Ervani posted a request for members to try their hand at colouring his footage. Contemplating a switch to Davinci Resolve, Ervani wanted to see what Resolve users could do with his 5D MKII footage. You can read the original thread [...]
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BMCC + Davinci Resolve Colour Grading Breakdown from Juan Melara on Vimeo. BMCuser.com member Kholi posted up some Blackmagic Cinema Camera raw DNGs the other day. So I thought I’d have another go at grading BMCC footage. Find the DNGs in this thread here. The BMCC just impresses me more and more each time I [...]
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Reduser member Philipe Ratton posted some awesome R3Ds from his latest short film currently in production. I couldn’t resist grading these. You can find the original Reduser post with the R3Ds here. Grading is super easy when you start with quality, well shot source material. That was definitely the case this time! There are so many possibilities [...]
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Ok so it’s not really recovering highlights, cause if they’re blown out, they’re gone. It’s more bringing near blown out highlights back into a useful visible range. A few people on bmcuser and reduser have been having problems with this, so I’ve put together this post. This method is probably the easiest I’ve found and [...]
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I’ve been closely following the development of the Blackmagic Cinema Camera and have been looking forward to grading some of it’s raw files. The other day I stumbled onto this post on Fstoppers.com which links to some raw sample footage. The video above and frame grabs below were graded in Davinci Resolve from 2400×1350 raw [...]
By : Juan Melara // 1 Comment // Tags: 35mm, epic, lens, red, rokinon, samyang, t1.5, tests
The Samyang 35mm T1.5 is here. It’s a cineivsed version of the popular, low cost, manual focus and manual aperture DSLR lens. The cine version is manufactured by Samyang in Korea but is also rebadged and sold under the Rokinon brand name. The DSLR version is also sold under the Bower and ProOptic names. It [...]
