I've watched endless videos on Picture Profiles for the A7III, trying to find one that actually discusses the difference between BT.2020 and REC.709 -- as well as S-LOG2 vs the HLG profiles -- and man, you've done it! Keep up the amazing work!
It's hard to believe you still scroll through your comments section. I hope your channel will be a really big channel someday. Cause if it doesn't, there is something really wrong in this world LoL! I always fascinated by how deep your knowledge is, and how deep you dive into the stuff you're talking about. That is a rare thing these days... Most of them just speak about something interesting to people without the willing to dig it down to the core like you do. You are a blessing to this community. Keep up the good work.
You seriously have one of the best channels on UA-cam. Always a pleasure to watch and very informative. Thanks a ton for all the time you put into this!
My Level: Human This video Level: Legendary Super Saiyan My understanding of this video: Will play in repeat at 0.5 speed for the next 3 1/2 months..... I'll let you know.
I discovered Leeming LUT for Sony A7 III HLG through this video and so far I'm loving it. Before that I was messing around with various settings and Picture Profile but I was never happy with the result. After this video I decided to keep it simple and shoot with a default HLG3 (just -7 on detail) and apply the technical Leeming LUT. The result is great. Instead of fighting with lumetri to get accurate colors, now with one click I'm at a very good starting point. Thank you for your work Gerald!
As someone who has wasted some time collecting traditional degrees and am a latecomer to the “University of UA-cam,” I can confidently say you are one of my favorite “professors.”
3 years after this video is released and it's the most useful one I have found on this subject. Thank you for the Leeming LUT Recommendation. I have been shooting in HLG3 for a while now and my colour correction is... frankly, shocking. Thank you so much.
Gerald! Everyone has been screaming your name in my ear for the past few weeks so I'm finally checking it out! First of all, thanks for giving my looks a run-through and for the little "shout out" type thing (wasn't expecting it and it was a total surprise!). Much appreciated and glad I didn't get totally shit on in this video HAHA! Second, you're doing awesome work man. I don't have it in me to put this much thorough testing and planning into my videos so I'm going to start referring to your videos for this sort of thing. Third, you've almost sold me on HLG3 but for some reason I just cant get COLORS that I'm happy with (even your videos are sliiigghhttllyyy too magenta for my taste) whereas with my Cine4, it just works [for me] (as far as color - dynamic range is another thing). While a little more dynamic range would be nice, I think an easier process is more what I'm after. I guess I'll just have to play with it more and see how it goes. Also on that note, I tampered with the HLG3 settings based on Scott Jeschke's profile, which is why the knee is changed. I think I'll try the default profile and see how that goes. Lastly, SUBBED! Nice stuff my dude!
Hey, Cody! Nice to see ya 'round these parts. 😃 I really appreciate the compliments. And thanks for being cool about me reviewing your settings. I think your videos look good, so keep doing what you're comfortable with. And thanks for the sub, dude! 🙏👊
I'm with you about the difficulty with getting the best COLORS using HLG. It's got great dynamic range, but is no good for grading. It seems like shooting in Cine and getting the best image in-camera is the way to go (while working with the Sony 8-Bit footage).
@@geraldundone Scott Jeschke's been talking a lot about HLG settings and his stuff isn't as clear as yours. your depth and clarity into this topic is amazing. Thank you!
I've watched this video so many times over the past year, and I find it's like learning a new language. If you keep watching, and if you keep working on your craft, eventually it starts to make sense. You start to have the ability to understand what's going on. Finally, today, after revisiting this, I put all of the default settings back in my picture profiles for my a6400, and my footage looks so much better now, when I go into DaVinci Resolve and fix everything myself. Thanks so much for all of the amazing knowledge you put out there into the universe, it's really quite amazing.
There are more useful information in this video than in all the ones I've seen in almost 1 year. Seriously Gerald this is a must see for everyone. Also you are able to explain with ease complex topics that otherwise I think shouldn't be explained at all if not with numbers, which most of us are not really familiar with. As a novice video maker I'm always looking for technical stuff. And this is one of the best source of it!
Leeming Luts are the best input luts I've personally used, like you mentioned if your exposure is on point it comes out great. The best thing with HLG3 I've noticed is its forgiveness even if you have to expose slightly off. Once the input lut is applied you can really bring back detail while reducing noise in low light. Great video Gerald!
More specifically, what saturation value would you suggest to counter the extra that HLG3 brings? Excuse me if this has already been answered elsewhere. BTW, been diggin your channel for some time now! Cheers.
I think this is the 5th time watching this video within 1-2 years of time. It's just so refreshing and it's kinda like a wholesome guide for Picture Profile !
This is outstanding. Especially for Sony shooters struggling with grading in post. I was actually pausing this and taking notes. Feel free to make more, and go into as much detail as you want. Thanks so much!
Just found your channel. The way you change the image to demonstrate what you're talkimg about WHILE you are talking is SICK! I haven't seen anyone else do that and you really informed me a lot here. I have been using Sony cameras for 4 years and consider myself an expert on them, and yet this was highly informative for me. Thank you so much.
@@geraldundone been watching so many of your videos, and as a video editor I can see all the extra work you put into your videos "I'll show you a side by side in a moment" and flashing back to some previous version of a program so we can see the differemce in color sliders. That is a lot of care and detail. VERY MUCH appreciated. Thank you.
Man, trying to find info on technical LUTs to correct footage rather than stylistically altering them has been an absolute battle - until this video. Also, your video on making vocals pop completely turned around my audio mixing for narrated real estate walk-throughs. Thanks for providing such incredible info mate
Shooting videos is a hobby for me, mainly because I like how technical it gets. I've learned a lot of details from this video and this channel. Big thanks!
Dude as someone who is just getting into video your channel has been such a great resource. I love how organized your videos are it's saved me SO much time!
So I just switched from Cody blue’s profile to HLG3 bt.2020. It is completely different and sooo much more versatile. I still love the CB profile and I think it’s great for quick personal videos, but hlg3 is AMAZING for dynamic range and grading. I feel like I unlocked my cameras potential, especially with my shogun inferno and ninja V
This explanation was phenomenal. I just recently bought an a7iii and used the CodyBlue/Josh profiles and got annoyed of how messed up the skin colors were. Your explanation of how everything works and I feel so much happier now. Easy subscription in my opinion. Ty
@@geraldundone Great Video!!! I love having accurate color out of camera. However, I would still like to be able to have the ability to recreate Canon color. Have you tested custom profiles (like EOSHD V4, Totolovision, etc.) for Sony (A7iii specifically) and have you found that any of them match well to eos standard? I am asking this for video purposes as I obviously can't shoot raw (where I could use something like adobe color) and would like the canon color for skin tones and certain environments.
Thanks for explaining everything in layman’s terms. Colour grading videos isn’t something most of us are very familiar with. Your videos are of great help.
Finally a proper expert who happens to also be an excellent, concise communicator and crafty filmmaker to boot. Power to your elbows. So many hacks and wannabes out there, rushing to teach with little knowledge. Great to find you. Outstanding. People would pay good money for this level of expertise. You should be teaching/ lecturing at film school or privately.
man , i just recently stumbled upon you, dude, you are impressive , thanks for all this massive work you are putting in to creating this content. Thank you very much man. You deserve 10 times your followers but don’t worry, word of your work is spreading.
Coming from someone that has spent hours the last few weeks watching different recommended A7III profiles, I really appreciate this. And thanks for not pushing lut packs on people like seemingly every other cinema youtuber is nowadays.
I wish this was the only video that came under my search results when trying to understand picture profiles..... Thank you so much for this..... can’t stress enough how good, informative and easy to understand this video is 👍🏽❤️
Hey Gerald, I love your videos. I love your videos. And while I am not a videographer I work with color spaces quite a bit at the software level for both editing and playback. I think something you may have glossed over in this video is that 8 bit and bt.2020 should never be mixed. bt.2020 covers nearly 76% of the CIE color space while rec.709 only covers about 36% of CIE. Since you get more than double the hues in each color primary you need at least 9 bit color to prevent significant banding, colors that appear within rec.709 will be lost and essentially skipped over when shooting bt.2020. I don’t think that this would be a significant issue when shooting in your studio, but you may even find that in your shirt you may see banding. But it may be the case that running through premier may help. If you want to shoot rec.2020 I would avoid Sony Alpha cameras and get something like what Gerald uses with the GH5, or XT-3, Nikon z6, Panasonic S1, or even the EOS R, all of which can shoot 10 bit either internally or through HDMI.
A very insightful comment, thanks Jesse. So shooting in an 8-bit camera on BT.2020 (as required by the Leeming LUT mentioned in this video for transforming it into the REC709 colorspace) will actually result in not only a loss in colour but also significant banding? As such, we should use REC709 from the get-go?
THANKS - A - TON. I like how professional and documented your content is. Very relevant info here. I'm just a video enthousiaste as I need it to showcase what I do (I'm a drummer), and this is helping a lot.
Just went ahead and followed two of your tutorials: this one and the other one regarding Sony image profiles. I also used Leeming LUT (LHG) in Final Cut X. The results are stunning. There is such a BIG difference in image quality! Now HLG profile + Leeming LUT ++ is an inseparable part of my workflow. Thank you so much Gerald! I'm not sure if many of your followers will be interested in this, but it would be so great if you shared your thoughts and practice on how to translate effects/presets that you/we often use into your/our own LUTs, in FCPX, Premiere, etc. Thank you and all the best! Keep up amazing work!
Just found you as I’m looking to convert from canon to Sony after renting an a7iii. I absolutely love the technical detail you go into even if some of it goes over my head. Also just watched your super moon video with the black magic which is just sick.
Very nice video! I’m just getting into HLG3 on my Sony ZVE10 and this video answered more questions and taught me more than I was expecting when I started it. I love the quick pace and lack of cheesy jokes! I’m a new fan. Well done.
Gerald, great and educational video as always. I like your presentation. Direct to the point and really based on experience and real world. And you back off your points with actual footage or whatever you did in post. I would like to ask you to do a video on video terms. Some of us are still ignorant on some terms. For example, gamma, black gamma, knee, etc. If you can make a presentation on those and give your own thoughts to its importance and how it plays out in the bigger scheme of things, it would help. Thanks again! PS - looking forward to seeing your 100,000 subscribers this year! :)
I think Gerald is like the Einstein of camera UA-cam channels, the speed at which he can explain so many fairly technical subjects in an easy to understand way is so impressive.
To watch an 18 minute Undone video, and really understand it all, actually takes an hour or more. Me: "Wait, what? Back up again. Ahhhh!! Okay, go on. Wait, stop. Back up. What? Ohhhh!!! Okay go."
Haha. Thanks, Bill! That's one of the benefits of the platform for sure. You can make the video fast, but the viewer can take it in at whatever speed they want. Cheers!
Gerald. I don’t think I’m overstating to say that you (also, Caleb Pike) are a godsend. I hope one day to see you two in heated battle due to miscommunication as a plot device, only to join forces in the third act to defeat your true enemy. You know, like Batman vs. Superman but good. Thanks for working to lay a strong foundation for creators everywhere. It’s so easy to get overwhelmed with the abundance of resources available.
Ironically, the Mission Hub is the sponsor with all this Jesus talk. Jesus. I don't see Jesus Christ. I see a nerdy Thor with an amazing camera knowledge.
I have Gamma set at HLG 2 & my Gamma set for BT2020 for my Sony VZ E10 body Or setting my A7111 up at gamma of HLG1 Would you know the guidelines these settings for HLG Black level Knee saturation Color phase Color Depth Detail Copy
I absolutely love how your delivery of information is varied enough to keep it engaging, but ZERO waffle. I honestly don't know if you're speaking from a script, or magically devoid of the standard 'uhs and umms' the rest of us suffer from. Regardless, excellent stuff. You're my go-to source for this type of thing, and while I've looked around at different tutorial and review vids/pages, nobody gives as accurate and scope-related data as you. Thank you! It's deeply appreciated.
Dude you are amazing, I cannot belive UA-cam is filtering and pushing other junk videos over yours. You provide clear and straightforward info, without this disruptive "LUT" promotion of the other tutorials.
Great video! You mentioned to never use in camera sharpening, and said that it's better to do in PP. However, I've heard great things about Sony's sharpening algorithms, especially in their newer cameras. Perhaps it's worth doing a comparison of in camera sharpening vs. PP sharpening, of a few different camera brands? Maybe GH5, A73, EOS R, Z6, an A7S2 to see generational improvement to the A73, or whatever you have lying around. This could be useful for those who need footage straight out of camera, and could potentially save some processing time if in camera sharpening is actually good.
Thanks for the suggestion--it's a good one. Interestingly is I don't really sharpen in post either. I find with 4K it's generally plenty sharp enough and you avoid that digital look by not sharpening. None of my shots on any of the cameras have any sharpening if that's worth anything to use as a test.
I know you already know because everyone else is saying the same. But your knowledge is just so powerful and I sincerely thank you for taking the time to share it. I love getting to know my gear better and better so I can more efficiently do my job, and since discovering you my understanding has increased exponentially. I appreciate it!
I’m totally ready to buy the A7iii LUTs but wanted to know if this eliminates the need to analyze a color checker in DaVinci Resolve for perfect color representation. From my limited understanding, colors react differently in relationship to each other in different lighting conditions so do these LUTs somehow bring that accuracy from all shooting conditions? Or is it simply the best average correction for accuracy in most situations? Thanks! Great work, both of you! Learning a lot.
@@mannyzarate I can not answer with his professionalism, but I believe that the LUTS only correct for color, with the gamma values untouched. So you should be fine with shooting in all the hlg profiles. they have all worked well for me.
I love your straight-forward delivery and no-BS, knowledge-packed content. It's very similar to how I try to deliver tutorials in the audio production realm, and it's always heartening to see someone else who appreciates dispensing with the fluff and going in straight for the empirical data. As a thoroughly overwhelmed newbie videographer, I'm stoked to have run into your channel. Instant sub.
Gerald Undone when I add the Leeming Lut my HLG3 footage becomes underexposed and I have to add +2 to the exposure to get it back to where it was. I’m worried that this is adding noise. I have the setting exactly how the manual prescribes
@@horiz0nc hey there! So it took me awhile to realize but the settings in the manual/set up are really important. Basically, you’ll be exposing to the right, as opposed to exposing to the middle with the usual process. When you expose enough to the right , just before the zebras start showing up, you should be good when you apply the LUT. It may look darker than you how you remember recording it, but I watched another video explaining how the camera monitor adds arbitrary brightness so basically what your seeing in camera is not exactly what’s being recorded. I figured I didn’t want that HDR footage where highlights are stretched to the 100 and shadows touching down to 0. Long story short, expose to the right and watch your waveform! Hope that helps
Overexposing is the wrong terminology. You should use ETTR (exposure to the right), so make the image as bright as possible without clipping the highlights.
My brain literally just exploded in my head LOL your knowledge of color science is incredibly impressive I am a very busy real estate videographer and I have found that using my Sony cameras shooting in neutral gives me by far the best results and as long as I can get away with keeping my iso as low as possible I can bring up the mid tones in post and get a ton of detail back in high contrast situations. depending on the project sometimes I go really punchy with my colors because it matches the house and sometimes I desaturate the heck out of the project because it flows better with the mood of the home I feel like the longer I’ve been in this business the more I haveI learned to simplify LOL. I don’t have to deal with skin tones very often in my line of work so I guess that makes it easier and allows more creative freedom. One thing after watching this video I have discovered I have so much to learn. You are a rockstar man
Outstanding! It's not just how great the information is but also how you keep improving your delivery over time. Great job! Is it weird that I keep signing along with the jingle? Even when using headphones, my fiance sees your face and starts "dirnt dirnt Gerald Undone dirnt-dirnt-dirnt " 😂
Just subscribed. The most vital thing for me is adjusting the settings for the PP and realizing that I’m copying settings from people who shoot completely different from me. This is great info you are giving out
Thank you for being concise and to the point with your content. The fact that you don't have a music bed makes this way more serious and educational (which for this type of video makes perfect sense). Thank you.
I hate all of this. Why must you consistently perpetuate the idea that knowledge, technique, and eventual learned skill, are the most painstaking and yet best route to follow? 😂😂😂🖤🖤🖤
Finally someone who talks about knee! i always see youtubers talking about 80% but in my tests i found that it gives unnatural highlight rolloff. right now i am about 97,5% knee but i am not sure what would really be the best settings to get a natural highlight rolloff.
Yeah, he's worth 300K, _but_ then he won't be able to be this responsive haha. It's natural, and I've seen it with many good Tubers who develop from 20-30K to 100K+ for ex. Not that I need a response, otherwise I'd ask for a 1+1 paid tuition when guys are on that level. Amazing value here.
Yeah, he's worth 300K, _but_ then he won't be able to be this responsive haha. It's natural, and I've seen it with many good Tubers who develop from 20-30K to 100K+ for ex. Not that I need a response, otherwise I'd ask for a 1+1 paid tuition when guys are on that level. Amazing value here.
Excellent! This was very helpful. One less thing to worry about. Just pick the one profile that works best for my style, and shoot. One less concern, and I can focus on what really matters.
Thank you for the great video! I’ve switched to HLG with the Leeming LUTs you recommenced and my grading time has hugely reduced... used to shoot SLog3 and grade everything by hand including core colour correction. Thank you!
Yeah man, I do like to think that I understand a wide a variate of topics in regards to the technical aspect of photography but you really put words and expressions on this that makes it easy to understand. I am in awe, keep this good work up!
You have all the answers I've been looking for the past two years. I've been experimenting and suddenly you come up with all this amazing content with all the answers to my experiments. Thank you so much!
This is an excellent video. Just a note that the suggested workflow for FCP is incorrect, doing it that way will give you issues and doesn’t really work. Need to apply a “camera lut” instead of the color space over ride. Like was done in PP.
Great video and explanation. I just sold my Canon 80d and picked up the A7III. Man I wish I watched this earlier today. I literally just bought those EOSHD picture profiles and they are way too contrasty and the skin tones are way less accurate than the default picture profile 1. I did pick up the leeming luts and setup my profiles for that and ordered my grey card from amazon. Please keep these videos coming. This is invaluable especially to someone like me that has been using Technicolor Cinistyle. This camera is so impressive and you are helping me unlock its potential.
@@geraldundone Following up, I've been following the Leeming LUTs guide and your suggestions and have been getting great results with all of the different profiles. Thanks again. On a side note, I have about 25 Philips Hue lights (basically my whole house is retrofitted with them) and I can't seem to find a shutter/FPS combination that will entirely eliminate banding. It is super frustrating. I never even noticed an issue on my Canon 80d. Not sure if you have heard of this issue but it is disappointing to say the least. I have thousands of dollars in lights and they make my video look like crap.. Maybe you could do a video on Hue and Mirrorless cameras?
Just got the a6400 and I'm now messing around with HLG2 and goodness...this was soo helpful! So much knowledge that'll help me with color grading! Thanks Gerald! New to your channel so this is amazing! Glad I subscribed!
Hay Sues Christ!! I sold my A7iii pre-covid and didn't think much of it's video capabilities. After watching you video I realized that SLog3 was "as recommended by another great video creator" was probably my main problem. I am less than a beginner with video anyway, but thanks to your video, I will certainly be picking up another Sony Full Frame. Thanks for this content sir.
Yessss! Thank you. I've been so concerned with finding the "perfect" picture profile settings and essentially copying templates for a quick solution. I know now I simply must educate myself on how electronic devices manage colour data and how this is displayed in editing tools to become more efficient at a consistent look. Thanks Gerald!
This is the exact type of video I'm subscribed for haha. Every time we get one of these videos I get so pumped, tons of knowledge of the subject presented at the perfect speed, in an entertaining way.
Thank you Gerald, Usual quality job. The time and effort that you put into this and other videos shows. Even as a non-Sony user, I still found the information useful. Feel better.
"It's always going to come down to practice and patience..." Amen, Gerald. Awesome work here and super useful--you have saved me countless hours of fumbling first. Thanks man! ✌
Great. Video. Can't thank you enough. You belong to those kind of youtubers who feels like they genuinely care about teaching, not just selling merch. Kuddos.
I learned so much about the camera setting in the last 19 minutes as compared to the last 1 month watching everything else on youtube. You're awesome and you deserve way more followers than this.
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I've watched endless videos on Picture Profiles for the A7III, trying to find one that actually discusses the difference between BT.2020 and REC.709 -- as well as S-LOG2 vs the HLG profiles -- and man, you've done it! Keep up the amazing work!
I am really, really, really grateful for finding this channel.
It's hard to believe you still scroll through your comments section. I hope your channel will be a really big channel someday. Cause if it doesn't, there is something really wrong in this world LoL! I always fascinated by how deep your knowledge is, and how deep you dive into the stuff you're talking about. That is a rare thing these days... Most of them just speak about something interesting to people without the willing to dig it down to the core like you do. You are a blessing to this community. Keep up the good work.
Do you know why HLG footage looks darker when they're in premiere pro timeline?
Same!
i go back to this video every 2-3 months, each time finding something new and useful as i gradually explore different shooting styles
thanks a lot
You seriously have one of the best channels on UA-cam. Always a pleasure to watch and very informative. Thanks a ton for all the time you put into this!
Thanks, Shon! Appreciate the kind words.
Yep...ditto that! Love the pace and the examples to back your knowledge. I'm always learning more about my a6400 with G Undone.
My Level: Human
This video Level: Legendary Super Saiyan
My understanding of this video: Will play in repeat at 0.5 speed for the next 3 1/2 months..... I'll let you know.
the amazing thing about this guy is he makes complicated, simple with his explanations.
The best thing I have ever watched for picture profiles after flip flopping between different advice for months - You're the man!
Cheers! Really appreciate that.
I discovered Leeming LUT for Sony A7 III HLG through this video and so far I'm loving it.
Before that I was messing around with various settings and Picture Profile but I was never happy with the result.
After this video I decided to keep it simple and shoot with a default HLG3 (just -7 on detail) and apply the technical Leeming LUT. The result is great. Instead of fighting with lumetri to get accurate colors, now with one click I'm at a very good starting point.
Thank you for your work Gerald!
Awesome! I'm glad to hear it's working out for you. Thanks for the update and the kind words.
Fabio, are you putting the LUT in the input or creative spots in Premiere?
@@TheFosterJourney Put it in the creative spot.
@@wtboop thanks, mate!
As someone who has wasted some time collecting traditional degrees and am a latecomer to the “University of UA-cam,” I can confidently say you are one of my favorite “professors.”
Thank you very much! That's very kind. Cheers!
Freaking wow, dude.. I'm speechless. I feel like I just watched the most Epic Sony explanation video ever!..
Big compliment! I'm honoured. Thanks!
Seriously...answers I couldn’t find anywhere else for months and he sum it all up in this vid!!!
Watching in .5 slow speed 😂
3 years after this video is released and it's the most useful one I have found on this subject. Thank you for the Leeming LUT Recommendation. I have been shooting in HLG3 for a while now and my colour correction is... frankly, shocking. Thank you so much.
Gerald! Everyone has been screaming your name in my ear for the past few weeks so I'm finally checking it out!
First of all, thanks for giving my looks a run-through and for the little "shout out" type thing (wasn't expecting it and it was a total surprise!). Much appreciated and glad I didn't get totally shit on in this video HAHA!
Second, you're doing awesome work man. I don't have it in me to put this much thorough testing and planning into my videos so I'm going to start referring to your videos for this sort of thing.
Third, you've almost sold me on HLG3 but for some reason I just cant get COLORS that I'm happy with (even your videos are sliiigghhttllyyy too magenta for my taste) whereas with my Cine4, it just works [for me] (as far as color - dynamic range is another thing). While a little more dynamic range would be nice, I think an easier process is more what I'm after. I guess I'll just have to play with it more and see how it goes. Also on that note, I tampered with the HLG3 settings based on Scott Jeschke's profile, which is why the knee is changed. I think I'll try the default profile and see how that goes.
Lastly, SUBBED! Nice stuff my dude!
Hey, Cody! Nice to see ya 'round these parts. 😃
I really appreciate the compliments. And thanks for being cool about me reviewing your settings.
I think your videos look good, so keep doing what you're comfortable with.
And thanks for the sub, dude! 🙏👊
I'm with you about the difficulty with getting the best COLORS using HLG. It's got great dynamic range, but is no good for grading. It seems like shooting in Cine and getting the best image in-camera is the way to go (while working with the Sony 8-Bit footage).
@@geraldundone Scott Jeschke's been talking a lot about HLG settings and his stuff isn't as clear as yours. your depth and clarity into this topic is amazing. Thank you!
Is this for masters only? LoL... Nice to see 2 masters exchanging their opinion and compliments on one comment section...
I've watched this video so many times over the past year, and I find it's like learning a new language. If you keep watching, and if you keep working on your craft, eventually it starts to make sense. You start to have the ability to understand what's going on. Finally, today, after revisiting this, I put all of the default settings back in my picture profiles for my a6400, and my footage looks so much better now, when I go into DaVinci Resolve and fix everything myself. Thanks so much for all of the amazing knowledge you put out there into the universe, it's really quite amazing.
There are more useful information in this video than in all the ones I've seen in almost 1 year. Seriously Gerald this is a must see for everyone. Also you are able to explain with ease complex topics that otherwise I think shouldn't be explained at all if not with numbers, which most of us are not really familiar with. As a novice video maker I'm always looking for technical stuff. And this is one of the best source of it!
That's a big compliment! Thank you so much. I'm really glad you're enjoying these videos.
This 18 minute video taught me more than several days of binging articles and other videos on color grading and picture profiles
Leeming Luts are the best input luts I've personally used, like you mentioned if your exposure is on point it comes out great. The best thing with HLG3 I've noticed is its forgiveness even if you have to expose slightly off. Once the input lut is applied you can really bring back detail while reducing noise in low light. Great video Gerald!
Agreed! He does outstanding work. Thanks for your comment and kind words!
How do you use HLG3 in the Sony with Leeming Luts HLG to 709? The same way as you would use HLG?
More specifically, what saturation value would you suggest to counter the extra that HLG3 brings? Excuse me if this has already been answered elsewhere. BTW, been diggin your channel for some time now! Cheers.
@@OK-DANIEL Did you ever find the answer?
I think this is the 5th time watching this video within 1-2 years of time. It's just so refreshing and it's kinda like a wholesome guide for Picture Profile !
This is outstanding. Especially for Sony shooters struggling with grading in post. I was actually pausing this and taking notes. Feel free to make more, and go into as much detail as you want. Thanks so much!
Thanks, Stephen! I'm glad it was so useful. Cheers!
Just found your channel. The way you change the image to demonstrate what you're talkimg about WHILE you are talking is SICK! I haven't seen anyone else do that and you really informed me a lot here. I have been using Sony cameras for 4 years and consider myself an expert on them, and yet this was highly informative for me. Thank you so much.
Really appreciate this comment. Thank you!
@@geraldundone been watching so many of your videos, and as a video editor I can see all the extra work you put into your videos "I'll show you a side by side in a moment" and flashing back to some previous version of a program so we can see the differemce in color sliders. That is a lot of care and detail. VERY MUCH appreciated. Thank you.
Man, trying to find info on technical LUTs to correct footage rather than stylistically altering them has been an absolute battle - until this video. Also, your video on making vocals pop completely turned around my audio mixing for narrated real estate walk-throughs. Thanks for providing such incredible info mate
Thanks a lot, Doug! I'm really glad these videos are useful. Thanks for taking the time to say so. Cheers!
Shooting videos is a hobby for me, mainly because I like how technical it gets. I've learned a lot of details from this video and this channel. Big thanks!
Thanks a lot. Appreciate the comment.
Just a quick note. The Leeming lut is available for HLG3 now as well. Not just the base HLG.
Dude as someone who is just getting into video your channel has been such a great resource. I love how organized your videos are it's saved me SO much time!
So I just switched from Cody blue’s profile to HLG3 bt.2020. It is completely different and sooo much more versatile. I still love the CB profile and I think it’s great for quick personal videos, but hlg3 is AMAZING for dynamic range and grading. I feel like I unlocked my cameras potential, especially with my shogun inferno and ninja V
This explanation was phenomenal. I just recently bought an a7iii and used the CodyBlue/Josh profiles and got annoyed of how messed up the skin colors were. Your explanation of how everything works and I feel so much happier now. Easy subscription in my opinion. Ty
Thank you! Always happy to have a new subscriber. Cheers!
Wow finally someone is kind enough to actually share actual useful info!!! Subscribed!
Thanks! Always happy to have a new subscriber!
@@geraldundone Great Video!!! I love having accurate color out of camera. However, I would still like to be able to have the ability to recreate Canon color. Have you tested custom profiles (like EOSHD V4, Totolovision, etc.) for Sony (A7iii specifically) and have you found that any of them match well to eos standard? I am asking this for video purposes as I obviously can't shoot raw (where I could use something like adobe color) and would like the canon color for skin tones and certain environments.
Thanks for explaining everything in layman’s terms. Colour grading videos isn’t something most of us are very familiar with. Your videos are of great help.
Thanks for saying that. I'm happy to help!
When you think you know and understand picture profiles... then you watch this and realise you knew nothing. AMAZING video as always dude! 🙌
Finally a proper expert who happens to also be an excellent, concise communicator and crafty filmmaker to boot. Power to your elbows. So many hacks and wannabes out there, rushing to teach with little knowledge. Great to find you. Outstanding. People would pay good money for this level of expertise. You should be teaching/ lecturing at film school or privately.
Thank you for your kind words and encouragement. Appreciate it! Cheers.
man , i just recently stumbled upon you, dude, you are impressive , thanks for all this massive work you are putting in to creating this content. Thank you very much man. You deserve 10 times your followers but don’t worry, word of your work is spreading.
Thanks, Ricardo! That's very kind and I really appreciate it.
Coming from someone that has spent hours the last few weeks watching different recommended A7III profiles, I really appreciate this. And thanks for not pushing lut packs on people like seemingly every other cinema youtuber is nowadays.
Thanks for saying so. I'm glad it was helpful!
@@geraldundone Just to be clear you dont recommend using SLOG3 on the A7III at all correct?
Wow! Gerald is Really putting all the PP dialogue to rest. Now we finally know.
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I wish this was the only video that came under my search results when trying to understand picture profiles..... Thank you so much for this..... can’t stress enough how good, informative and easy to understand this video is 👍🏽❤️
Hey Gerald, I love your videos. I love your videos. And while I am not a videographer I work with color spaces quite a bit at the software level for both editing and playback.
I think something you may have glossed over in this video is that 8 bit and bt.2020 should never be mixed. bt.2020 covers nearly 76% of the CIE color space while rec.709 only covers about 36% of CIE.
Since you get more than double the hues in each color primary you need at least 9 bit color to prevent significant banding, colors that appear within rec.709 will be lost and essentially skipped over when shooting bt.2020.
I don’t think that this would be a significant issue when shooting in your studio, but you may even find that in your shirt you may see banding. But it may be the case that running through premier may help.
If you want to shoot rec.2020 I would avoid Sony Alpha cameras and get something like what Gerald uses with the GH5, or XT-3, Nikon z6, Panasonic S1, or even the EOS R, all of which can shoot 10 bit either internally or through HDMI.
A very insightful comment, thanks Jesse. So shooting in an 8-bit camera on BT.2020 (as required by the Leeming LUT mentioned in this video for transforming it into the REC709 colorspace) will actually result in not only a loss in colour but also significant banding? As such, we should use REC709 from the get-go?
Amazing. Seriously. Your clarity is unmatched and youre hyper concise. Youre the hero we dont deserve. Thank you.
THANKS - A - TON. I like how professional and documented your content is. Very relevant info here. I'm just a video enthousiaste as I need it to showcase what I do (I'm a drummer), and this is helping a lot.
Do you know why HLG footage looks darker when they're in premiere pro timeline?
Just went ahead and followed two of your tutorials: this one and the other one regarding Sony image profiles. I also used Leeming LUT (LHG) in Final Cut X. The results are stunning. There is such a BIG difference in image quality! Now HLG profile + Leeming LUT ++ is an inseparable part of my workflow. Thank you so much Gerald!
I'm not sure if many of your followers will be interested in this, but it would be so great if you shared your thoughts and practice on how to translate effects/presets that you/we often use into your/our own LUTs, in FCPX, Premiere, etc.
Thank you and all the best! Keep up amazing work!
Thanks for the update! I'm really happy you're having success with my suggestions. Appreciate the comment.
Just found you as I’m looking to convert from canon to Sony after renting an a7iii. I absolutely love the technical detail you go into even if some of it goes over my head. Also just watched your super moon video with the black magic which is just sick.
Hey! Awesome. Glad you found the channel and that you're digging the content. Cheers!
Very nice video! I’m just getting into HLG3 on my Sony ZVE10 and this video answered more questions and taught me more than I was expecting when I started it. I love the quick pace and lack of cheesy jokes! I’m a new fan. Well done.
Gerald, great and educational video as always. I like your presentation. Direct to the point and really based on experience and real world. And you back off your points with actual footage or whatever you did in post.
I would like to ask you to do a video on video terms. Some of us are still ignorant on some terms. For example, gamma, black gamma, knee, etc. If you can make a presentation on those and give your own thoughts to its importance and how it plays out in the bigger scheme of things, it would help.
Thanks again!
PS - looking forward to seeing your 100,000 subscribers this year! :)
Thanks for the kind words. That's a great idea for a video and I appreciate the suggestion!
@@geraldundone Would really be great, hearing your thoughts on the other settings like Mel i asking about. Black gamme, knee and so on!
I think Gerald is like the Einstein of camera UA-cam channels, the speed at which he can explain so many fairly technical subjects in an easy to understand way is so impressive.
Thank you very much! That's very kind of you to say. I'm glad you love the videos!
To watch an 18 minute Undone video, and really understand it all, actually takes an hour or more. Me: "Wait, what? Back up again. Ahhhh!! Okay, go on. Wait, stop. Back up. What? Ohhhh!!! Okay go."
Haha. Thanks, Bill! That's one of the benefits of the platform for sure. You can make the video fast, but the viewer can take it in at whatever speed they want. Cheers!
Gerald. I don’t think I’m overstating to say that you (also, Caleb Pike) are a godsend. I hope one day to see you two in heated battle due to miscommunication as a plot device, only to join forces in the third act to defeat your true enemy.
You know, like Batman vs. Superman but good.
Thanks for working to lay a strong foundation for creators everywhere. It’s so easy to get overwhelmed with the abundance of resources available.
Thanks, Enriko! Love this comment. Yeah, Caleb is the man!
Thanks for the support!
Jesus Christ Undone. That some hell of a knowledge. Well done!
Ironically, the Mission Hub is the sponsor with all this Jesus talk. Jesus. I don't see Jesus Christ. I see a nerdy Thor with an amazing camera knowledge.
@@waynedewho Best answer ever.
Do you know why HLG footage looks darker when they're in premiere pro timeline?
I have Gamma set at HLG 2 & my Gamma set for BT2020
for my Sony VZ E10 body
Or setting my A7111 up at gamma of HLG1
Would you know the guidelines
these settings for HLG
Black level
Knee
saturation
Color phase
Color Depth
Detail
Copy
I absolutely love how your delivery of information is varied enough to keep it engaging, but ZERO waffle.
I honestly don't know if you're speaking from a script, or magically devoid of the standard 'uhs and umms' the rest of us suffer from.
Regardless, excellent stuff. You're my go-to source for this type of thing, and while I've looked around at different tutorial and review vids/pages, nobody gives as accurate and scope-related data as you.
Thank you! It's deeply appreciated.
Thanks so much, Jared! That's really kind and encouraging and I really appreciate it. Cheers! 😃🙏
I loved this video 😍 it's so amazing how 18 min flies when you have a great presentation! So many questions answered in one video! Great job!👏😁
Thanks so much! That's really kind. Cheers!
GREAT video. There is no substitute for actually learning about color science, color grading, and developing skills to create your own looks.
You're the Sony Messiah for plain mortals man! Thanks so much!
Dude you are amazing, I cannot belive UA-cam is filtering and pushing other junk videos over yours. You provide clear and straightforward info, without this disruptive "LUT" promotion of the other tutorials.
Great video! You mentioned to never use in camera sharpening, and said that it's better to do in PP. However, I've heard great things about Sony's sharpening algorithms, especially in their newer cameras. Perhaps it's worth doing a comparison of in camera sharpening vs. PP sharpening, of a few different camera brands? Maybe GH5, A73, EOS R, Z6, an A7S2 to see generational improvement to the A73, or whatever you have lying around. This could be useful for those who need footage straight out of camera, and could potentially save some processing time if in camera sharpening is actually good.
Thanks for the suggestion--it's a good one. Interestingly is I don't really sharpen in post either. I find with 4K it's generally plenty sharp enough and you avoid that digital look by not sharpening. None of my shots on any of the cameras have any sharpening if that's worth anything to use as a test.
I know you already know because everyone else is saying the same. But your knowledge is just so powerful and I sincerely thank you for taking the time to share it. I love getting to know my gear better and better so I can more efficiently do my job, and since discovering you my understanding has increased exponentially. I appreciate it!
Thanks, Jack! That's very kind. I'm glad these videos are helping. Cheers!
Thanks for the excellent video Gerald!! I was wondering where the uptick in sales came from this morning! :D
Happy to recommend them, Paul! You do an excellent job.
@@geraldundone Just purchased your Sony luts Saturday. Already helping me so much! I will consider buying the other luts come wedding season!
I’m totally ready to buy the A7iii LUTs but wanted to know if this eliminates the need to analyze a color checker in DaVinci Resolve for perfect color representation. From my limited understanding, colors react differently in relationship to each other in different lighting conditions so do these LUTs somehow bring that accuracy from all shooting conditions? Or is it simply the best average correction for accuracy in most situations? Thanks! Great work, both of you! Learning a lot.
@@mannyzarate I can not answer with his professionalism, but I believe that the LUTS only correct for color, with the gamma values untouched. So you should be fine with shooting in all the hlg profiles. they have all worked well for me.
@@mannyzarate I just released the Pro version. The settings have changed but you can easily see them on my website in the pdf guide 👍 Cheers!
Only discovered this channel this year. Brilliant content. I'm a professional filmmaker but amateur videographer, and you teach me stuff. Excellent.
I'm happy you did! Thank you. Cheers!
Hey. I can't stop watching Camera Conspiracies since you gave him a shout out. Now I need to find some time to catch up on your stuff
Haha. That backfired! 😜
I love your straight-forward delivery and no-BS, knowledge-packed content. It's very similar to how I try to deliver tutorials in the audio production realm, and it's always heartening to see someone else who appreciates dispensing with the fluff and going in straight for the empirical data. As a thoroughly overwhelmed newbie videographer, I'm stoked to have run into your channel. Instant sub.
+1 for Leeming luts.
That's it.
That's all I got. Oh and....hope you throat feel better soon.
Also I think "purple-y" is my new favorite world
Thanks and thanks. I'm feeling a little better today. Hopefully my next video will sound normal.
And yeah, purple-y / purply all the way!
Gerald Undone when I add the Leeming Lut my HLG3 footage becomes underexposed and I have to add +2 to the exposure to get it back to where it was. I’m worried that this is adding noise. I have the setting exactly how the manual prescribes
@@theantoniosilva I have the same issue. Did you already find a good solution for it?
@@horiz0nc hey there! So it took me awhile to realize but the settings in the manual/set up are really important. Basically, you’ll be exposing to the right, as opposed to exposing to the middle with the usual process. When you expose enough to the right , just before the zebras start showing up, you should be good when you apply the LUT. It may look darker than you how you remember recording it, but I watched another video explaining how the camera monitor adds arbitrary brightness so basically what your seeing in camera is not exactly what’s being recorded. I figured I didn’t want that HDR footage where highlights are stretched to the 100 and shadows touching down to 0. Long story short, expose to the right and watch your waveform! Hope that helps
There's about a weeks worth of knowledge in every single one of your 15 minute videos.
Huge compliment, Sam! Really appreciate it. Thanks a lot.
Real eye-opening content, amazingly well said and it makes so much sense. Thanks a lot Gerald!
Thanks so much! My pleasure.
Wow, this video is like 100 episodes of “how do they do it?”. I’m really impressed 🤩
I’m a couple years late, but it felt like this video was an entire class.
With HLG profiles, do you need to overexpose as you do with SLog?
Yes you do need to, most people say about one stop but it depends
Overexposing is the wrong terminology. You should use ETTR (exposure to the right), so make the image as bright as possible without clipping the highlights.
You are the only one I listen to at 1X speed on youtube. So much info. Thank you!
Thanks a million for answering my question 🙏🏽🙏🏽😊😊😊😊
You're very welcome! My pleasure.
Do you know why HLG footage looks darker when they're in premiere pro timeline?
My brain literally just exploded in my head LOL your knowledge of color science is incredibly impressive I am a very busy real estate videographer and I have found that using my Sony cameras shooting in neutral gives me by far the best results and as long as I can get away with keeping my iso as low as possible I can bring up the mid tones in post and get a ton of detail back in high contrast situations. depending on the project sometimes I go really punchy with my colors because it matches the house and sometimes I desaturate the heck out of the project because it flows better with the mood of the home I feel like the longer I’ve been in this business the more I haveI learned to simplify LOL. I don’t have to deal with skin tones very often in my line of work so I guess that makes it easier and allows more creative freedom. One thing after watching this video I have discovered I have so much to learn. You are a rockstar man
Thanks for the kind words, Bryan, and for sharing your experience. Cheers!
@@geraldundone no need to reply ... just want you to know that ots guys like you that inspire me to learn. Keep crushing it!
Dude, you're God damn amazing. Absolutely loving your channel.
Cheers, Alexander! Appreciate it.
You are the best, i started shooting HLG3 and damn the clips are perfect.. the skin tones and everything is spot-on natural Thank you Gerald!
Outstanding! It's not just how great the information is but also how you keep improving your delivery over time. Great job!
Is it weird that I keep signing along with the jingle? Even when using headphones, my fiance sees your face and starts "dirnt dirnt Gerald Undone dirnt-dirnt-dirnt " 😂
Haha. That's awesome! My plan is working. 😜🙏
Just subscribed. The most vital thing for me is adjusting the settings for the PP and realizing that I’m copying settings from people who shoot completely different from me. This is great info you are giving out
Thanks for the kind words and subscribing! And you're exactly right, if it doesn't match what you shoot, it's pointless.
Great video, really answered some questions I had about HLG on my sony
Thank you for being concise and to the point with your content. The fact that you don't have a music bed makes this way more serious and educational (which for this type of video makes perfect sense). Thank you.
I hate all of this. Why must you consistently perpetuate the idea that knowledge, technique, and eventual learned skill, are the most painstaking and yet best route to follow?
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Finally someone who talks about knee! i always see youtubers talking about 80% but in my tests i found that it gives unnatural highlight rolloff. right now i am about 97,5% knee but i am not sure what would really be the best settings to get a natural highlight rolloff.
Here's to 100K subs by June.
Yeah, he's worth 300K, _but_ then he won't be able to be this responsive haha. It's natural, and I've seen it with many good Tubers who develop from 20-30K to 100K+ for ex. Not that I need a response, otherwise I'd ask for a 1+1 paid tuition when guys are on that level. Amazing value here.
Yeah, he's worth 300K, _but_ then he won't be able to be this responsive haha. It's natural, and I've seen it with many good Tubers who develop from 20-30K to 100K+ for ex. Not that I need a response, otherwise I'd ask for a 1+1 paid tuition when guys are on that level. Amazing value here.
Man! I always find myself viewing and re-viewing your videos. So much well communicated knowledge. Thank you!
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Excellent! This was very helpful. One less thing to worry about. Just pick the one profile that works best for my style, and shoot. One less concern, and I can focus on what really matters.
Exactly! Happy to help. Cheers.
My brain hurts.
Thank you for the great video! I’ve switched to HLG with the Leeming LUTs you recommenced and my grading time has hugely reduced... used to shoot SLog3 and grade everything by hand including core colour correction. Thank you!
Holy Bob, you do deliver some distilled information, it is a pleasure to listen to you talk!
Thanks for that. I'm honoured.
Yeah man, I do like to think that I understand a wide a variate of topics in regards to the technical aspect of photography but you really put words and expressions on this that makes it easy to understand. I am in awe, keep this good work up!
I've been watching your contents since weeks and wanted to thank you for what you bring to the community.
Thank you very much!
FINALLY FINALLY ...SOMEONE SPEAKS THE SAME LANGUAGE...haha...also really cleared my few misconceptions...you saved a lot of us...Thank you bro...
Awesome! Glad to hear it. Thanks for saying so. Cheers!
@@geraldundone You deserve the truth bro...haha...thnx for the reply
You have all the answers I've been looking for the past two years. I've been experimenting and suddenly you come up with all this amazing content with all the answers to my experiments. Thank you so much!
This is an excellent video. Just a note that the suggested workflow for FCP is incorrect, doing it that way will give you issues and doesn’t really work. Need to apply a “camera lut” instead of the color space over ride. Like was done in PP.
Gerald has brought technical videos to a whole new level.
Great video and explanation. I just sold my Canon 80d and picked up the A7III. Man I wish I watched this earlier today. I literally just bought those EOSHD picture profiles and they are way too contrasty and the skin tones are way less accurate than the default picture profile 1. I did pick up the leeming luts and setup my profiles for that and ordered my grey card from amazon. Please keep these videos coming. This is invaluable especially to someone like me that has been using Technicolor Cinistyle. This camera is so impressive and you are helping me unlock its potential.
Sorry for the struggles, Sean. Hopefully you're on a path now that will produce the images you want. Thanks for your kind words.
@@geraldundone Following up, I've been following the Leeming LUTs guide and your suggestions and have been getting great results with all of the different profiles. Thanks again. On a side note, I have about 25 Philips Hue lights (basically my whole house is retrofitted with them) and I can't seem to find a shutter/FPS combination that will entirely eliminate banding. It is super frustrating. I never even noticed an issue on my Canon 80d. Not sure if you have heard of this issue but it is disappointing to say the least. I have thousands of dollars in lights and they make my video look like crap.. Maybe you could do a video on Hue and Mirrorless cameras?
Wowwwww......you´re the only guy on earth who´s not editing on a MAC???? God save me!!
Subscribed!!!
Haha. Thanks for subscribing! 😃
I'm always blown away by your videos. I feel like I'm learning a lot after each one.
Just got the a6400 and I'm now messing around with HLG2 and goodness...this was soo helpful! So much knowledge that'll help me with color grading! Thanks Gerald! New to your channel so this is amazing! Glad I subscribed!
Thanks, Joe! Happy you subscribed too. Thanks for the kind words.
I just shot for three hours and I really thought I would have to reshoot everything in rec 709. THANK YOU GERALD!
Hay Sues Christ!! I sold my A7iii pre-covid and didn't think much of it's video capabilities. After watching you video I realized that SLog3 was "as recommended by another great video creator" was probably my main problem. I am less than a beginner with video anyway, but thanks to your video, I will certainly be picking up another Sony Full Frame. Thanks for this content sir.
I am impressed by your frequency of output and breadth of knowledge in each video. Kudos.
Thanks, mate! Cheers.
Yessss! Thank you. I've been so concerned with finding the "perfect" picture profile settings and essentially copying templates for a quick solution. I know now I simply must educate myself on how electronic devices manage colour data and how this is displayed in editing tools to become more efficient at a consistent look. Thanks Gerald!
You're very welcome. Thanks for the comment. And good for you for opting to study your camera.
This is the exact type of video I'm subscribed for haha. Every time we get one of these videos I get so pumped, tons of knowledge of the subject presented at the perfect speed, in an entertaining way.
Thank you Gerald, Usual quality job. The time and effort that you put into this and other videos shows. Even as a non-Sony user, I still found the information useful. Feel better.
Thank you! I'm feeling a bit better today.
Previous video was already good. This is just next level in terms of knowledge and factual explanations. Sick dude, keep it up!
Appreciate it! Thank you. 😃🙏
hands down man, you are providing some of the best information about today's digital mess. Thank you so much.
Thanks a lot, Pablo. That's great to hear. 😃🙏
Love you, Gerald. You're making the murky waters of Picture profile into a mountain stream.
"It's always going to come down to practice and patience..." Amen, Gerald. Awesome work here and super useful--you have saved me countless hours of fumbling first. Thanks man! ✌
Thanks, James! 🙏💜
Great. Video. Can't thank you enough. You belong to those kind of youtubers who feels like they genuinely care about teaching, not just selling merch. Kuddos.
one of the best color grading intros on the internet!
That was the best Sony picture profile video I have ever seen on UA-cam! Wow that is for all the hard work on this one.
Thank so much! That's a big compliment.
I learned so much about the camera setting in the last 19 minutes as compared to the last 1 month watching everything else on youtube. You're awesome and you deserve way more followers than this.