A lot of you asked so here is a short tutorial about grading the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K. Hope you like it !! ( PS be nice it is my first tutorial, haha :) ) Cheers, Flo
I've just discovered this channel, having just bought a BMPCC 4K and looking for examples of the output. I'm very impressed! Beautiful cinematography and I love the down to earth, informative style. Good work!
I've been told that you should put your LUT in a new node on the right of the node path, so it gets applied last. Once the LUT is applied, it sets a ceiling on the data in the footage. Put the LUT last, and add your adjustment nodes before the LUT, and your footage will retain all of the RAW data up until the LUT is applied. Otherwise, when the LUT is applied first, you are in danger of clipping highlights or crushing blacks, and you won't be able to recover them.
Thanks so much !! I use the histogram and try to stay in the middle as much as possible, it takes a while but then soon you'll be able to judge pretty easily. It is easier to underexpose with this one rather than over, since it can be hard to bring back the highlights.
the correct way in divinci to add a lut, is at the last node. so you make two or three nodes and at the very last one add your lut, then the first node is still log info and you can adjust your exposure correctly with out clipping highlights and so fourth. if you do it your way once you add that lut, rec 709 is bake in and if you bring down your highlights you wont get all that information back. I can show you a tutorial explaining this if you would like
When creators dont take on bored suggestions on ways to make their productions better they loose hope of pushing their content further. SMH. Thanks for the insight @rex smith. I'll give this a go!
@@RufioXC Are you saying I am not taking this on board ? I just said I didn't need a tutorial, I completely understand his point and thanked him for this input. So not sure what you are getting at..
Oh my god, thank you so much! I want to buy the BMPCC 4K soon and was really worried because it's not possible to edit BRAW in Final Cut. So watched about 8 videos on how to do that and none of them mentioned, that it is possible to export the clips individually from Davinci. And you mentioned it by the way. You saved my day, thanks a lot!
Honestly you should make the switch to resolve completely. It’s basically the same as editing in fcpx once you get used to it. I just made the switch. I feel Apple needs to up their editing software game. They used to be the standard. Now resolve is just as good and you don’t need to transcode anything. So much faster and less headaches. It just feels super foreign at first. Almost like the switch from Final Cut Studio 3 to FCPX (so good they skipped 7 updates).
mrwashur1991 Yeah, I thought about it a few times and I like using resolve. But before I got into filmmaking I got a 2019 Macbook Pro 13 with a Quad core 1.4 gHz processor wich is really struggling to handle more complex projects in resolve. Im already happy with the performance in Final Cut when editing in 4k. But thank you for the advice, I‘ll pay more attention on the specs when it‘s time for a new laptop.
@@joelfrei669 The cool thing about resolve is its timeline independent (or whatever it's called). You can change the timeline settings to 1080p to edit and switch it back to 4k when you output. You can also use render cache so it's more like fcpx and it'll render the timeline for good playback. Also can generate proxies such. But to each their own. If you want a real editing rig then hackintosh is the way to go.
Thank you for taking the time to put this together. I am buying a BMPCC4K and it can be a bit daunting to learn a new editing suite. You gained a new sub with this video.
I was interested in your comment about achieving a consistent look across all of your films. I actually aim for the opposite: every film to have a 'different' look. But that's the beauty of LUTs and colour grading in general - anything is possible.
I think having a consistent look can come naturally if you grade your own work, as it becomes your style the same way the way you shoot is yours only etc. That being said having a different look for each film can be a good exercice or another way of it actually being your style if that makes sense :). I usually have different movements and focal lengths in each film, not so much grading. Thanks for watching :).
Akbar Ishmael I have both. One for photo and one for video. They’re for too totally different uses, but I love the footage from the pocket 4K. I still find myself grabbing the a7iii on event gigs because of the pocket 4ks reliability issues, but for short films/music videos/ corporate videos the pocket 4K is king.
Thanks for pointing out that LOG in ProRes 422 is what you used for this. Most people seem to get carried away with shooting raw and all the huge files...I wonder if that is needed and find it awesome that you’re achieving your look with good old ProRes 422!
Haha! Good music again! Happy you're a fan! BTW I just bought the BMPCC4K to create some cool short films for my music! :) Thanks for this tutorial, helps a lot!
Maybe I'm just a nerd, but I definitely misread Wanaka at 5:07 as "Portrait of Wakanda"... That said, your work is absolutely marvelous and I'm honestly blown away every time you upload
I loved how you color graded them, wish you could do everything a little slower or with more explanations. (I'm newbie when it comes to davinci and I use mainly premiere pro)
You can just add the lut you want for all the clips by going down right to the gear icon, into the project settings to the color section and selecting an output lut. Also you are aware that Resolve has a full blown NLE inside and that Film Convert is available for Resolve as an OFX plugin right?
Hello. If you want to bypass the DaVinci Resolve step and win a bit of time, maybe you know you can actually import LUTs into the Pocket, and apply to your footage directly in the camera, burned into the ProRes file.
Why do you convert the footage to rec 709 before applying filmconvert ? filmconvert already convert the footage to rec 709 with the film emulation, and you can keep the filmcolor to 100%. Just curious about your workflow, thanks for your reply
I am new to your channel and havebeen going through your content. I am impressed and learning a lot from you. I need recommendations for BMPCC4K native lens. Thank you!
Hello from Maldives. Thank u for sharing all this knowledge. Just a quick question. Whats your recommend final output settings. Coming from a pc & premier- the colors/blacks keep messing up sadly
Hi, I usually export all my finals in .mov h264 at around 30mbs :). Or Prores 422 if I need to deliver files to a client or if further grading is needed. Hope this helps!
Thanks mate !! It definitely is a great cam, especially for the price. I've owned the Lumix 12-35 since i first bought the original Pocket and love it. I also use vintage Canon glass on it. MFT is a pretty cool mount, you get a lot of choice for every kind of price. Thanks for watching !!
This is such a bizarre way to grade. You know you can apply the extended video LUT in FCPX, right? That way don't have to transcode all the footage for no reason and waste a bunch of storage. Just pull in the original log clips into FCPX and then apply the LUT there. Or, use Resolve the way it's intended to be used: as your grading software. Also, you shouldn't ever add a curve after a LUT. Do it before the LUT, as LUTs are destructive and disable Resolve's famous 32-bit float feature.
Thanks !! Like I've mentioned in the video I am much quicker at editing in FCPX. Round-tripping makes sense of course but every time I do it I end up going back to FCPX, habits I guess :).
Beautiful Visuals love it i am a beginner learning the videography world how can i purchase your OTL lut for my school work to experiment with school work
I keep considering purchasing filmconvert, but I always revert to just grading completely in resolve and using grain overlays. Have you found your results to be significantly better with filmconvert? Beautiful grading, by the way. You get a styistic look without overdoing it.
Thanks a lot and glad you like it :) !! It worked really well with the original Pocket so I am used to it. I tend to grade a lot of stuff from scratch too, but sometimes when I am after a specific film look then I use FC. I do a lot of photo work so it influences me a lot as well and FC allows me to get a similar look across both mediums.
Why are you using the LUT in DaVinci anyway? You mentioned You always have to dial it back because the look from filmconvert is to strong... Yeah its because the settings you choose are for the material WITHOUT the LUT. Directly from the camera. Try using filmconvert without the step in Davinci and I think you will get not this strong look and more what they intended ;) And my experience with filmconvert is if you use it like a lut at the end of all color correction. I work through the filmconvert look if you know what I mean.
Thanks for the video! Quick question: Since you apply a log to extended video LUT before applying filmconvert, would you set filmconvert’s source camera settings to “film” or “extended video?”
He should put it to video if he convert the files to rec 709 before. but for me the best way is to use fillconvert directly with the film setting. i might be wrong, just my personal opinion.
Greetings!!! I appreciate your great time and efforts put towards enlightening us about this career. Thank you for that I sincerely appreciate it. Please I have a request. What’s the possibilities of importing the custom luts from Blackmagic pocket cinema 4k to adobe premiere pro? Like the Gen 5 Film to rec 2020 hybrid log gamma. I love the way it handles a dark skin here in Africa. Or better still if you will be kind enough to share me your conversion luts for film to reasonable color to start with. I’m not a colorist but own a Blackmagic pocket cinema 4k. Please help.
I'm new to understanding color. What's the best setting for a flat gamma/image profile? I see in the BMPCC4K that there are options like, film to extended video, or film to hybrid log 2020. What settings should I set my LUT to? Thanks for helping!
Is it just me, or has anybody else noticed that the BMPCC4k was supposed to ship in September and it is now nearly December and we hear nothing but crickets? Do you have any idea what the hold up is? [Great job on the video, btw!]
Thanks a lot for watching !! I got mine in September so I was lucky. I did pre order within the first hours though. Hopefully people get theirs soon. It looks like some online stores can deliver quite quickly now but I am not sure what the hold up is, maybe more QC from Blackmagic.
Hello Benjamin, I have mine since about 4 weeks so I guess I'm one lucky guy too. I guess that they may do some quality checks and remove some bugs and problems. My Pocket 4k has some problems like incorrect battery status (percentage jumps up and down, camera turns off at 50% etc.) and sometimes it doen't recognize my Samsung T5 (have to restart the camera a couple of times). As far as I know I'm not the only one facing these issues so maybe they try to fix them before they start shipping it to everyone. Best regards Sam
So, let's say you're shooting a scene outside, when it's pretty sunny. I've been doing some research hand asking people and getting differing answers. Most people say, expose for the skin tone first, since the people/person are usually the subject in the shot and then worry about the other things in the shot. - so, this approach, some areas of the shot would lose some details due to overexposure. Some people say, underexpose if you have to ( including the subject's skin tone), make sure you don't lose any details due to overexposure - and then fix it with editing. What do you think? Let's say you have to shoot when it's bright and sunny outside, what would your approach be? Thanks in advance,
I thought about it yes but I think it’s the same reason why I don’t sell photo presets too, I kinda want my look to stay on my videos if that makes sense. For now at least.
hey, noob right here, maybe this is a stupid question, why record in film and then convert to "extended video" if there is an extended video right next to film in the camera? or are these 2 different things? thanks!
I was trying to follow you in the begging of the video when you added 3 d luts in davinci. My question I notice you put several different luts on one nuds how did you do that ? Or was you just going through the luts to find the right one?
Bonjour Florent, superbes images bravo ! J'ai aussi passé du temps en NZ et Australia, quels beaux endroits.Je suis curieux de savoir quels settings tu utilises pour exporter tes vidéos à partir de Final cut ou Da Vinci ? Pourrais-tu nous expliquer quel chemin de sortie tu utilises pour ensuite mettre tes vidéos sur youtube/vimeo ? quel codec et quel taux Bits/sec ? tu utilises "compressor" ? Merci, tu nous régales avec tes superbes vidéos so please keep going ! Cheers.Renaud
Hey, merci !! Si je shoote Raw je passe par Davinci et exporte en Prores pour editer avec FCPX sinon si je shoote directement Prores je fais tout dans FCPX. J'exporte avec les réglages youtube (Export - 4K) c'est tout. Je crois que le bit rate est d'environ 15-20mbs. Codec est toujours h264 en mov. J'espère que ca répond à tes questions :) Cheers !!
Bonjour Florent, Merci beaucoup pour ta réponse ! OK mais si tu veux convertir ton Log (film) to video Rec 709 directement dans FCPX, ça suppose que tu aies le 3D lut « Black magic pocket 4k to video v4 » dans final cut ? As-tu remarqué une grande différence de plage dynamique entre tes fichiers Braw Q0/Q5/3 :1 et des fichiers Prores 422 ou 422HQ ? Quel serait selon toi le meilleur rapport entre la taille du fichier et la meilleure dynamic range ? J’ai vu ton superbe travail sur ta vidéo d’automne en Braw Q0, si tu as le temps pourrais-tu s’il te plait nous expliquer ton processus de travail du Braw dans Da Vinci pour le convertir ensuite en prores ? Si tu le souhaites je peux traduire mes questions en anglais pour que la communauté anglophone puisse aussi bénéficier de nos intéractions ? Je te souhaite une bonne journée et te remercie encore pour ton partage
Hello, wich lens do you advice me to buy with the black magic. I was thinking about buying a Metabone for my Tampon 25-70 G2 lens but I don't now if that adapter supports my lens. I'm really worried about choosing the right choice. Please help give me your advice. Thank you So Mucho!
the only problem I see when using both Resolve and Final Cut, is that you‘re compressing your footage twice...but shouldn‘t be too noticable with codecs this strong
Do you ever get problems that your footage looks different in the FCPX than it was in the Resolve? My footage looks flatten and less saturated after imported to the FCPX.
Thanks for the clear tutorial. At 3:58, though, you select "Film" in Filmconvert. But your footage is not "Film" (or log) anymore after exporting from Resolve, is it? Shouldn't you be choosing "Extended video" at this point?
Thanks for the tutorial. You did a great job. I’m strongly considering moving entirely to Resolve with the latest version ( currently on PPro as my main edit tool). It’s quite a huge improvement. It also feels like you get so much more out of your footage when you’re on BM cameras. Does it bother you to have to bounce the clips to FCP when you have a lot of clips?
Thank you !! I might move to Resolve fully as well for certain projects. Doesn't really bother me no, the BMPCC 4K is my travel and footage licensing camera so the projects are not usually critical with time etc :)
Hi, I am in confusion about the difference of projections of the footage between super35 sensor and MFT on a bigger cinema screen. Can one shoot a footage on a MFT sensor and project it on the cinema screen without loosing any quality? Is it possible? Or there is some other technicality in play?
HI, REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE RECORDING 4K AT HIGH QUALITY MEDIA, PRORES OR BRAW, SO THE FOOTAGE WOULD BE AS GREAT QUALITY AS A SUPER 35 SENSOR CAMERA, WHAT CHANGES IS THE FIELD OF VIEW THAT YOU GET USING DIFFERENT MOUNTS. I RECOMEND TO WATCH THESE VIDEO ua-cam.com/video/LxZe4MuM8_Q/v-deo.html.
He wasn't using braw at this point. He was shooting prores 422 in film or log and then converting to rec709 by applying the bm provided lut to extended video
Thank you, first i told my self that this not enough. But since you edit thats great. I have plans to buy the same. Thank you!! Did you use a second monitor!! and by the way - Hello from Bulgaria. Thats a country in eastern Europe!! Did you use proxys on this one or just straight to edit?
@@GhettoProductionsBulgaria No worries !! And no I do not use a second monitor although I am considering getting one. And no proxys, just straight Prores 422 in uhd :)
You should export your video in ProRes 422 (then choose data rate/compression with HQ/LT/Proxy) if you want to keep the video as little compressed as possible (still 10-bit with lots of colour space). Then let UA-cam or Vimeo choose their secondary compression. The downside/cons of this is filesize and upload time. If you have fast internet or upload overnight, as well as can work around the Vimeo upload limits, ProRes is best. h264 is for faster uploads, Vimeo upload limits or if you're just fine with the slight loss in quaility. Of Two Lands videos still clearly appear sharp and crisp so h264 may be sufficient for your needs!
Your videos are one of the main reasons I got the bmpcc4k, I enjoy the flow and length of your videos! Also really NICE shots and grading!
Thanks a lot for the nice feedback !!
A lot of you asked so here is a short tutorial about grading the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K. Hope you like it !!
( PS be nice it is my first tutorial, haha :) )
Cheers,
Flo
Step one: shoot at gorgeous locations.
Awesome content, dude.
Haha thanks man :) !!
I've just discovered this channel, having just bought a BMPCC 4K and looking for examples of the output. I'm very impressed! Beautiful cinematography and I love the down to earth, informative style. Good work!
Thanks so much for the positive feedback :) !!
Can't believe I only just found this, but I'm glad I have! It'll help with my process.
Haha, old video :).
I've been told that you should put your LUT in a new node on the right of the node path, so it gets applied last. Once the LUT is applied, it sets a ceiling on the data in the footage.
Put the LUT last, and add your adjustment nodes before the LUT, and your footage will retain all of the RAW data up until the LUT is applied.
Otherwise, when the LUT is applied first, you are in danger of clipping highlights or crushing blacks, and you won't be able to recover them.
Cheers that was brilliant & so helpful. I’d love to see a video on how to expose properly. I’m
Still getting the hang of exposing correctly
Thanks so much !! I use the histogram and try to stay in the middle as much as possible, it takes a while but then soon you'll be able to judge pretty easily. It is easier to underexpose with this one rather than over, since it can be hard to bring back the highlights.
the correct way in divinci to add a lut, is at the last node. so you make two or three nodes and at the very last one add your lut, then the first node is still log info and you can adjust your exposure correctly with out clipping highlights and so fourth. if you do it your way once you add that lut, rec 709 is bake in and if you bring down your highlights you wont get all that information back. I can show you a tutorial explaining this if you would like
I'm good thank you :). I do get what you are saying though. Thanks for your input.
When creators dont take on bored suggestions on ways to make their productions better they loose hope of pushing their content further. SMH. Thanks for the insight @rex smith. I'll give this a go!
@@RufioXC Are you saying I am not taking this on board ? I just said I didn't need a tutorial, I completely understand his point and thanked him for this input. So not sure what you are getting at..
@@RufioXC Everyone has their own process, if he feels comfortable and it gets a good workflow, Why bash on him? btw he thanked for the imput...
Just being a troll man. I actually really enjoy OTL videos.
thank you for the effort and the sharing. your workflow is a much better version of what i attempt. i am encouraged. thumbs up.
Thank you !! Glad it helped :)
Oh my god, thank you so much! I want to buy the BMPCC 4K soon and was really worried because it's not possible to edit BRAW in Final Cut. So watched about 8 videos on how to do that and none of them mentioned, that it is possible to export the clips individually from Davinci. And you mentioned it by the way. You saved my day, thanks a lot!
I am prepping to do the conversion right now! Wish me luck
Glad I could help :) !! Thanks for watching.
Honestly you should make the switch to resolve completely. It’s basically the same as editing in fcpx once you get used to it. I just made the switch. I feel Apple needs to up their editing software game. They used to be the standard. Now resolve is just as good and you don’t need to transcode anything. So much faster and less headaches. It just feels super foreign at first. Almost like the switch from Final Cut Studio 3 to FCPX (so good they skipped 7 updates).
mrwashur1991 Yeah, I thought about it a few times and I like using resolve. But before I got into filmmaking I got a 2019 Macbook Pro 13 with a Quad core 1.4 gHz processor wich is really struggling to handle more complex projects in resolve. Im already happy with the performance in Final Cut when editing in 4k. But thank you for the advice, I‘ll pay more attention on the specs when it‘s time for a new laptop.
@@joelfrei669 The cool thing about resolve is its timeline independent (or whatever it's called). You can change the timeline settings to 1080p to edit and switch it back to 4k when you output. You can also use render cache so it's more like fcpx and it'll render the timeline for good playback. Also can generate proxies such. But to each their own. If you want a real editing rig then hackintosh is the way to go.
Damn it every time I want to buy a different cheaper camera you come out with another video and blow my mind. STOP IT 😂
Haha thanks !!
Gave a thumbs up within the first 20 seconds just because you have a soothing voice. lol
Haha thanks :) !!
your like the one and done all thing bmpcc 6k hahah legend
Haha thanks mate!! Been a Blackmagic user since 2014 :)
Thank you for taking the time to put this together. I am buying a BMPCC4K and it can be a bit daunting to learn a new editing suite. You gained a new sub with this video.
No worries, thanks for the support :)
I was interested in your comment about achieving a consistent look across all of your films. I actually aim for the opposite: every film to have a 'different' look. But that's the beauty of LUTs and colour grading in general - anything is possible.
I think having a consistent look can come naturally if you grade your own work, as it becomes your style the same way the way you shoot is yours only etc. That being said having a different look for each film can be a good exercice or another way of it actually being your style if that makes sense :). I usually have different movements and focal lengths in each film, not so much grading. Thanks for watching :).
I’m really on the fence about switching from my Sony a7iii to the BMPCC4K! Your videos have me leaning towards switching!
Akbar Ishmael I have both. One for photo and one for video. They’re for too totally different uses, but I love the footage from the pocket 4K. I still find myself grabbing the a7iii on event gigs because of the pocket 4ks reliability issues, but for short films/music videos/ corporate videos the pocket 4K is king.
A7iii is awesome for low light content, and BMCs for all day light content. Just my opinion.
Very nice colours
Thanks so much !!
Thanks for pointing out that LOG in ProRes 422 is what you used for this. Most people seem to get carried away with shooting raw and all the huge files...I wonder if that is needed and find it awesome that you’re achieving your look with good old ProRes 422!
Love this one thanks for putting Time and effort into your videos for us
No worries :) Thanks for watching !!
Haha! Good music again! Happy you're a fan! BTW I just bought the BMPCC4K to create some cool short films for my music! :) Thanks for this tutorial, helps a lot!
Haha no worries, man heaps of my videos have your music !! I think I even used it on my Portrait of Antarctica one. Maybe it’s time we collaborate 😊👍
@@OfTwoLands Just watching it, really beautiful !!! This is exactly why I love Artlist! Let's connect on Instagram ...
been watching each video of yours for the past hour. Thank you! succinct value!
Thank you so much !! Glad you’ve enjoyed it :)
Thanks
2:35. Little tipp: Middle Mouse on the clip works here too.
Sick video bro thanks for your contributions.
Thanks for watching !!
Maybe I'm just a nerd, but I definitely misread Wanaka at 5:07 as "Portrait of Wakanda"...
That said, your work is absolutely marvelous and I'm honestly blown away every time you upload
Haha, how cool would that be !! Wouldn't mind going there :)
Thanks a lot, glad you like it !!
I nearly bought the m50 as I’m beginner but u keep pulling this stunning work now I have to go deep in my pocket to get the blackmagic 6k 🤔
Yea, subscribed! I am so new to all this video stuff. Hoping to learn from you
Thanks for the support :) !!
I loved how you color graded them, wish you could do everything a little slower or with more explanations. (I'm newbie when it comes to davinci and I use mainly premiere pro)
Thanks for 4K resolution!
great vids and nice tutu... cant wait to get my cam
Thanks :)
Very good...
Thanks :) !!
Cool tutorial, Awesome camera, thanks for sharing
Thank you for watching !!
thanks for the great information
Thank you !!
I like this a lot.
Glad you do !!
You can just add the lut you want for all the clips by going down right to the gear icon, into the project settings to the color section and selecting an output lut.
Also you are aware that Resolve has a full blown NLE inside and that Film Convert is available for Resolve as an OFX plugin right?
Hello.
If you want to bypass the DaVinci Resolve step and win a bit of time, maybe you know you can actually import LUTs into the Pocket, and apply to your footage directly in the camera, burned into the ProRes file.
Beautiful shots!!
Thanks so much !!
Well done ... helpful
Thanks !!
Great tutorial!
Thanks so much :) !!
Awesome! Love it! Thank you!!
Thanks a lot !!
Loved it!!
Glad you did :) !!
Great tutorial. Thank you!
Thanks :)
Why do you convert the footage to rec 709 before applying filmconvert ? filmconvert already convert the footage to rec 709 with the film emulation, and you can keep the filmcolor to 100%. Just curious about your workflow, thanks for your reply
super talent, bro
Thanks man !!
This is SO helpful. Thank you!
Jackson Hayes No worries thanks for watching :) !!
Thanks so much for sharing!
Thanks a lot for watching !!
dope
Thanks !!
Time to update this video, Flo. :D
Haha I know !!
Middle mouse button will apply grade as well.
I am new to your channel and havebeen going through your content. I am impressed and learning a lot from you. I need recommendations for BMPCC4K native lens. Thank you!
ufffff love it
Interesting way to do it, and I have been thinking about going back to FCPX? But what about doing everything in DaVinci Resolve?
Hello from Maldives. Thank u for sharing all this knowledge. Just a quick question. Whats your recommend final output settings. Coming from a pc & premier- the colors/blacks keep messing up sadly
Hi, I usually export all my finals in .mov h264 at around 30mbs :). Or Prores 422 if I need to deliver files to a client or if further grading is needed. Hope this helps!
Great stuff, this is just what I was looking for
Nick Doum Thank you !! Glad it was helpful.
Great video and glad to see another Aussie on YT! The bmpcc 4K looks like a great investment! How do you find the lens choice?
Thanks mate !! It definitely is a great cam, especially for the price. I've owned the Lumix 12-35 since i first bought the original Pocket and love it. I also use vintage Canon glass on it. MFT is a pretty cool mount, you get a lot of choice for every kind of price. Thanks for watching !!
Love ur work!!
Thank you !!
Give away bmpcc!!! Lmao
This is such a bizarre way to grade. You know you can apply the extended video LUT in FCPX, right? That way don't have to transcode all the footage for no reason and waste a bunch of storage. Just pull in the original log clips into FCPX and then apply the LUT there. Or, use Resolve the way it's intended to be used: as your grading software.
Also, you shouldn't ever add a curve after a LUT. Do it before the LUT, as LUTs are destructive and disable Resolve's famous 32-bit float feature.
Great video! Do you think you could share your BMPCC4K lut with us?
Thank you. I might when I have built a few more yeah :)
Great video again. May I ask why you not also just editing in Resolve instead of roundtrip?
Thanks !! Like I've mentioned in the video I am much quicker at editing in FCPX. Round-tripping makes sense of course but every time I do it I end up going back to FCPX, habits I guess :).
Beautiful Visuals love it i am a beginner learning the videography world how can i purchase your OTL lut for my school work to experiment with school work
Thanks !! I actually don't sell luts sorry :(
I keep considering purchasing filmconvert, but I always revert to just grading completely in resolve and using grain overlays. Have you found your results to be significantly better with filmconvert? Beautiful grading, by the way. You get a styistic look without overdoing it.
Thanks a lot and glad you like it :) !! It worked really well with the original Pocket so I am used to it. I tend to grade a lot of stuff from scratch too, but sometimes when I am after a specific film look then I use FC. I do a lot of photo work so it influences me a lot as well and FC allows me to get a similar look across both mediums.
@@OfTwoLands smart and effective. Thanks!
Why are you using the LUT in DaVinci anyway? You mentioned You always have to dial it back because the look from filmconvert is to strong... Yeah its because the settings you choose are for the material WITHOUT the LUT. Directly from the camera. Try using filmconvert without the step in Davinci and I think you will get not this strong look and more what they intended ;)
And my experience with filmconvert is if you use it like a lut at the end of all color correction. I work through the filmconvert look if you know what I mean.
Yea it was looking very good before you imported in Final Cut
Thanks for the video! Quick question: Since you apply a log to extended video LUT before applying filmconvert, would you set filmconvert’s source camera settings to “film” or “extended video?”
He should put it to video if he convert the files to rec 709 before. but for me the best way is to use fillconvert directly with the film setting. i might be wrong, just my personal opinion.
Greetings!!! I appreciate your great time and efforts put towards enlightening us about this career. Thank you for that I sincerely appreciate it. Please I have a request. What’s the possibilities of importing the custom luts from Blackmagic pocket cinema 4k to adobe premiere pro? Like the Gen 5 Film to rec 2020 hybrid log gamma. I love the way it handles a dark skin here in Africa. Or better still if you will be kind enough to share me your conversion luts for film to reasonable color to start with. I’m not a colorist but own a Blackmagic pocket cinema 4k. Please help.
Thanks for the video, very nice. How are you usually exposing? 1 Stop over?
Thanks for watching. It depends, but yes I try to be over a bit without clipping the highlights.
I'm new to understanding color. What's the best setting for a flat gamma/image profile? I see in the BMPCC4K that there are options like, film to extended video, or film to hybrid log 2020. What settings should I set my LUT to? Thanks for helping!
Is it just me, or has anybody else noticed that the BMPCC4k was supposed to ship in September and it is now nearly December and we hear nothing but crickets? Do you have any idea what the hold up is? [Great job on the video, btw!]
Thanks a lot for watching !! I got mine in September so I was lucky. I did pre order within the first hours though. Hopefully people get theirs soon. It looks like some online stores can deliver quite quickly now but I am not sure what the hold up is, maybe more QC from Blackmagic.
Hello Benjamin,
I have mine since about 4 weeks so I guess I'm one lucky guy too.
I guess that they may do some quality checks and remove some bugs and problems.
My Pocket 4k has some problems like incorrect battery status (percentage jumps up and down, camera turns off at 50% etc.) and sometimes it doen't recognize my Samsung T5 (have to restart the camera a couple of times). As far as I know I'm not the only one facing these issues so maybe they try to fix them before they start shipping it to everyone.
Best regards
Sam
I have mine too - arrived a few weeks ago. Perhaps check other suppliers. I know stock varies from one place to another.
How do u increase the black on top and bottom of video to give it that cinema look
So, let's say you're shooting a scene outside, when it's pretty sunny.
I've been doing some research hand asking people and getting differing answers.
Most people say, expose for the skin tone first, since the people/person are usually the subject in the shot and then worry about the other things in the shot. - so, this approach, some areas of the shot would lose some details due to overexposure.
Some people say, underexpose if you have to ( including the subject's skin tone), make sure you don't lose any details due to overexposure - and then fix it with editing.
What do you think? Let's say you have to shoot when it's bright and sunny outside, what would your approach be?
Thanks in advance,
Have you considered making your own LUTS and sharing with your fans?
I thought about it yes but I think it’s the same reason why I don’t sell photo presets too, I kinda want my look to stay on my videos if that makes sense. For now at least.
hey, noob right here, maybe this is a stupid question, why record in film and then convert to "extended video" if there is an extended video right next to film in the camera? or are these 2 different things? thanks!
Hi you don’t know me, but do you have a French accent? Thanks
Hi, you remind me of someone. No I have a full on Australian accent. I just put the french one on for the videos. Ever been to Australia ?
Which lenses u r using? For bmpck4k
I was trying to follow you in the begging of the video when you added 3 d luts in davinci. My question I notice you put several different luts on one nuds how did you do that ? Or was you just going through the luts to find the right one?
Bonjour Florent, superbes images bravo ! J'ai aussi passé du temps en NZ et Australia, quels beaux endroits.Je suis curieux de savoir quels settings tu utilises pour exporter tes vidéos à partir de Final cut ou Da Vinci ? Pourrais-tu nous expliquer quel chemin de sortie tu utilises pour ensuite mettre tes vidéos sur youtube/vimeo ? quel codec et quel taux Bits/sec ? tu utilises "compressor" ? Merci, tu nous régales avec tes superbes vidéos so please keep going ! Cheers.Renaud
Hey, merci !!
Si je shoote Raw je passe par Davinci et exporte en Prores pour editer avec FCPX sinon si je shoote directement Prores je fais tout dans FCPX. J'exporte avec les réglages youtube (Export - 4K) c'est tout. Je crois que le bit rate est d'environ 15-20mbs. Codec est toujours h264 en mov. J'espère que ca répond à tes questions :) Cheers !!
Bonjour Florent, Merci beaucoup pour ta réponse !
OK mais si tu veux convertir ton Log (film) to video Rec 709 directement dans FCPX, ça suppose que tu aies le 3D lut « Black magic pocket 4k to video v4 » dans final cut ?
As-tu remarqué une grande différence de plage dynamique entre tes fichiers Braw Q0/Q5/3 :1 et des fichiers Prores 422 ou 422HQ ?
Quel serait selon toi le meilleur rapport entre la taille du fichier et la meilleure dynamic range ?
J’ai vu ton superbe travail sur ta vidéo d’automne en Braw Q0, si tu as le temps pourrais-tu s’il te plait nous expliquer ton processus de travail du Braw dans Da Vinci pour le convertir ensuite en prores ?
Si tu le souhaites je peux traduire mes questions en anglais pour que la communauté anglophone puisse aussi bénéficier de nos intéractions ?
Je te souhaite une bonne journée et te remercie encore pour ton partage
Thank you for sharing!!! Good stuff. Sub’d with alert 🔔 :)
Thank you !! :)
4 years later...do you still shoot with BLACK MAGIC 4K?
6K Pro and 6K :)
You have a very interesting English accent--what is your first language?
French :)
@@OfTwoLands from your other videos I realize it’s French + an Australian English accent-very unique!
so the grading tutorial is how to put luts.. thanks
If you actually watch the video you can tell that it is not :)
Hello, wich lens do you advice me to buy with the black magic. I was thinking about buying a Metabone for my Tampon 25-70 G2 lens but I don't now if that adapter supports my lens. I'm really worried about choosing the right choice. Please help give me your advice. Thank you So Mucho!
Do you now shoot in BRAW instead? If so, do you color grade that any different?
How do you avoid grain on dark footage, have a really dark and noir shoot coming up!
Amazing vidéo ! But i'm struggle because i have all my footage ( transitions ) on fcpx and it's possible to color everything in DaVinci After ?
the only problem I see when using both Resolve and Final Cut, is that you‘re compressing your footage twice...but shouldn‘t be too noticable with codecs this strong
Yeah I export the clips from Resolve at the same resolution with the same codec (prores 422) as the original files so shouldn't lose quality :)
Do you find you still grade the same way when using BRAW? Thank you for this wonderful video.
I do yes, i also use Filmconvert a lot. Thanks, glad I could help :).
Do you ever get problems that your footage looks different in the FCPX than it was in the Resolve? My footage looks flatten and less saturated after imported to the FCPX.
Can I use your luts on the Panasonic gh5s and gh5
Hi! May I know the specs of the computer you use in this video? Mine seems to be struggling with Davinci. Thanks!
Thanks for the clear tutorial. At 3:58, though, you select "Film" in Filmconvert. But your footage is not "Film" (or log) anymore after exporting from Resolve, is it? Shouldn't you be choosing "Extended video" at this point?
Hey Friend
When u film in different Frame rates.. like 25 and 50. what timeline u choose in Davinci?
Thanks for help
Thanks for the tutorial. You did a great job. I’m strongly considering moving entirely to Resolve with the latest version ( currently on PPro as my main edit tool). It’s quite a huge improvement. It also feels like you get so much more out of your footage when you’re on BM cameras. Does it bother you to have to bounce the clips to FCP when you have a lot of clips?
Thank you !! I might move to Resolve fully as well for certain projects. Doesn't really bother me no, the BMPCC 4K is my travel and footage licensing camera so the projects are not usually critical with time etc :)
Hi, I am in confusion about the difference of projections of the footage between super35 sensor and MFT on a bigger cinema screen.
Can one shoot a footage on a MFT sensor and project it on the cinema screen without loosing any quality? Is it possible? Or there is some other technicality in play?
HI, REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE RECORDING 4K AT HIGH QUALITY MEDIA, PRORES OR BRAW, SO THE FOOTAGE WOULD BE AS GREAT QUALITY AS A SUPER 35 SENSOR CAMERA, WHAT CHANGES IS THE FIELD OF VIEW THAT YOU GET USING DIFFERENT MOUNTS. I RECOMEND TO WATCH THESE VIDEO ua-cam.com/video/LxZe4MuM8_Q/v-deo.html.
How would you solve the grain and film adjustment in Resolve?
yeah
Is s log automatic in black magic raw.
what is the colorboard for?
How did you create your own LUTs folder in the effects tab?
Maybe I missed it but do you convert BRAW to Rec 709 first then apply FilmConvert?
He wasn't using braw at this point. He was shooting prores 422 in film or log and then converting to rec709 by applying the bm provided lut to extended video
What mac configuration you have. Ram, video card ram, processor? I have older Imac and i want to buy a new one on good price!
I have an iMac 2017 21.5 4K, 3.6 Ghz i7 (turbo boost to 4.2), 16GB Ram, 500 SSD, and a Radeon Pro 560 with 4GB of video ram. :)
Thank you, first i told my self that this not enough. But since you edit thats great. I have plans to buy the same. Thank you!!
Did you use a second monitor!! and by the way - Hello from Bulgaria. Thats a country in eastern Europe!! Did you use proxys on this one or just straight to edit?
@@GhettoProductionsBulgaria No worries !! And no I do not use a second monitor although I am considering getting one. And no proxys, just straight Prores 422 in uhd :)
He Flo, I was wondering what codec you export to when you've finished your projects in Resolve and upload them online (youtube etc.)?
Hi,
Just the standard youtube export. It ends up being h264 .mov around 20 mbs. Hope this helps :)
@@OfTwoLands Yeah absolutely. Thanks! And what about other platforms such as vimeo? I always get the feeling that h.264 compresses the image a lot.
You should export your video in ProRes 422 (then choose data rate/compression with HQ/LT/Proxy) if you want to keep the video as little compressed as possible (still 10-bit with lots of colour space). Then let UA-cam or Vimeo choose their secondary compression. The downside/cons of this is filesize and upload time. If you have fast internet or upload overnight, as well as can work around the Vimeo upload limits, ProRes is best. h264 is for faster uploads, Vimeo upload limits or if you're just fine with the slight loss in quaility. Of Two Lands videos still clearly appear sharp and crisp so h264 may be sufficient for your needs!