PLEASE TAKE MY MONEY !!!!! Dude, you've always been there since I don't know how long, answering my questions whether I was asking directly to you or not, you are one of the first filmmaker that I started to really follow back in the days. Thanks for that, for your time for your community. Its exactly the look I was looking for years, without having to invest in film camera
This is probably the best video using optimal choice of subjects to show off halation and bloom! I love the subject/background separation in some of these shots. Gotta check out Dehancer.
Brandon Li pulling all the stops again! Awesome video had no idea this existed til now. Do you have any plans on making any films in the near future? I would definitely pay to watch.
This video has EXCEEDED my expectations, BEYOND. I've been chasing the 16mm film look because I love the classic look, particularly from the 90s era. Though I still want to achieve that look, it's opening my eyes to realize that the look will be its most authentic by actually utilizing an actual 16mm film camera. But then I watched this video and realized something. Though the footage shot in this video is digital with a software to emulate film, there's still something very magical about this look. I think this is the look a lot of filmmakers would strive for because of it's filmic-digital expression. Digital with a filmic edge and vice versa. This look brings a whole new meaning to futuristic. But classically futuristic. If the film camera era was still booming today as much as it was over 20 years ago and beyond and then a more modern, digitalized look came along that made the footage look more cleaner, this would be the brainchild behind that creation. Your work is incredible on its own, but based on your filmmaking style Dehancer complements your work. This is an inspiration to me and now I know what look I'm going for now in a digital world. I don't have Dehancer, but in-body camera settings, the lens, and a diffuser filter is all I'll need before I do slight enhancements in post. Thanks Brandon!
I agree rendering time makes it difficult for me to use this plugin, also not many camera supported in log , we must use generic rec 709maybe will improve soon but in the meantime I’ll keep using film convert nitrate
For me the answer will be shooting with a minimal amount of lens diffusion like a 1/8 black pro mist and then subtly tweaking it with Dehancer in post. I will still be taking it off and on for stills/video but the diffusion is going to live on the front of my vari-ND which I take on and off anyway.
@@DSleep that totally makes sense. I’m going to give it a shot. Just got the Freewell magnetic filters so it should be way faster to pop on and off too
Some people (film purists) don't get that making digital look like film isn't a bad thing. I mean if the exact same photons are going to enter your retina and trigger the exact same pattern of cones and rods, how does it even matter what medium you shot it on?
You can do all of this with the built in effects in Resolve and it will render much quicker... BUT it will take a lot of knowledge and tweaking to make it look the same. The render times are what put me off.
Very nice . Curious about something .What if you were able to show it on a real cinema screen , would it retain that quality at such a large blow up?Your work is so excellent
2:07 shot is made by gimbal ? looks no post edit of stabilization ? as my shot with gimbal is always shaky, wonder if this is the same situation with your above shot.
It’s subjective of course, but I think dehancer looks better because you can adjust more parameters such as preserving the original highlights under the bloom effect.
The first few shots definitely have a filmic look but the music and font choice definitely adds to that effect. But digital will never be able to replicate the texture of film. It's impossible. That's why the Nolans, Pfeisters and Tarantinos of the world still shoot on film. But nice work for sure.
a lot of people now typically use extra glass filter to create that bloom effect , do you think the effect that dehancer creates with its bloom is up to par with the latter.
Seems like a great filmic plugin for mostly Neon like cinematic city scapes. Not sure how it would bode in more western grey and dull buildings. Lovely video! What lens was used?
@@fullbars if you use windows, it's quite laggy. better optimised for mac. on my 3 year old system it drops down to 8-10 fps. i7-8700k, 1060 6 Gb, 16gb ram
Regarding bloom, I think Dehancer does a good job of replacing mist filters. It’s not 100% realistic but most people won’t notice, most of the time. Halation wouldn’t happen with any glass filter because it’s an artifact of film processing so you need to use Dehancer or the native Resolve halation fx.
Try looking at some A/B comparisons, most of the difference is very subtle and comes down to what we are accustomed to. Same with valve amplification for guitars.
Thanks for the video, just wish you mentioned the processing slow-down way earlier in the video, ideally before going into the rest of the details, as this can be a real deal breaker.
Well this is very subjective, but I’ve tried Nitrate and all the film profiles looked muddy or just somehow “off”. Worse than the original camera colors. With Dehancer I feel like the film profiles maintain the quality of the original colors while still adding a different film look to them. Maybe I’m just not a great colorist or I didn’t use Nitrate correctly.
@@BrandonLiUnscripted odd. I'll have to do more tests because I found it to be the opposite. This is in davinci resolve though. Could potentially be different for each NLE
That is definitely not a correct blanket statement. You just need to use the right encoding, and Resolve definitely doesn't give a granular-enough control for it. In my process I export a max-quality export from Resolve (DNxHR444 at highest setting) and encode it via ffmpeg (myFFMPEG gives great GUI, Handbrake is a free alternative) with a grain-preserving tune (it's an actual inbuilt setting), at highest settings (444, 10-bit, Intra, highest bitrate), and this is the best compressed result you can currently get, other than going DNxHR or ProRes. Btw, upon multiple tests - uploading the actual HUGE DNxHR file to UA-cam still gives you the best result in terms of grain preservation (it's still terrible on YT, but it's the best you can get right now). If you don't have the option to upload very large files - a high quality H.265, like described above, will get you 80-90% of the way at 10% of the file size.
Thanks for the video and explanation Brandon. Here is a film look that I really like. it simply look like film even though it was shot on the first Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera. What do you think about it and how did they get this look? ua-cam.com/video/K4aRg3EI22I/v-deo.html
PLEASE TAKE MY MONEY !!!!!
Dude, you've always been there since I don't know how long, answering my questions whether I was asking directly to you or not, you are one of the first filmmaker that I started to really follow back in the days. Thanks for that, for your time for your community.
Its exactly the look I was looking for years, without having to invest in film camera
1:26 Your "Sony A7s3" looks very cute! What a gem ;)
Man, these locations are 🔥
Perfect to show off the plugin, beautiful shots!
I have Dehancer lite, and I like it more than Filmconvert
Great to hear your voice man, it's been too long! Thanks for the review. Some of the looks were really interesting!
I like these videos because it's unique and you can somewhat relate.
Every time that you upload a new video,we really enjoying it!
Those test shots are what really movie cinematographers looking forward to
So beautiful
Quickly becoming my favorite channel on UA-cam.
This is probably the best video using optimal choice of subjects to show off halation and bloom! I love the subject/background separation in some of these shots. Gotta check out Dehancer.
These shots are so nutty
Amazing shots, amazing results, amazing explainations, amazing video.
Great video, the example footage was just amazing! looked like straight outta movies.
hey what lenses did you use?
This is really well done and informative. Thanks for taking the time.
Great video Brandon! This plug-in is great to achieve the "film look", I use it a lot for my videos filmed with Panasonic S cameras!
King arrived
Best Dehancer review online.
This looks super duper!
Love the shots and colors in this video! Super interesting to see these different dehancers work in different situations! 💯✔️🔥
I tried Dehancer myself and I gotta say it's a pretty damn nice plugin! Honestly!
Brandon Li pulling all the stops again! Awesome video had no idea this existed til now. Do you have any plans on making any films in the near future? I would definitely pay to watch.
Resolve 17.4 has built in Halation FX filter now. nice!
This video has EXCEEDED my expectations, BEYOND. I've been chasing the 16mm film look because I love the classic look, particularly from the 90s era. Though I still want to achieve that look, it's opening my eyes to realize that the look will be its most authentic by actually utilizing an actual 16mm film camera. But then I watched this video and realized something. Though the footage shot in this video is digital with a software to emulate film, there's still something very magical about this look. I think this is the look a lot of filmmakers would strive for because of it's filmic-digital expression. Digital with a filmic edge and vice versa. This look brings a whole new meaning to futuristic. But classically futuristic. If the film camera era was still booming today as much as it was over 20 years ago and beyond and then a more modern, digitalized look came along that made the footage look more cleaner, this would be the brainchild behind that creation. Your work is incredible on its own, but based on your filmmaking style Dehancer complements your work.
This is an inspiration to me and now I know what look I'm going for now in a digital world. I don't have Dehancer, but in-body camera settings, the lens, and a diffuser filter is all I'll need before I do slight enhancements in post.
Thanks Brandon!
wow, grain in trends these days, so I can crank up my ISO setting freely!
Great energy in your footage as always 🙏
Dehancer runs really well on M1 max. Worth the upgrade
Love it. Such an honest, trustworthy review . Thank you very much!!
I agree rendering time makes it difficult for me to use this plugin, also not many camera supported in log , we must use generic rec 709maybe will improve soon but in the meantime I’ll keep using film convert nitrate
Try latest build, it's so much faster
Gotta say the footage looks epic!
These shots looked incredible bro, def droppin a sub 👌
Killer footage my dude.
damn....those locations are, well, inspiring!!!
Cool shots brother
They got to make a plugin for Lightroom. Ill buy that.
Awesome Video, And Awesome Review!! Thank You!!
That is fantastic !
Waw... Amazing...
Interesting! Thank you for sharing. ✌️
Thanks for this!
lovely shots. your test shots are my goal shots 😅
@Brandon Li Your baby looks like you! Congrats!
not having the mist filter on is definitely a huge motivation, especially when I want to take photos and videos..but the render time..hmm...
For me the answer will be shooting with a minimal amount of lens diffusion like a 1/8 black pro mist and then subtly tweaking it with Dehancer in post. I will still be taking it off and on for stills/video but the diffusion is going to live on the front of my vari-ND which I take on and off anyway.
@@DSleep that totally makes sense. I’m going to give it a shot. Just got the Freewell magnetic filters so it should be way faster to pop on and off too
This is so cool
THIS! They must have used dehancer in Euphoria!
I would pause on any frame
Instant wallpaper
Dodford needs to come out with a editing pack to get these effects on Premiere!
Thanks for the video. I was wondering did you switched to DaVinci Resolved? What are your thoughts about DR, specially compared to FCPX.
So I'm intrigued by this but I'm wondering what type of lens were you using was it a cinematic lens?
Some people (film purists) don't get that making digital look like film isn't a bad thing. I mean if the exact same photons are going to enter your retina and trigger the exact same pattern of cones and rods, how does it even matter what medium you shot it on?
What's the name of the bar at 7:26? I definitely need to check it out next time I'm in HK!
Could you show us a shot in the Plus-X grade?
You can do all of this with the built in effects in Resolve and it will render much quicker... BUT it will take a lot of knowledge and tweaking to make it look the same. The render times are what put me off.
If you upload ProRes 422 codec to UA-cam you should be able to feel the grain. I understand that can be a bit overkill for most projects though.
stunning video, thanx a lot for the tips! and for awaking so many memories in beautiful HK!!!
are you still in Siam?
Your ‘before’ footage looks amazing. Was that slog and graded?
Can you share what location did you shoot the bar showing at 7:23? Thank you!
Hey could you please tell me the name of the beat/song at 7:40? I would much greatly appreciate it very much. Thank you 🙏 and many blessings 🙏
Very nice . Curious about something .What if you were able to show it on a real cinema screen , would it retain that quality at such a large blow up?Your work is so excellent
I don’t have a cinema screen unfortunately so I can’t say! But maybe you could look up which movies have used Dehancer
I would love to know the lenses used in this video
Really hard to appreciate given Google and Tmobile have limited me to 320k.
Connect to wifi lol
2:07 shot is made by gimbal ? looks no post edit of stabilization ? as my shot with gimbal is always shaky, wonder if this is the same situation with your above shot.
how much better is dehancer for bloom compared to the standard glow that comes with resolve studio?
It’s subjective of course, but I think dehancer looks better because you can adjust more parameters such as preserving the original highlights under the bloom effect.
The first few shots definitely have a filmic look but the music and font choice definitely adds to that effect. But digital will never be able to replicate the texture of film. It's impossible. That's why the Nolans, Pfeisters and Tarantinos of the world still shoot on film. But nice work for sure.
What are those lenses?
have you switched to davinci from final cut? why?
porra this is like slapping insta filter on a raw file :D
Hi Brandon Li,
Thanks for this review.
What would you say the main differences between Dehancer and Look Designer are?
Dehancer Pro 4.2.1 could not be run successfully.
See DaVinci Resolve logs for details.
Anyone know how to fix?
a lot of people now typically use extra glass filter to create that bloom effect , do you think the effect that dehancer creates with its bloom is up to par with the latter.
Are there extra camera profiles to download? All I see is the HLG's for sony a7iii. Any slog's?
why not use h265 youtube supports it just fine
wow
Brandon Li,create vlog cinematic videos again .. i soo like your videos
Seems like a great filmic plugin for mostly Neon like cinematic city scapes. Not sure how it would bode in more western grey and dull buildings. Lovely video! What lens was used?
It's excellent for narrative, fashion and music videos. Check out the sample videos on their website.
IMO filmbox is better. Better yet Tom Bolles powergrade.
@@existentialcrisis9757 Filmbox is $5,000/year for high end productions, $999 one time pmt. for perpetural license, indie productions only.
@@JonPais wish I could afford Filmbox hehehehe.
@@existentialcrisis9757 there isn’t even any sample footage online. What a joke.
How did you create the glowing text from 0:04 - 0:28 . Can someone give me a short instruction ?
Great stuff Brandon. What specs are you editing on that the plugins slows down to 1 FPS? Wondering how it will perform on my system.
Slow shutter is an in-camera setting, not plug-in
@@BrandonLiUnscripted You mentioned in the video that your playback slows down dramatically when using the plug-in.
@@fullbars if you use windows, it's quite laggy. better optimised for mac. on my 3 year old system it drops down to 8-10 fps. i7-8700k, 1060 6 Gb, 16gb ram
How do you feel about using this with black pro mists? Is the bloom or halation at that point just for taste?
Regarding bloom, I think Dehancer does a good job of replacing mist filters. It’s not 100% realistic but most people won’t notice, most of the time. Halation wouldn’t happen with any glass filter because it’s an artifact of film processing so you need to use Dehancer or the native Resolve halation fx.
Is Dehancer only available for Da Vinci? Can't seem to find the premiere download link
Hello, it's available for Premier now actually. Only windows thou
How are you doing the amazing dolly shots? Are you on a slider for the city shots at night
Just a gimbal in lock mode
Just me wishing this was available in Premiere..
It does now!
@@lobaskovdmitry4415 that’s awesome! Thanks man
Hey Brandon! How do you apply your LUTs in the node structure? Do you need to apply CST on the Sony clips first before applying LUTs?
Dehancer is a finishing effect. I apply it to groups as a post-clip node
@@BrandonLiUnscripted Gotcha! What about the film emulation LUTs? Do you apply it directly on the first node (ie the the 10 bit sony slog 3 cliips)
what is the name of the beach ? is it in Stanley ?
4:32 Why h.264? Isn't h.265 the least lossy of the two?
In my tests h265 erased some of the film grain even at high bitrate due to long gop compression
I'm dumb! I can't distinguish noise from film grain on dark footage....
Try looking at some A/B comparisons, most of the difference is very subtle and comes down to what we are accustomed to. Same with valve amplification for guitars.
When will you do a video with the anamorphic lenses with Sony a7s¡¡¡😅
Brandon already did. ua-cam.com/video/oLV6yVrvrSg/v-deo.html
@@JonPais thanks 😊
great video men... is this not available for final cut ??
I don’t think so
How it compare to filmconvert?
$400 tho? And it slows down work flow?
Thanks for the video, just wish you mentioned the processing slow-down way earlier in the video, ideally before going into the rest of the details, as this can be a real deal breaker.
How does it compare to Filmconvert Nitrate?
Well this is very subjective, but I’ve tried Nitrate and all the film profiles looked muddy or just somehow “off”. Worse than the original camera colors. With Dehancer I feel like the film profiles maintain the quality of the original colors while still adding a different film look to them. Maybe I’m just not a great colorist or I didn’t use Nitrate correctly.
Wow...you are in Hong Kong???
Eh I thought h.265 had nothing but pros over h.264 other than some systems not playing as smoothly
H265 erases more film grain than h264 in my tests. Even at highest bitrate.
@@BrandonLiUnscripted odd. I'll have to do more tests because I found it to be the opposite. This is in davinci resolve though. Could potentially be different for each NLE
That is definitely not a correct blanket statement. You just need to use the right encoding, and Resolve definitely doesn't give a granular-enough control for it.
In my process I export a max-quality export from Resolve (DNxHR444 at highest setting) and encode it via ffmpeg (myFFMPEG gives great GUI, Handbrake is a free alternative) with a grain-preserving tune (it's an actual inbuilt setting), at highest settings (444, 10-bit, Intra, highest bitrate), and this is the best compressed result you can currently get, other than going DNxHR or ProRes.
Btw, upon multiple tests - uploading the actual HUGE DNxHR file to UA-cam still gives you the best result in terms of grain preservation (it's still terrible on YT, but it's the best you can get right now). If you don't have the option to upload very large files - a high quality H.265, like described above, will get you 80-90% of the way at 10% of the file size.
basically pay for effects that davinci has built in
not so. building film profiles takes a lot of effort. And Dehancer's film grain is far superior to Resolve's.
@@JonPais sure thing buddy
This is soooo Blade Runnerish.
Hello honestly on tablet in 1080p I cannot see any differences
Great video as always but... this is how BMPCC films without any effect 😂 Another FilmConvert... Better to invest in study of color grading first.
this looks like it was shot at a high frame rate and then exported at 24fps, doesn't match the film look of Dehancer
Thanks for the video and explanation Brandon. Here is a film look that I really like. it simply look like film even though it was shot on the first Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera. What do you think about it and how did they get this look?
ua-cam.com/video/K4aRg3EI22I/v-deo.html
You need decent GPU ideally, your MacBook sucks, sorry...
Dehancer's grain doesn't seem like some magic formula they came up with, it literally is just grain overlaid onto a slightly blurred image...
no it's not. It's better than DaVinci Resolve's own grain effect.
Plugin which costs more than Davinci Resolve Studio…