Jonathan O'Neill Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Does anyone know of any blogs, websites etc for "Before & after" shots in big budget features? e.g. examples of straight out of camera Alexa footage , through to the final grade? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted May 24, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted May 24, 2016 I suspect most people would be quite cautious about that. I have seen stuff before and after but always been asked not to talk about it in specifics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Brereton Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 I'd imagine that the various VFX websites would be the best source, if you're looking to see how a shot has been digitally altered or composited. If it's just the color grade that you're interested in, I'm not sure what you'd learn from comparing the finished movie with a LOG or RAW file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Field Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Closest thing I could answer with is this link featuring multiple before/afters, one of which includes a sample from the feature "Transporter 2" http://www.crowboy.com/evilgenius/videoarticle_premiere.html A step to take past this article is looking up films shot digitally with "color grading" after it. Or look up color graders with sizable portfolios in the digital era with the phrase "before and after" next to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael LaVoie Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Crazy Horse has a great reel that shows a lot of before/after http://www.chevfx.com/best-of-che.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan O'Neill Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Nice one, thanks Macks & Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted May 24, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted May 24, 2016 A lot of those before and after demos are misleading because the implication is that the footage is being "saved" from being washed-out, faded, etc. when the "before" is simply a log image. It would be like showing you a photo of a film negative with its orange color mask and inverted colors and suggesting that the corrected positive was some major improvement over the original. It would be more useful, if the goal was to learn about color-correcting, for the "before" to already have a basic log-to-Rec.709 LUT applied so you can more easily see where they are going from to get the final, knowing that they are pulling information up from the log original for the high and low-end detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Sagady Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Chris Hall does a great little series on grading, where he touches on multiple techniques, talks about the whats and whys and you can really see how he takes footage (both good and bad) and works with it in Resolve, though the techniques should work in any grading program.. Check it out. http://chrishallcolor.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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