7D Picture Styles - for TV
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- nosaj
Can anyone recommend a good Picture Style for shooting video that will end up on TV? I've used the "Super Flat" Picture style in the past, which seems good for a film look - are there any out there for broadcast (sharper etc..)?
- Jurre0
Hi, it depends how much you want to post. I shoot (5d, but 7D - similar) Neutral - lowest contrast, lowest sharpness, -2 saturation. This keeps contrast low, and dynamic range high for post processing (curves/levels/color balance). I've done this for tv productions and works well. It needs to made broadcast safe in the end as well. Most important is to get exposure and whitebalance as close to what you want in camera. If you want a picture style that's usable without post, I would still lower the contrast but maybe sharpness 1 above the lowest setting. Personally I think the incamera sharpening is crude and creates halo's = ugly. I'd rather have a more soft artifact free look, 35 film also does not look 'sharpened'. Be carefull with sharpening in post though you might end up sharpening noise and h264 artifacts. The 'superflat' picture style you used I've used as well, sometimes creating more noise in the shadows. It seems to push the shadows a bit too much.
- nosaj0
Great info Jurre - thank you.
- nosaj0
Is shooting with the sharpness at zero and sharpening in post the best approach?
- ********0
Good stuff
- CyBrain0
I got a 5D in July and just started looking into those picture styles. So far, my impression was that I'd rather do any color correction in Photoshop/After Effects, but it seems like you should just set up some tests in various situations - indoors and out, high contrast, high action, etc.
- inv0
You can download custom picture styles. This one from marvels cine is optimized for keeping dynamic range, but doesnt look very pretty without any post production