How I Color Grade 16mm and Digital Footage

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  • @EpicLightMedia
    @EpicLightMedia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    This was fantastic!! I learned a lot!

  • @ashley.caldwelldp
    @ashley.caldwelldp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    "Old mate punchin' a dart". Oh man it is satisfying having this content created by a fellow Aussie.
    Always great videos that are easy to follow along with, to the point and packed with helpful info and insights.
    Keep up the awesome work mate.

  • @kylegherman
    @kylegherman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    For the skateboard clip you should do most of the grading before the node with the LUT. That way you preserve all the highlight and shadow detail from the log image

    • @tomaszbejnarowicz
      @tomaszbejnarowicz ปีที่แล้ว

      so if you using perhaps phantom luts, you should first do grade and then put it on?

    • @kylegherman
      @kylegherman ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tomaszbejnarowicz put the LUT on the last node and do any corrections or grading on separate nodes before the LUT

    • @tomaszbejnarowicz
      @tomaszbejnarowicz ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kylegherman wow i didnt know. But I've seen some tutorials from people like qazi and he never mentioned that, why is that?

    • @kidcoma1340
      @kidcoma1340 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tomaszbejnarowicz lol Quazi is a tool, you shouldn't watch his videos if you ever plan to do serious colorgrading with an effective workflow (other than making a single frame look good with an overcomplicated node structure)

    • @tomaszbejnarowicz
      @tomaszbejnarowicz ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kidcoma1340 could you tell me why?

  • @alex-botton
    @alex-botton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another banger dude. Love your work as always. As an Aussie living in Canada for the last 2 1/2 yrs, 'old mate punching a dart' teleports me back home instantly!!

  • @victorfilm_
    @victorfilm_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This channel is a gem! Thx for sharing all your knowledge, Lewis!

  • @Lisardust
    @Lisardust 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for sharing your knowledge, Mr Potts.

  • @oniriscope
    @oniriscope 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That intro tho…
    Cinematography & color grading skills are simply stunning! Bravo!
    Super helpful content since it’s really hard to find color grading tutorial for film thanks a tone for that!

  • @mcgreevs24
    @mcgreevs24 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love watching your process. Thanks again for sharing!

  • @mozzfather
    @mozzfather 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    So glad I stumpled across your channel! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and techniques! There's very few cinematographers on youtube and your work is stellar!
    Greetings from germany!

  • @lawagyei
    @lawagyei 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lewis, thank you so much for this! Would love to see another video of just grading 16mm. I've searched everywhere and this is the only video that showed up. Thanks a ton!

  • @derekjcooper
    @derekjcooper 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Definitely sublime yet again Lewis - top shelf.

  • @Souchoroukof
    @Souchoroukof 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your grading skills are out of this world. thanks for sharing. amazing workflow. wish I can get to that level in the future

  • @alexanderkryukov6595
    @alexanderkryukov6595 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great! Thanks for sharing the workflow

  • @RickyJDee
    @RickyJDee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You are legit one of my favorite TH-cam personalities 🤣🤣 Fantastic work man, I’m impressed by very video

  • @LouisKobetz
    @LouisKobetz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lewis, love you videos man! Keep up the excellent work!

  • @sebastianfalckstigsby5010
    @sebastianfalckstigsby5010 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Everytime you upload is a treat.

  • @flochfitness
    @flochfitness 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My favorite cinematography 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @majidshanaa5812
    @majidshanaa5812 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for making this! great stuff. very helpful

  • @flipnap2112
    @flipnap2112 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love that most of the film stock are almost tailor made to be graded, and most look like LOG out of the gate (obviously not technically, but you know). I mean, wouldve KILLED to be able to color grade like this on a computer in the 80s. We spent YEARS trying to fine tune the baths and looking for that "next" revision of the chemistry to really give us the flexibility. We truly live in a great world! I think the tech hit us so hard and so fast we all lost our frame of reference. its nice to see people getting back to the basics, but not be a snob purist about it. these are just tools. hopefully the "reckless" days of abandon are over

  • @desmondmacnamara6068
    @desmondmacnamara6068 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Greatest intro statement truth.

  • @joecal2360
    @joecal2360 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Extremely useful for a newbie like me, thank you so much!!

  • @DanielGomez-rb5bu
    @DanielGomez-rb5bu 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    LOVE LOVE LOVE your videos... seriously. bell notifications are on

  • @HHKFilms1
    @HHKFilms1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Excellent stuff Lewis. One note, the film print LUTs supplied in DaVinci are designed to use with cineon log. Meaning you can use them not only with the flat cineon scans of your 16mm, but also when applying to digital footage, you can use color space transform to change Red Log or Log C or whatever into cineon gamma for a more accurate transform. Love the stuff, Keep it up man extremely useful content you produce .

    • @shebbe
      @shebbe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      REDLogFilm is actually the same response curve as Cineon Film Log so it's fine to have the footage set to that. The only other thing is that REDWideGamut is much larger than Rec.709 making the image very non-saturated if not converted. The DaVinci filmlooks expect Rec.709 colorspace with Cineon Log gamma so for better results it's better to convert RWG to Rec.709 first. I would do it with a CST node before the LUT instead of on the RED raw settings so you have some control for gamut mapping if your footage has out of Rec.709 gamut colors. You could also increase saturation before the LUT but it will be less accurate.

  • @crs2crs2
    @crs2crs2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for posting, great video!

  • @jackbynum
    @jackbynum 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love the videos Lewis! Keep it up bro!

  • @naeemashaari
    @naeemashaari 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    cool, can't wait for your next video

  • @arobindoroy3903
    @arobindoroy3903 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man I love that last music you put in this video.

  • @artsvanberg
    @artsvanberg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So fun intro and it reminded me of the humor and grainydays and also the music😂 great tutorial and interesting to see what your approach is to grading film, it looks so fun as well😍😄

  • @rodrigolev1
    @rodrigolev1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    cool that your still publishing !!! ur channel is important

  • @rivenmotors7981
    @rivenmotors7981 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for creating this informative presentation, you gave me a good place to start with grading my 16mm feature. Very little information out there for actual film other than digital video makers calling themselves filmmakers.

  • @artdoneus
    @artdoneus 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved this!!! 🤓🤓🤓 thank you for sharing your ways 📝📝📝

  • @dillonfernando2803
    @dillonfernando2803 ปีที่แล้ว

    i could watch your videos for hours, keep up the amazing content

  • @IvanC14
    @IvanC14 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this is amazing, thank you!

  • @filmbyakiljoefield
    @filmbyakiljoefield 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your style is excellent, I think I just found my best DP TH-camr! Keep up the excellent work bro!

  • @Omriki_triki
    @Omriki_triki 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Such a great knowledge, and your sweatshirt is really cool! ♥
    Thank you :)

  • @Volpearg
    @Volpearg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome bro!

  • @TwaynePereira
    @TwaynePereira 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Simple yet effective!! been dying to shoot 16mm film, but can't seem to get my hands on a camera here in Toronto!

  • @ehoarndesmas
    @ehoarndesmas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video 🙌

  • @Niamee2011
    @Niamee2011 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thankyou, this was really helpful!

  • @jftvrwk
    @jftvrwk ปีที่แล้ว

    awesome, love seeing your flow on film. Could be fun to ask your lab to scan it in DPX. A bit of a different workflow, and for sure way less raw (which can really benefit the 16mm look) but a dpx scan just gives you alot more options. I do like to see some of your tricks like Lum-mix, interesting way to balance for tungsten to daylight. i tend to just use the temp slider top left, but im going to try your way.

  • @JackSarcone
    @JackSarcone 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    gooood lord this is the best channel. I wanna work with you!

  • @thebrownskinwithcurlyhair.
    @thebrownskinwithcurlyhair. 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Need more 16mm videos !!! love your eye +!

  • @juliancantillo97
    @juliancantillo97 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hope you keep uploading this kind of content, especially with film is not that easy but there ir so little information, great videos.

  • @controversylab
    @controversylab 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You’re beyond talented dude

  • @NaveedKhan-ft2qh
    @NaveedKhan-ft2qh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Epic light media told me to come here amazing content 🥰

  • @nic_dre
    @nic_dre 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This video is really helpful as I am finally moving to davinci resolve. Side note, every "crank that" made me pause so I could catch my breath 😂

  • @Pootie23
    @Pootie23 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This dude is a genius!!!

  • @welchworks
    @welchworks 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cranked that button to "SUBSCRIBED."
    Excellent work going on here!

  • @G1NJO
    @G1NJO 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    more videos like this pls ;)
    u are awesome

  • @apmanti12
    @apmanti12 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    dope!

  • @vladislavbalce3031
    @vladislavbalce3031 ปีที่แล้ว

    i see u like small sharp grain with no softness. just subscribed!

  • @saikatchattopadhyay8263
    @saikatchattopadhyay8263 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Workflow is different for everybody and I don’t think there is one particular way,however for the first short I think it would be Cineon Log in CST rather Log C as Films are scanned in Cineon . I am not sure though but it may be worth trying

    • @MrSindriSvan
      @MrSindriSvan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Came here to say this. But I think you’re also right about workflow. Sure there some best practices but if you get there somehow, thats perf!
      Crackin videos Lewis!

  • @JonWolf
    @JonWolf 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you

  • @GarettMcKelvieDoP
    @GarettMcKelvieDoP 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My man

  • @maxstapelfeldt1292
    @maxstapelfeldt1292 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you really much for the cool videos, I find it really interesting that you use the offset to set the black level instead of the lift. Is there any difference? maybe on how the gamma slider reacts? If anyone knows feel free to answer, I am no pro at this

  • @klatchabobby
    @klatchabobby ปีที่แล้ว

    Some cinematographers will only shoot tungsten film and just adjust colours in the grade, or only shoot daylight, not only as a cost-saving measure, but also because it can produce "better daylight" footage if the colours are changed in post, rather than recorded on actually daylight WB film. But IDK about any of that, it's just what I've heard some say, most notably Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, of course

  • @chris.chiutena
    @chris.chiutena 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Crank that soulja boi! haha love your work @lewis thank you for these videos

  • @charlieweston2292
    @charlieweston2292 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where can we see all your finished projects your works great!!❤️

  • @michaliskim2319
    @michaliskim2319 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey man! This is one of the best c.grading I've seen in much time. That's really good work! I tried to find you in imdb, but there is only this youtube channel. Are you interested in cinematography- film wise?

  • @nghtfall
    @nghtfall 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was awesome! I’m curious what you shoot your TH-cam videos on?

  • @sakoneRR
    @sakoneRR 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Could you share the color space you are working with DaVinci as well as the export color space you use? I find your videos have such a good contrast ratio and I don't know how you achive that without getting color and gamma shifts on Mac

  • @Dennis94913
    @Dennis94913 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think the proper color space transform for film would be rec709 and cineon/redlogfilm gamma

  • @VariTimo
    @VariTimo ปีที่แล้ว

    Kodak 2383 transform, sharpening, printer points. Done.

  • @JoaoSilva22222
    @JoaoSilva22222 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lewis.....one question....even Shane Hurlbut said that the old Blackmagic Pocket can give you a very good 16mm footage......with the additional practicality of getting it already in prores or RAW....what do you think, compared to real film? Sometimes it generates some moirée, which i hate, but what are your thoughts?

  • @666kaysar7
    @666kaysar7 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank You For Your Shared Lewis! I have concerns about this,I have a shooting I will shot on 500T, but I will use HMI & tungsten practical light & color tube light, day& night as well. Do u recommend I just correct on the postproduction, and then I don’t loose to much stop for my exposure. I might be exposure as 320 at day time, and 250 at night scenes. So just wanna ask u should use 85 filter to correct the white balance or ?😅

  • @Diminish12
    @Diminish12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do you actually use Promist filter or some kind of diffusion filter in the Digital camera to give it a more film look?

  • @bobvanillace3641
    @bobvanillace3641 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    “So if I’m doing something wrong, and you want to blast me about it. I probably am, but fuck you.” Subbed 💀

  • @nikolasdove
    @nikolasdove ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m wondering if you can CST film footage from rec709 cineon film log to rec709 gamma 2.4

  • @jaysvids5320
    @jaysvids5320 ปีที่แล้ว

    How did you put video that you shot on film stock onto your computer to edit digitally?

  • @tc_da_f
    @tc_da_f 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    what laptop do you use for editting? like ram size, storarge etc...???

  •  2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! What hardware do you use for color management and accuracy?

    • @obody-sl9np
      @obody-sl9np 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Idk which one is that he's using, but if you wanna know, Da Vinci Resolve is a pretty good one. Beginner friendly, too

    •  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@obody-sl9np thanks, by hardware I meant computer system and monitor.

  • @tomaszbejnarowicz
    @tomaszbejnarowicz ปีที่แล้ว

    is it possible to save grain preset?

  • @dust9307
    @dust9307 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is more related to the general use of Da Vinci Resolve, but when handling multiple shots for a single scene, must one colour grade each each shot individually (one at a time), or can you grade them all collectively (all at the same time)? Cheers to whoever has an answer :D

    • @IanSPeterson
      @IanSPeterson 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can apply the same grade to multiple clips by using the middle mouse button.

    • @brennanmartignoni4192
      @brennanmartignoni4192 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Create a “look” using the “timeline” level node graph, then use the “clip” level node graph to grade individual clips. You can also create Groups by selecting multiple shots, right clicking, and adding it into a group or new group. You can divide them up into scenes, camera profiles, etc… just a helpful organizational tool

  • @rileyking1895
    @rileyking1895 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey, you might have covered this but where do you get your film developed and scanned? I'm from WA too.

    • @lewispotts
      @lewispotts  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I use Neglab and MemoryLab

  • @OverdriveMusic
    @OverdriveMusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Crank that up.....
    Soulja Boi! 😂😂😂😂

  • @skepsys
    @skepsys 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    which would you say is the mirrorless that comes closest to the analog filmic look when graded? i mean between cameras like sony's, panasonic, fujifilm etc.

    • @matthewphillips5483
      @matthewphillips5483 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not sure what he thinks but I have had great results with Sony a6000 with Neutral Creative Style (-3, -3, -3). Shoot with a color chart, add some Cinegrain, and you are very close to 16mm film look (need to set proper white balance, bump saturation a bit, and keep highlights/shadows at reference) but it will look shockingly similar.

  • @Owlbot
    @Owlbot 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    If that image is Log (I don't actually know if it is in this instance) it'd likely be Cineon.

    • @lewispotts
      @lewispotts  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah sort of ..half log

  • @julienpierb
    @julienpierb 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Then Fuck You" HAHAHA! I like your vibe. Thanks for doing that, it's always cool to see how others do their craft

  • @edwardcrockett
    @edwardcrockett 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    gosh the freakin intro did it

  • @TeipelFilms
    @TeipelFilms 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What always confuses me with film scans is bit depth... You said the 16mm footage you got back from the lab comes as ProRes 422. When shooting digital and capturing the footage using that codec, you end up with a certain bit depth. As this is only a film scan, what bit depth does this footage come with? Would be nice if anyone could explain.

    • @matthewphillips5483
      @matthewphillips5483 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When I get flat scans done, they are usually 10-bit. That was a few years back though and I got flat 2k DPX scans

  • @bluefilmsltd
    @bluefilmsltd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is there any point in colour grading 16mm??? I mean, what with the film stock and stuff it's all there? I can see why one may need to colour correct and do exposure adjustments, but why not just let the film stock speak for itself?

    • @danielebarberis1146
      @danielebarberis1146 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You have at least to convert 16mm film, because if you play it like that, it would look like a log space from a digital cinema camera. This is due to the digitalization of 16mm which is usually done in the cineon space, that is not a common log, because it was designed in the 90s based on print density of film negatives, so it's specifically designed to contain all the data resulting from a digital film scan.

    • @matthewphillips5483
      @matthewphillips5483 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You can if you shoot on reversal film. Reversal film is projection ready.

    • @bluefilmsltd
      @bluefilmsltd 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@matthewphillips5483 I might just do that then

  • @robieibor
    @robieibor 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    crank that soulja boy 😂😂😂

  • @NigelZhen
    @NigelZhen 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    i'm still here because of the calm music

  • @Sephsson
    @Sephsson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do you have patreon or something? I have never used patreon and not sure what it’s for but please take my money!

  • @MxMattieRose
    @MxMattieRose 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I haven’t shot 16mm since film school, but I would overexposure by 2 stops and then have the lab pull it back to neutral when developing the film to get a balanced image.
    That’s what I was taught at the time, but I don’t know if that’s still good practice as the tech has advanced.
    Anyone else have thoughts on this?

    • @matthewphillips5483
      @matthewphillips5483 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It is awesome how film neg can be overexposed by that much and still look great...now underexposure looks bad and I would prefer digital for an underexposed image.

  • @DarshanGajjarFilms
    @DarshanGajjarFilms 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you