Great thing about gels is they modulate the existing "full" color spectrum of a light allowing for a more, sort of, realistic rendering of your image. A lot of RGB lights *only* output that color, which can affect your image negatively since there's no other colors for your subject to reflect.
I enjoy watching your channel. Work with old geezers, they know this stuff because they lived it. In the old days what you created with the cinefoil was called a snoot, they came in different size openings and one would place them on Fresnel lights to create that effect
CTB means Convert To Blue. And you loose a lot of that light with Gel Sheets. That’s why they came up with RGB Lights after roughly 80 years of Gel Sheet Lighting History! So be thankful and grateful for new technology bending reality to a lighting setup you can manipulate with buttons instead of technicians. Thanks for the vid, I appreciate it!
Not RGB Have less output than bi color or daylight fixtures. Some colors have less output naturally in comparison to RED (brightest), blue or green. CTB stands for color temperature blue and CTO stands for color temperature orange. Nothing wrong with RGB lights just need to know the limitations!
@@guidedvisionsmedia Totally agree with what you have said here. The one thing Gels do have over RGB is skin rendering,. Here is a video about it. th-cam.com/video/5U-F7EhLp7g/w-d-xo.html Knowing RGB limitations is a great point.
Thanks for the layout/diagrams that was very helpful. What c-stand are you using for overhead lighting? Im looking for a cstand or a stand with boom arm that is strong enough to hold heavy lights/lights with softboxes or even use it for overhead camera shots.
just setting up a 3 Light setup + a Spotlight and t4c on the backwall. But my sorrow is how to proper color grade the skin tones correct when im going for a little blue/red face lighting setup (blueish left face and red on the right hair side) There are tons of color grading tutorial but no tutorials for grading when used color gels
Thanks for watching the vid. When it comes to grading skin tones when ever I am using colour light on the skin, my main aim is to make sure that the colour of the light is accurate or has the look I am going for. I dont approach grading skin in the same way when I am using coloured light. This is because the I am trying to emphasis the colour rather the get accurate skin tones. Im not an expert on colour grading but this is the approach I take when colour grading using coloured lights skin tones
Really cool dude. I just ordered my camera and light. I ordered "Aputure Accent B7C". I wanted to get an expensive light bar, but I would think these may be enough for accenting and being able to put them into fixtures in a scene. The gels are a good idea.
Be careful when using these cheap gels. I tried various brands from amazon, but they all melt almost instantly when I put them in front of my Godox ML60. But They work perfectly when you put them in front of LED panels. I tested gels from LEE (professional grade gels) though and they can withstand almost any heat. I put one in front of a Aputure 350D on 100% for 1h and had no issues. There are some super expensive ones but If you want to get them cheap I think this might be a trick, to get PAR64 versions (ment for stage lights) which are sometimes sold in bundles, they work amazingly for me as described.
Did you change the color temperate of your camera in the scene with you at the office setup with the one light outside the window? I expected the room to more orange than what the final video ended up looking like so I thought you cooled down your white balance in camera?
Never thought about making a circular gel and putting it inside the softbox. Thanks for showing that.
Glad it was helpful
Chale I’ve learnt a lot ever since I discovered your channel. Please don’t stop what you are doing.
Thanks for the support
Nice lighting setup!!
Nice work. RGB lights can be expensive and this is a good way to create lighting effects on a low budget. Good video, keep them coming 👍🏼
Thanks for supporting the channel glad you liked the video
Great thing about gels is they modulate the existing "full" color spectrum of a light allowing for a more, sort of, realistic rendering of your image. A lot of RGB lights *only* output that color, which can affect your image negatively since there's no other colors for your subject to reflect.
So innovative! I loved all three scenes and the creative ways in which you put them together.
Thanks
Dope video as always ❤
Thank you 🙌🏿
I enjoy watching your channel. Work with old geezers, they know this stuff because they lived it. In the old days what you created with the cinefoil was called a snoot, they came in different size openings and one would place them on Fresnel lights to create that effect
Thanks , glad you liked the video
Love this! Really helpful stuff. Like how you put this together a lot 👌
Glad it was helpful!
Great Video Bro
I used to do this with quasar science tubes starting out ! I couldn’t afford rgb, so I got $75 bulbs and tape gels to it haha
It’s such a quick effect way to get some rgb capability from your current lights
CTB means Convert To Blue. And you loose a lot of that light with Gel Sheets. That’s why they came up with RGB Lights after roughly 80 years of Gel Sheet Lighting History! So be thankful and grateful for new technology bending reality to a lighting setup you can manipulate with buttons instead of technicians.
Thanks for the vid, I appreciate it!
Not RGB Have less output than bi color or daylight fixtures. Some colors have less output naturally in comparison to RED (brightest), blue or green. CTB stands for color temperature blue and CTO stands for color temperature orange. Nothing wrong with RGB lights just need to know the limitations!
@@guidedvisionsmedia Totally agree with what you have said here. The one thing Gels do have over RGB is skin rendering,. Here is a video about it. th-cam.com/video/5U-F7EhLp7g/w-d-xo.html Knowing RGB limitations is a great point.
Thanks for the layout/diagrams that was very helpful. What c-stand are you using for overhead lighting?
Im looking for a cstand or a stand with boom arm that is strong enough to hold heavy lights/lights with softboxes or even use it for overhead camera shots.
The brand is called Kupo I bought it from a store in the UK called CVP
Amzing beautiful work ! keep em videos coming more
Thanks for watching, glad you liked the video
just setting up a 3 Light setup + a Spotlight and t4c on the backwall. But my sorrow is how to proper color grade the skin tones correct when im going for a little blue/red face lighting setup (blueish left face and red on the right hair side) There are tons of color grading tutorial but no tutorials for grading when used color gels
Thanks for watching the vid. When it comes to grading skin tones when ever I am using colour light on the skin, my main aim is to make sure that the colour of the light is accurate or has the look I am going for. I dont approach grading skin in the same way when I am using coloured light. This is because the I am trying to emphasis the colour rather the get accurate skin tones. Im not an expert on colour grading but this is the approach I take when colour grading using coloured lights skin tones
Really cool dude. I just ordered my camera and light. I ordered "Aputure Accent B7C". I wanted to get an expensive light bar, but I would think these may be enough for accenting and being able to put them into fixtures in a scene. The gels are a good idea.
Yeah I would say try out gels first and see if you can achieve the look you want before you upgrade to something more expensive
Great vid!
Old school 👏🏾
thanks bro , very informative
Thanks for watching, glad you found the video helpful
Thanks Bro this is inspiring 🎉
Glad you liked it
Be careful when using these cheap gels. I tried various brands from amazon, but they all melt almost instantly when I put them in front of my Godox ML60. But They work perfectly when you put them in front of LED panels. I tested gels from LEE (professional grade gels) though and they can withstand almost any heat. I put one in front of a Aputure 350D on 100% for 1h and had no issues. There are some super expensive ones but If you want to get them cheap I think this might be a trick, to get PAR64 versions (ment for stage lights) which are sometimes sold in bundles, they work amazingly for me as described.
Thanks for sharing this tip, much appreciated
Nice🎉Thank You
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Did you change the color temperate of your camera in the scene with you at the office setup with the one light outside the window? I expected the room to more orange than what the final video ended up looking like so I thought you cooled down your white balance in camera?
I had it set at 5000K