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Barry Goyette Posted at 2017-2-7 07:26
Gybo, mi Amigo!
Read what Mike said again. Maybe he's just confused you with the talk of acutance. The H264 footage is sharpened...not sharper. It appears sharper, but it is not. The ProRes footage is NOT soft...it's normal...and it doesn't need to be sharpened unless you want it to look sharpened, or if you want it to look like the H264 (which apparently you do :-)
Yes, im not a "pro" in the sense of doing this for many years. I learn as I go along. I have not had any schooling in the field as well, self teaching and picking up what I can from areas like this.
That said, I understand that h264 footage is usually sharpened / over-sharpened as a result of being processed in camera. I would not say I want ProRes to look like h264, I am just trying to understand if this is normal for ProRes to look soft this way? Basically, was DJI intentionally making the ProRes image "soft" because unsharp masking is normally part of the workflow with ProRes, OR... is unsharp mask a solution as a fix to the way the footage is... that was the purpose of my post, should have worded it a bit better I guess.
My perception of ProRes was that due to being a Industry standard of a deliverable format, content being "soft" was not the norm. I could not imagine someone giving "soft" ProRes content (or footage from the I2) over to a client and saying, "it just needs to be sharpened" thats where my idea of it being sharper comes from. sorry to be a noob in this area.
Again, im not looking for my ProRes footage to look like H264... I like color correcting and grading (still learning tho) I just feel that there could be a happy middle between what we are getting, not over sharp, and not "soft"
Once I get my SSD, this will be the first time Im working with ProRes out of camera, I have worked with RAW and have somewhat a grasp on that (but there is still so much to learn)
When it comes to stills, I hate JPG. I only shoot RAW. Im trying to learn video as much as I can... but video is a learning curve.
Thanks for all the info fellas! |
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