Hi HwKok -

I don't know the exact look you're after, so it's difficult to say whether PD would be able to process your video in the way you want. You may need to use specific colour grading/correction software, like CL's ColorDirector.

Here are some links that might help...

http://vimeo.com/39958968 (shot on Nikon D5100 - processed in VirtualDub)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V45gmmYyDYk (also shot on 5100 - edited in PD)
http://fenchel-janisch.com/cinematic-look-nikon-d5100-dslr-film-look (processed & edited in AE)

http://digitaladvice.littlehole.net/archives/140

Cheers - Tony

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Hi,

there is actually a lot you can do in “fix / enhance” with color adjustment.
I don’t have ColorDirector, so I can’t advise regarding that.
But, tuning hue / saturation / exposure – and perhaps downscaling vibrancy,
I would think you could find “a toning” you could be satisfied with.

(I would make a note of what values I set so to have footage shot in the
same light / surroundings correspond. And in my case, given the specs I work with,
using correction on a wide scale in PD, I would have to pre-produce quite often.)

Nina
Just something.
https://www.petitpoisvideo.com

My personal opinion ! DONT use a DSLR to record the video ! Some of them have non-standard encoding and might get some issues in editing the recorded video. Beg, borrow, rent or (not don't do that) a real camcorder to record the video.

This ocassion usually only happens once so don't scrimp. Even a low cost camcorder (with good low light preformance) will be better than the DSLR.

Again only my opinion ! .
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Anything I post unless stated with a reference is my personal opinion.

A couple of years back, I stumbled over this video shot only with a DSLR, without tripod.
I have since then watched this video many times, not only because it was
made on a trip to Norway, but for the magnificent shooting and editing (my opinion).
I am intrigued by the depth of field, shooting from inside the train, choice of focus.
(My DSLR shoots avi.)

http://vimeo.com/14267725

Nina


Just something.
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I use 3 different SLR for video (Canon, Sony, Panasonic) and they all do a great job of the project. PD has no issues with any of them.

As for your cinema toning, we need more info from you. But you can check out NewBlueFX in the effects tab to see if it's what you're looking for. Win 10, i7

HwKok -

Some other links with good advice:

http://youtu.be/uSqvDRvv22M

http://youtu.be/PnL4Z0ebcBc (Canon 5DMkII)

http://www.learningdslrvideo.com/film-look-dslr-video/

Steve -

There's some pretty amazing video shot with DSLRs, though I understand what you're saying about problems with editing (depending on the hardware being used).

http://vimeo.com/7260115#
http://vimeo.com/8115840#

Cheers - Tony
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First of all, thanks for all the helpfull tips and hints. Very much appreciated!

Quote: Hi,

there is actually a lot you can do in “fix / enhance” with color adjustment.
I don’t have ColorDirector, so I can’t advise regarding that.
But, tuning hue / saturation / exposure – and perhaps downscaling vibrancy,
I would think you could find “a toning” you could be satisfied with.

This is actually a good method. I managed to get a nice color style with moving some of the sliders.
But how do I do this to all of my clips..easily? I don't feel like picking every clip and move the sliders every time again.

HDedit: I'll try the NewBlueFX effect to see if it works for me.

Another thing what gives a really nice cinema effect is adding black bars to the top and bottom of the movie. I take a mask and cover 1/8th of the upper and lower side of the movie. Again..it's not really easy to do this to all of the clips separately

The last thing I do is adding an ellipse gradient with the focus effect to create black, soft rounded corners. Massive.

Another thing what gives a really nice cinema effect is adding black bars to the top and bottom of the movie. I take a mask and cover 1/8th of the upper and lower side of the movie. Again..it's not really easy to do this to all of the clips separately

If you make a .png with transparent background and the appropriate black borders (with an image editor like paint.net), place it on a low track (so that it appears as an overlay to any others), extend it's duration for the whole video, it should do what you want.

Cheers
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AMD Phenom IIX6 1055T, win10, 5 internal drives, 7 usb drives, struggling power supply.

Being in the sharing-mood,
here's my letterbox from this video: http://youtu.be/TH-KxCDoWwc

Nina
Just something.
https://www.petitpoisvideo.com

Well here I am again.
Last night I had some time to find things out and I can say that I've got a very nice result when making a simple, short test movie.

This is how I did it:
1 - As I'm using Lightroom for editing my pictures, I found out that you can do the same for your video files. Here's an explanation for the ones that are using Lightroom too (as you're not using it, it's kind of hard to understand): http://tv.adobe.com/watch/getting-started-with-adobe-photoshop-lightroom-4/working-with-dslr-video-/
With that I could easily create a nice toning and copy it to all of my clips.

2 - After that I exported them to new files and imported the 'toned' movie clips into PD11.

3 - To create the 2,35:1 aspect ratio I looked for a template at Google. Sorry 1Nina, I didn't use your template because I was looking for an exact 2,35:1 template with the size of 1920x1080. Yours is slightly different (smaller black bars). Well, here it is in a .png with transparent middle part: http://gabrielmays.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Anamorphic_Croppings1.png
I inserted it on a new track and stretched it from beginning to the end of the movie.

4 - For a finishing touch I wanted to create a black, soft vignette. I inserted the 'focus' effect on the first clip, set it to the right amount and depth and selected to put the effect on all of the clips.

Now, that's it
The biggest advantage of pre-toning the clips in for example Lightroom is that PD11 is eating the clips much easier, resulting in faster editing and no locks or crashes.

When the movie is ready, I'll post the link in here to show you the results. Massive.

You seem to have found your way!
Different routes to the destination, but the point is to get there.
Looking forward to watch your video!

Just something.
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For anyone wanting to try more color grading software. The Blackmagicdesign lets you download and use DaVinci Resolve Lite for free. There is a link and the bottom of this page to download it.
http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/software/

Here a link to see what it's got .
http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/compare

I have download it and installed it the other night. I'm going to shoot some video with a dslr and play with it. Has for shoot video with my Canon G10 I will have to render the Mts files to a mov file. But I'm going to play with it. Intel i7 5960X overclock to 4 Ghz 16 GB of ram.
GoPro 4
Canon VIXIA HF G10
Canon EOS Rebel T3
Canon EOS 70D
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