Would this be like a Sepia effect?

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Sepia dulled the image, but I just realized it is adjustable, so that may just work. Thanks. __________________________________
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I remember that my old Canon camera had all those undesired effects to choose. Sepia was one of them. See the attached for details in setting them, and adjusting them. I prefer to do all mine in post on powerdirector if desired.

The majority of the early camcorders have those effects because 20 years ago home computers were not fast enough to do video editing so you did the effect in the camcorder and used an editor and a vcr for that.

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I prefer to do it in post also. The camera I use now doesn't have those effects. __________________________________
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Hi Jaime-esque -

If you could post a screenshot of a scene shot in "Cinema" mode & the same scene shot in "Normal" mode, it would give a better idea of how it filters the video.

The effects tomasc showed are quite different looking effects - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgCriOCYUUE

It's probably possible to create a preset in CDR that could be applied in PDR.

Cheers - Tony
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The link Tony supplied is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgCriOCYUUE .

I do recall reading in the old photography and movie making books 30 years ago that doing these effects post production is not nearly as good as doing it at the beginning and the result is different. I remember prism attachment to camera lenses to allow multiple images, color filters to highlight certain colors, using slow shutter speeds and panning to create motion blurs, etc. Depending on the camcorder that you buy one can still have all those effects. It is the digital nature of the dslr and cameras that have made it easier and cheaper to do this over film.

There are many of these effects already in powerdirector like the fx and the Fix/ Enhance/ ColorDirector /Color Effect for those who want to try them post production.

Hanks for the replies. I will get some screenshots and attach them. __________________________________
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Quote: I prefer to do it in post also. The camera I use now doesn't have those effects.

Hi, all!

My first videocamera was a mono Hi-8 model by Samsung, which had a number of different inbuilt effects, including mirror(one half of screen inverted left-for-right), but, like many, If I wish to apply such effects, I'd much rather apply them in the editing process. At least that way, I can take the effect off if I don't like it, prior to rendering(producing) my final video.

Cheers!

Neil.

Jaime, the Cinema effect is present on all 3 of my Canons. I never use it, but what it generally does (in it's STANDARD mode) is to flatten the colors a little and also kick in a 24P frame rate (in a 60i container). In addition to the standard mode you can also apply a bunch of filter styles to it, like Vivid, Sepia, etc. Those filters can also be adjusted for intensity. I suspect you had Cinema activated along with one of the filters. You can find examples on YouTube. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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Hey Barry -

I just found that switch on my Canon XA20! Never used it! ...

Well - I have now - and mucked around with the 9 available filters.

Jaime-esque - if you have a Cinema switch, you probably have the filters too (standard is the default). What model is your camera?

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Sorry, I haven't been on for a few days. My model is a Vixia HF-R100. I will look at it tomorrow in daylight and get a better idea of what I did. I mostly used it just playing around, but now I want to reproduce the effect with myGoPro. __________________________________
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Jaime-esque -

Does the effect look similar to the attached screenshot? The top pic was shot with no effect. The lower one with Cinema Standard.

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That is very close. __________________________________
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Jaime-esque -

This is a bit of a stab in the dark because there are too many variables involved. It depends on the particular clip (light conditions etc) and the "look" you're after.

I made these presets in ColorDirector & they can be imported into the Color Presets in PDR's Fix/Enhance module... but a colourist, I ain't!

There are 4 variants - Cinema I, II, III & IV each slightly different than the other. Basically - contrast & saturation down, clarity up, highlights down and shadows a little deeper. Cinema III & IV have a little vignetting applied.

Maybe they'll do the job, or at least get you started.

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Thanks, I give that a look. I have trying to get a sample, but I have been getting home after dark and they just don't look right. __________________________________
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