I am somewhat stuck (or suck) with post-processing:
1) Using Davinci Resolve, 14, free version. I have plenty of CPU/Memory/Drives.
2) Raw video we are supposed to shoot for the best post processing ...
3) Today I shot raw, natural, gorgeous video with same lighting and exposure to confirm what I am seeing in the .mov files the H produces and the rendered output from Davinci.
3a) raw .mov is flat, with less sharpness (as expected). Natural is pretty good, with excellent sharpness. Gorgeous is how I view my fiancée and wish to see life with my rose colored glasses.
3b) the raw .mov video from the H is flat, not sharp, but does not change as far as color recording. I can see the natural and gorgeous .mov video from the H adjusting either sharpness or saturation/hue each second; there is an actual flicker as the color is readjusted : this pretty much removes the possibility of using natural or gorgeous as input to a movie editor.
4) Given that, I am not able to get the sharpness out of the raw video the H produces that is the same sharpness as the natural .mov the H produces, when rendering the raw .mov with Davinci. This is a) learning curve b) limit c) ahhhh wtf!
5) Additionally at a simple level, without adjusting color, sharpness, any settings other then what is set as default, when rendering the natural footage it does render as less sharp then the actual .mov footage from the H. Is there a simple 'pass through' that will just allow me to edit / remove / splice footage and render without degradation?
Questions :
1) How can I get the raw .mov files to render with the same sharpness as the Natural footage?
1a) Davinci or any other editor if fine. I don't care anymore about the 'best' editor - what editor simply renders cleanly?
2) Can I get the Natural footage to render without loosing sharpness?
2a) I understand the natural degradation of rendering from source through each level of output; however, in previous life being a photojournalist with film and spending 14 hours in a darkroom to minimalize this, I would think a 'simple' translation of bits to the output should not introduce effects - unless it is the output format. Is there a specific output format from the H .mov to the rendered format that is best?
Request :
I do not want to go through the same learning curve with Kodachrome and Extrachrome to get an excellent result; I just do not have that same patience anymore.
Thank you!
1) Using Davinci Resolve, 14, free version. I have plenty of CPU/Memory/Drives.
2) Raw video we are supposed to shoot for the best post processing ...
3) Today I shot raw, natural, gorgeous video with same lighting and exposure to confirm what I am seeing in the .mov files the H produces and the rendered output from Davinci.
3a) raw .mov is flat, with less sharpness (as expected). Natural is pretty good, with excellent sharpness. Gorgeous is how I view my fiancée and wish to see life with my rose colored glasses.
3b) the raw .mov video from the H is flat, not sharp, but does not change as far as color recording. I can see the natural and gorgeous .mov video from the H adjusting either sharpness or saturation/hue each second; there is an actual flicker as the color is readjusted : this pretty much removes the possibility of using natural or gorgeous as input to a movie editor.
4) Given that, I am not able to get the sharpness out of the raw video the H produces that is the same sharpness as the natural .mov the H produces, when rendering the raw .mov with Davinci. This is a) learning curve b) limit c) ahhhh wtf!
5) Additionally at a simple level, without adjusting color, sharpness, any settings other then what is set as default, when rendering the natural footage it does render as less sharp then the actual .mov footage from the H. Is there a simple 'pass through' that will just allow me to edit / remove / splice footage and render without degradation?
Questions :
1) How can I get the raw .mov files to render with the same sharpness as the Natural footage?
1a) Davinci or any other editor if fine. I don't care anymore about the 'best' editor - what editor simply renders cleanly?
2) Can I get the Natural footage to render without loosing sharpness?
2a) I understand the natural degradation of rendering from source through each level of output; however, in previous life being a photojournalist with film and spending 14 hours in a darkroom to minimalize this, I would think a 'simple' translation of bits to the output should not introduce effects - unless it is the output format. Is there a specific output format from the H .mov to the rendered format that is best?
Request :
I do not want to go through the same learning curve with Kodachrome and Extrachrome to get an excellent result; I just do not have that same patience anymore.
Thank you!