A new baby has been born!
Read moreFirst 14bit RAW video frame extracted from 5D Mark IV with Magic Lantern!!
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Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K RAW and ProRes 422 footage released for download
Blackmagic have released the first files straight off the Pocket Cinema Camera 4K, for grading and evaluation.
How does the image stack up?
Read moreBlackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K RAW and ProRes 422 footage released for download
8 Cinema DNG shots from Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera raw
For your Photoshop grading pleasure here are some original Cinema DNG frames hot off the newly updated Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera.
“A raw video monster in your pocket”.
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Introducing the EOSHD Film LUT (for 5D Mark III raw and Resolve 10)
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/79160137[/vimeo]
With the new version of Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve (10.0) you can grade and edit 5D Mark III raw DNG sequences, with image quality at the Adobe Camera Raw level for the first time and performance through the roof.
EOSHD Film LUT is an instant cinema style which quickly and easily improves the look of 5D Mark III raw video in Resolve 10. No grading skills required.
This LUT gives you a more film-like image, a less harsh electronic look compared to the standard Rec.709 colour space and default settings. It gives you more detail in the highlights and a smoother more natural feel to colour.
Read moreIntroducing the EOSHD Film LUT (for 5D Mark III raw and Resolve 10)
Raw goes mainstream – Adobe Premiere CC native Cinema DNG support tried and tested!
Adobe have the best debayer for raw around. I still convert my 5D Mark III and Blackmagic Cinema Camera raw files from DNG to an editable format in Adobe After Effects because the end result looks better than DaVinci Resolve.
Well as of today with Premiere CC update 12.1 Cinema DNG raw video is an editable format, directly in Premiere – dramatically speeding up the workflow for video shot with Magic Lantern on Canon DSLRs and the Blackmagic cameras.
Read moreRaw goes mainstream – Adobe Premiere CC native Cinema DNG support tried and tested!
Cinema DNG support coming to Adobe Premiere CC in October
Above: the Canon 5D Mark III with Magic Lantern raw video recording. Check out the EOSHD book here
Due to demand Adobe are finally putting Cinema DNG support back into Premiere. What’s more it is a fully featured implementation with realtime playback like Resolve and GPU accelerated debayering. Adobe’s existing debayer of Cinema DNG gives the best image quality out there so I have high hopes for Premiere come October.
Read moreCinema DNG support coming to Adobe Premiere CC in October
2.5k CinemaScope anamorphic raw on the 5D Mark III
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Get the EOSHD Anamorphic Shooter’s Guide for a comprehensive guide to anamorphic lenses, which ones to use, how to get them and how to shoot
Download the 2.5k 2560×1280 Vimeo file and playback on a 2.5K or 4K display for best results
Download a pack of DNG frames from the original raw files to judge quality
The spec sheet is impressive. 14bit linear bayer raw is sub-sampled from a 6K sensor, giving 1280 lines of extremely clean resolution with an anamorphic compliant 4:3 aspect ratio.
This is in a similar league to the image quality of the Sony F35 (Superman Returns, Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland) which cost $250,000 just 5 years ago.
A look at raw video on the Canon 600D
Download the sample DNG frames from continuous raw video on the 600D
Though most of the development at Magic Lantern has been focussed on the powerful 5D Mark III, the latest firmware builds have also been ported to the 600D. How does it perform for raw video?