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Best Black & White results
I’m going to be desaching my horror film to almost Black & White.
There will be just a hint of some color – I don’t know what color yet.
How best do I achieve these results. Do Nattress filters do that or should I stick with FCP?
And do I have to do it to each clip or make a longer movie first to apply to?Thanks!
Baydog
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4 Replies
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If it’s a pro project, you want a good b&w film filter for the proper effect. The DFT 55mm filters are excellent, as are Sapphire. Magic Bullet has some beautiful preset b&w ‘looks’.
If you can’t splash the cash, see if you can get some render time on a system that has one of these installed. Making video Black and White is not as simple as desaturating it – it’s about contrast, film gamma, etc. I have not used the Natress set, although you will find many fans here. With some of the more expensive filter sets I have mentioned, you really do get what you pay for.
If this project matters to you, render it out as is, then run it though one of the above.
Ben
Editec Broadcast Editing Ltd
EVS & FCP specialists for live OB operations.
New HD edit/slomo truck on the road this month. Dual FCP systems/6 slomo positions.
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I haven’t try the DFT 55mm filter or Sapphire neather the Nattress (I’ve just bouth it), but a really agreed with Ben. Don’t miss the B&W Crunch of MagicBullet.
Cheers,
rafael -
Wow. I didn’t know that. So is it not equivalent to do a simple “desaturate” and then manually adjust contrast, etc.?
Thanks,
Alexander Gao“When the revolution happens, I’ll be leading it.”
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You can do it like that, but there are few other technics that produce much B&W photo-like image.
Cheers,
rafael
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