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“Film Look”
To the Uni-Brain,
We are working on a feature doc with production footage shot on the DVX100A in 24p mode. It looks great, even projected.
We are also using a lot of stock, shot in formats varying from film to the crappiest, oldest VHS camcorder.
Is there some kind of process we can send our stock thru, an AVID effect or maybe a 3rd party plug in, that would bring the image qualities a little closer together. We want the stock to look different, but with a quality closer to the 24p “film look” of our production footage.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Jevon
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4 Replies
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Well there’s a ton of half-ass’t ways of getting close to that look in the Avid. None are glorious, but at least it’s a start. Here’s a couple ideas:
That choppy look:
– make a motion effect of the clip at 100% speed, but with duplicated fields.
– Make a motion effect at 100% speed but add strobe motionAdditional option – a “projected” look:
– Boris effects “BCC Film Damage” looks like the image is being run through a film projector (dust, scratches, etc).I also just upgraded my Avid Adrenaline to v2.6.2 and discovered new plug-ins in the effect palette called FluidFilm Cadence and Progressive. They look like interpolation fixers for bad pull-down problems. I haven’t looked at them closely yet, but the one called “progressive” might help achieve what you’re looking for. Not sure.
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Which version of Avid are you using?
The later versions with FluidFilm (Effects/Timewarp/FluidFilm Progressive) will give you exactly what you are looking for. I had a 24p project, shot on the DVX100A, that needed a few insert shots. The person who shot it for me forgot to enable 24p, so I took the 60i shots and applied FulidFilm to them. Very hard to tell any difference.
Regards,
Joe Womble
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try the 2:3 candence in the timewarp effect pallet
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(Shameless plug!) Try Sapphire S2_FilmEffect; it can do the simulated pulldown you want as well as color correct/exposure/grain to help you match the look you want.
— Gary Oberbrunner from GenArts
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