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Matching grain
I’m about to render a lengthy compositing project and I’m looking for some basic, beginner’s advice. I have DVCPRO50 footage against 3D plates. The 3D is spotless, of course, and needs matching grain.
When I add the match grain effect, is it a good idea to refer it to the actual DVCPRO footage layer directly above it? Or should I find something more uniform (like the back of the lens cap) and use this for ALL my 3D plates?
Problem is, I don’t have any lens cap footage. The only thing close to uniformity is a 5-second reference plate of the green screen itself. Lot of green there. Seems like the red and blue channels might be under-represented.
Even if I did have lens cap footage, wouldn’t it be better to go with 50 percent grey? Black may be too noisy, white not enough. I dunno.
All a bit vague, I realize. I’ll take any thought or warning anyone might have on this one.
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David Torno has a tutorial on match grain techniques. DO a Google.
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