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Should Proper Zebra Level Look Overexposed in the Monitor?

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Hendrik_nl
Hendrik_nl Regular Member • Posts: 225
Re: Should Proper Zebra Level Look Overexposed in the Monitor?

Before you shoot, you should know the dynamic range of the scene and take the capabilities of your camera into consideration. Set your lights accordingly. Sometimes you need to reduce contrast (adding or subtracting light). Shoot everything correctly, without over- or underexposing. The luminance values of your skin tones should be roughly between the 40 - 70 IRE Range. This isn't set in stone though and every scene will be different. What is the effect you are after?

Setting everything correctly saves you from dragging values around and introducing artefacts.

Edit: Use RAW if you can and use log as your profile.Always set your white balance correctly,

Edit2: REC2020 is a wide gamut final delivery color space, can be a working color space, but it's not your camera color space. Best is to learn the basics of color space. On youtube look for Cullen Kelly.

DaVinci Resolve is the way to go. Industry grade and free to use. Lots of tutorials.

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