Creative looks guide?

[NBitcoin]

I want to achieve minor or no PP done at all when shooting JPEGS so does anyone here know a guide in a customizing each creative look settings?

 

[NBitcoin]

I want to achieve minor or no PP done at all when shooting JPEGS so does anyone here know a guide in a customizing each creative look settings?

For example, Mark Galer’s shots are just gorgeous. I don’t know what kind of PP he applied but I wonder if these can be SOOTC.

 

[bpatient]

This matrix indicates how Sony's creative styles are related:


Sony Creative Style Matrix (from a few years ago)

Figure legend:

A. Brightness (Higher); B. Brightness (Lower); C. Contrast (Higher); D. Contrast (Lower); E. Saturation (Higher); F. Saturation (Lower)

(1) Standard; (2) Vivid; (3) Neutral; (4) Clear; (5) Deep; (6) Light; (7) Portrait; (8) Landscape; (9) Sunset; (10) Night view; (11) Autumn leaves

In addition to the parameters shown in this diagram, each Creative Style setting also has a different effect on color reproduction, white balance, sharpness, and tone curve. (Selecting a different Creative Style setting will not produce the same results even if the basic brightness, contrast, and saturation settings are the same.) That said, you can get a sense for how you might adjust the parameters. You could start with something you like and alter contrast, saturation, and exposure to taste.

Sony's descriptions:

Standard: Rich tonal gradation and color; suitable for a wide range of subjects and scenes

Vivid: Heightened contrast and saturation; suitable for subjects such as flowers, spring foliage, sky scenes, and ocean views [seems to be less contrast and less supersaturated greens than landscape]

Neutral: Attenuated saturation and sharpness; provides a neutral starting point for images that are to be post-processed [seems to have the same contrast but lower saturation than standard--and with no color tweaks]

Clear: For clear images with limpid colors in the highlights; helps evoke a sense of radiant light

Deep: For images with deep and dense color; helps evoke a sense of depth and solidity.

Light: For images with bright, uncomplicated color expression; helps evoke a light, refreshing ambience

Portrait: For images with rich, natural skin tones; ideal for portraits [seems more saturated and less contrast than standard, with tweaked (warmer) skin tones]

Landscape: Heightened contrast, saturation, and sharpness for crisp detail and vivid color; ideal for landscapes and scenic views

Sunset Saturated reds for warm, beautiful images of the setting sun

https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/articles/00267927

 

[4Photos]

I want to achieve minor or no PP done at all when shooting JPEGS so does anyone here know a guide in a customizing each creative look settings?

For example, Mark Galer’s shots are just gorgeous. I don’t know what kind of PP he applied but I wonder if these can be SOOTC.

Answer: No way! These are very heavily post processed. For a 2h tutorial by Mark Galer how to achieve this look in LR, see this for example:

 

[Karl Scharf]

This matrix indicates how Sony's creative styles are related:


Sony Creative Style Matrix (from a few years ago)

Figure legend:

A. Brightness (Higher); B. Brightness (Lower); C. Contrast (Higher); D. Contrast (Lower); E. Saturation (Higher); F. Saturation (Lower)

(1) Standard; (2) Vivid; (3) Neutral; (4) Clear; (5) Deep; (6) Light; (7) Portrait; (8) Landscape; (9) Sunset; (10) Night view; (11) Autumn leaves

In addition to the parameters shown in this diagram, each Creative Style setting also has a different effect on color reproduction, white balance, sharpness, and tone curve. (Selecting a different Creative Style setting will not produce the same results even if the basic brightness, contrast, and saturation settings are the same.) That said, you can get a sense for how you might adjust the parameters. You could start with something you like and alter contrast, saturation, and exposure to taste.

Sony's descriptions:

Standard: Rich tonal gradation and color; suitable for a wide range of subjects and scenes

Vivid: Heightened contrast and saturation; suitable for subjects such as flowers, spring foliage, sky scenes, and ocean views [seems to be less contrast and less supersaturated greens than landscape]

Neutral: Attenuated saturation and sharpness; provides a neutral starting point for images that are to be post-processed [seems to have the same contrast but lower saturation than standard--and with no color tweaks]

Clear: For clear images with limpid colors in the highlights; helps evoke a sense of radiant light

Deep: For images with deep and dense color; helps evoke a sense of depth and solidity.

Light: For images with bright, uncomplicated color expression; helps evoke a light, refreshing ambience

Portrait: For images with rich, natural skin tones; ideal for portraits [seems more saturated and less contrast than standard, with tweaked (warmer) skin tones]

Landscape: Heightened contrast, saturation, and sharpness for crisp detail and vivid color; ideal for landscapes and scenic views

Sunset Saturated reds for warm, beautiful images of the setting sun

https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/articles/00267927

Unfortunately this does not apply to the a7iv.



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...."Sony, your crap is so good"....love this quote!

 

[bpatient]

Unfortunately this does not apply to the a7iv.

This might help:

 

[NBitcoin]

This matrix indicates how Sony's creative styles are related:


Sony Creative Style Matrix (from a few years ago)

Figure legend:

A. Brightness (Higher); B. Brightness (Lower); C. Contrast (Higher); D. Contrast (Lower); E. Saturation (Higher); F. Saturation (Lower)

(1) Standard; (2) Vivid; (3) Neutral; (4) Clear; (5) Deep; (6) Light; (7) Portrait; (8) Landscape; (9) Sunset; (10) Night view; (11) Autumn leaves

In addition to the parameters shown in this diagram, each Creative Style setting also has a different effect on color reproduction, white balance, sharpness, and tone curve. (Selecting a different Creative Style setting will not produce the same results even if the basic brightness, contrast, and saturation settings are the same.) That said, you can get a sense for how you might adjust the parameters. You could start with something you like and alter contrast, saturation, and exposure to taste.

Sony's descriptions:

Standard: Rich tonal gradation and color; suitable for a wide range of subjects and scenes

Vivid: Heightened contrast and saturation; suitable for subjects such as flowers, spring foliage, sky scenes, and ocean views [seems to be less contrast and less supersaturated greens than landscape]

Neutral: Attenuated saturation and sharpness; provides a neutral starting point for images that are to be post-processed [seems to have the same contrast but lower saturation than standard--and with no color tweaks]

Clear: For clear images with limpid colors in the highlights; helps evoke a sense of radiant light

Deep: For images with deep and dense color; helps evoke a sense of depth and solidity.

Light: For images with bright, uncomplicated color expression; helps evoke a light, refreshing ambience

Portrait: For images with rich, natural skin tones; ideal for portraits [seems more saturated and less contrast than standard, with tweaked (warmer) skin tones]

Landscape: Heightened contrast, saturation, and sharpness for crisp detail and vivid color; ideal for landscapes and scenic views

Sunset Saturated reds for warm, beautiful images of the setting sun

https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/articles/00267927

Thank you for your reply. I found this as well

ILCE-7SM3 | Help Guide | Creative Look (still image/movie)

 

[veresdenialex109]

Sony Creative Styles are ok, and the new Sony menu has more options, but it's still limited.

I recommend using Picture Profiles for Stills, it offer greater control on manipulating Colors, Shadows and Highlights, and it also has Color Depth adjustments on individual color channels, which no other brand is offering, not even Fuji. so that is pretty cool to create profiles inside the camera, just like in color grading presets.

Here I have a couple Free Recipes, I Call them Sony Film simulations, as I made them to replicate the look analog film.

I usually underexpose by half a stop as a measure of guidance

I use them to get great color out of camera for both video and photos, sometimes i cannot be bothered to edit the shots.

Hope this helps you as much as it helped me

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Check my Custom Sony Film Simulation Picture Profiles
https://www.veresdenialex.com/sony-film-simulation-recipes