film looking

[huh]

Well,i got a digital camera.Excellent picture,but it still looks like TV News.How can u make it film-like ?

[wide awake]

out of interest what DV camera did you get ? , for your info if you light your films as though you were shooting on film , you can then run a product called cine look over the finished product on the PC, i've no experience with it but it's supposed to be pretty good , it's made by after effects i think.

[huh]

I think i got the answer.What about transferring it to celluloid ???

[WUXflooble]

Wouldn't that add yet another layer of
grain on top of the already grainy lo-res
DV footage?

[WUXflooble]

As for video->film transfer check out my
theory as to how to go about it in this
thread>>> "Film to Digital to Film"

(It's near the bottom of the main page.)

[khan488]

Whats the specific anem of that program that makes digital look more like film. I am really interested in checking it out. Is it a part of Adobe after effects??

Any help would be appreciated

[Ruthie]

I am working with digital also. There is no way to get the rich colors and depth of film. However, there are some cosmetic effects that give you the same texture. Almost any program has the film filter. I have used many like Adobe Premiere, Trinity, and media 100. It is usually a standard effect.

[Jon Taylor]

Sometimes it forgetten that lighting is very important. I have found that if you light it as for film and add a small amount of warmth (1/4 C.T.O. over the normal lighting, or an 81B filter, or set up the warm colour in your white balance), then add a 1/4 or 1/2 white ProMist (to soften video's hard edges). The look is quite pleasing.

Even Digi Beta - if you light it as video - still only looks like good quality video.

Jon.

[miker]

The first thing to remember is that film is frame based, video is field based.

If your DV has a progressive scan mode, use it, this should stop frames being interlaced into fields.

Then, be prepared to agonise over tweaking your final footage, not to mention wait hours for the film effect to render.

My advice: just tell a good story. You can always drop a field later

Oh, and *never* use the camcorder's onboard sound unless it offers balanced mono, so your soundman can jack straight in )
One word: Nagra/Sennheiser - unbeatable, but at a cost!!

Cine Look plugin is okay, but FilmFX offers far more flexibility and features. Dunno who makes 'em off hand, but you know how to use a search engine, right?

[Gurdeep Samra]

Check out www.digieffects.com

They sell a "film look" plug in pack for
after effects -- they have on line samples
and you can see for yourself that the final
results are crap -- you're better off keeping
it looking like video.