Keep in mind that this is a small JPEG image from their website, not a lossless shot of the original frame. Original CineStyle, vs Corrected, double size to show detail more clearly Let’s take a closer look at the face side-by-side, before and after. Note the blocky artifacts and unnatural colors. Here’s their original image which was shot with Technicolor CineStyle, a “flat” picture profile that supposedly helps you get more dynamic range and therefore better looking video: Technicolor CineStyle example image from The Association BlogĪnd here’s what it looks like after I pull it into an image editor, boosting contrast, saturation, brightness (a little) and gamma (a little) to make it look “normal” again: Color-corrected image.
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(Hint: if you don’t already know whether your camera produces 8-bit color or 10-bit color, it produces 8-bit color.) I’ll point you to this article “Should I Shoot Flat and Underexposed?” with a Technicolor CineStyle example image so you can read their advice and then I’ll show you with THEIR OWN IMAGE why shooting flat on your DSLR is a really bad idea, then I’ll explain what’s really going on. If your camera does not output files that have 10-bit (or higher) color channels, you should NEVER SHOOT FLAT, LOG, or CINEMA COLOR PROFILES, EVER.
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I plan to do a much deeper video on this subject later, but for now I’ve found a perfect example of the sort of “you should shoot flat ” bad advice I see online all the time. If you have the time and want to grow your knowledge about digital video, it’s definitely worth investing the time to read the 3000+ word post there instead of this one.
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This post is a good short example, but I show better examples and explain the problem in great depth at GCP. Update: I’ve written a much more comprehensive article on the subject of shooting with flat/log color profiles at the Gazing Cat Productions blog.