I am glad you made this video, I am tired of people trashing 8 bit video on reddit and KZread and basically on all the forums and etc. this proves you can do a good job grading 8 bit and that having 10 bit isnt always just better.

@meliorstudios

10 ай бұрын

Really glad you found it helpful!

This is the best davinci color grading tutorial I’ve watched. Great work man

@meliorstudios

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

Nice one and great look you got there in the end. I would love to see more of that, editing 8-Bit footage in different styles (Different movie styles, commercial styles,...). Keep it up and thank you for the content 🤙

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

Have made a note of your suggestion, really appreciate it! And thanks for watching ⚡️

Dude, this is a God send. Thank you for making these man.

@meliorstudios

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

This video tutorial are amazing, thanks for sharing this is awesome, all the best for you. Cheers!

You doing great job man , this is what many people want to know about 8 bit footage , i am seing many great videos sony 8 bit , but not many people sharing to much knowledges to get smooth and quality color grading.Keep going these videos man , i am sure there will be many viewer here who wanna improve , subbed and waiting more videos 🙏🏽👌🏽

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for the kind comment! We’ll be sure to continue to make 8 bit videos 🙏🏽

You save my life 😂🔥🔥 content about 8bit footage are hard to find

@meliorstudios

Ай бұрын

Really glad it was helpful !

This was super helpful, i couldnt find a simple and easy way to edit 8 bit and this video just made it, THANKS MATE!

@meliorstudios

11 ай бұрын

Really glad you found it useful!

That was incredibly informative! Thank you!

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

Really glad you found it helpful! ⚡️

Man you are a savior.thanks alot

Loved The Way You Seprated Colours In 8bit Footage...Great work man🔥

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Sam, hope you found it useful!

I appreciate you for sharing this. I am going to do this workflow. great video!

@meliorstudios

8 ай бұрын

Let me know how it goes

Really helpful and clear! Thanks man

@meliorstudios

9 ай бұрын

Really happy to hear that

The best video so far for 8bit videos. Thank you for it helped me a lot after hours of hours :)

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

So happy to hear that

Simple and straight forward - excellent Tutorial - SUBBED ❤

@meliorstudios

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Man. I have to say ,I’m doing your workflow now since this weekend and I’m finally getting the results I want to get ! Before I used to CST my footage and grade the footage. But I never got the result I wanted and I felt like I have no control. Now I know exactly what’s happening and I love it. That you very very much ❤

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

Really excited to hear that!! Hope you get the results you’re looking for, thank you again for taking the time to watch!

@etiennevogelproductions

Жыл бұрын

@@meliorstudios before I always did the CST node at the end and worked from the front. But somehow I could never get my results I wanted. Now I put Rec 709 everywhere on CST and work how I feel like. And boom! Probably not efficient that way but at least I can create what I have in mind :) Thanks again

Just the video I needed. Thanks.

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I appreciate this content like this 🙌🏽 I have both an A7iii and A7iv, but I find myself using the A7iii simply for ease of use and less strain on my computer. 8-bit is totally usable for color grading! it just takes some finessing to get it right 🙏🏽

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

100% agree with you Wade! With some work you can create some really nice looking images. Thanks for watching ⚡️

@graphikeye

Жыл бұрын

Are you using proxies in your grading process? It helps to reduce the strain on the machine somewhat

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

@@graphikeye We used to use proxies and generated optimised media in the past but now working on the M1 max chip macs we've found we don't have to unless we're doing a lot of denoising/adding lots of grain

So useful man, awesome video :)

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

Really glad you think so!

Impressive my friend. Your the only guy I know that can take 8bit 120fps 1080p and work with it like it’s 10bit 4k. Damn masterpiece brah!

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Patrick! Really appreciate the kind words, 8 bit is a little annoying sometimes but it’s still very usable!

Thank you so much, this video sure helped me understand better

@meliorstudios

9 ай бұрын

Really glad you found it helpful!

This is an excellent tutorial. Just wish i came across it much sooner.

@meliorstudios

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

You part of the 8k man, just 2k more and you be singing 10k my friend. It’s coming up fast. Yay!

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot brother!! Appreciate the constant support, 10K is the next milestone ⚡️

I don't know how to describe you guys but in simple terms you are amazing and God bless you

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

Really appreciate that Evans! Hope you found the video helpful ⚡️

After using and grading both 10bit videos, I was surprised how well 8bit videos handle color adjustments. 8bit shows its limitations when using the chroma key, but bad color management or h264 codec are the real problem rather than the color depth itself. Transcoding makes things better. When grading the whole screen and not masking or keying(like only applying luts), I would gladly use 8bit footage.

excellent vid! Subbed

@meliorstudios

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Anyone can grade clips from higher end cameras like Reds, Arris, etc because there's just so much to work with...but this, what you did here, is the real stuff if genius! I'm almost turned off when I see people grading footage that's shot really well, and from great gear. If I'm someone who's invested in that kind of gear and budget, you can bet I kinda know what I'm doing with it. No beginner (a smart one) is starting with an Arri. So the actual interesting tutorials are ones like this where you can take difficult challenges like 8bit footage, or a poorly shot footage and use techniques to salvage/ correct footage. You can learn more with that kind of practice. Like training with ankle weights.

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

Hey Aaron, Firstly we really appreciate the kind words, it's very encouraging for us! appreciate the support over this last week 💪🏽

Hey man, the final grade looks cool, but what's the idea behind not using CSTs? I don't see any advantages in working within the compressed space of rec.709. Wouldn't it be better to transform it into DaVinci Intermediate/WG at the beginning and then convert it to rec.709 at the end of the node tree? If there is an actual reason behind not using them, I would love to hear it.

Subbed. Very nice presentation.

@meliorstudios

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Mike!

Thanks!

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

🙏🏽

Love u :)

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

Love you more Neven ⚡️

Hi, awesome video. I saw some other colorists were noting to add a in CST at the first node and an out one towards the end of the tree. I am shooting with slog 2 a7iii, did you choose to not do this for a reason? Also any reason why you did not choose Davinci WG/Intermediate for the Timeline color space?

Thanks for this video, it's really helpful! I was trying to apply it to my own footage but I ran into a problem when selecting the skintone. My clip has a person in it and wall of stone. The stone colour matches the skintone of my subject when I select it with the qualifier. I tried to change the luminance but then I loose all the skintone. What should I do? Would you recommend working with masks? Thanks!

Thank you

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Thank you so much for sharing this content. I have a quick question. I tried to use color qualifier like in the tutorial but I get a lot of problem with color seperation. Can you please tell me how to use qualifier correct way?

regards to colour magament - i am working on windows - what should I use as timeline colour space and output colour space? I shot in 8bit SOny HLG3, Rec 709. Thank you!!

Which picture profile did you use in this A7C footage? Great work man, im your fan and love how you explain colorgrading for lower budget cameras and bit rates = ) s2

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

Hey man! We used PP7 !

"The skin sits in the midtones usually"... Would love to see you give yourself a challenge and try this same thing with dark skin indoors at night.

any tips/tricks to making a7iii 1080 footage sharp?

hi guys , which profiles and settings have you set on dji ronin s ? can you doing a tutorial? thank you

is it worth to use film convert nitrate/ look designer and Dehancer plugin on 8bit footage? cause i feel like - it gives me a bad result with 8 bit

this is soooo good, how you learn this all shit. Thankyou

@meliorstudios

2 ай бұрын

Really glad you found it helpful

@jirehla-ab1671

2 ай бұрын

​@@meliorstudios is it possible to do this method / technique when yur editing on an 8 bit footage on premire pro?

Man i Love everything you do!!! I have a question to ask, are you still using the same settings on the A7iii? s-log2 and HLG3 from the video you have posted last year? are there any updates or tweeks?

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Casper!! And yes using the same profile settings we mentioned in our best picture profiles on the Sony A7iii ( this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z6Jl1M-YZJnMm8o.html )

@caspersky6131

Жыл бұрын

@@meliorstudios THANK YOU FOR THE QUICK REPLY! im acully going thur your whole channel and learning alot thanks to you guys!!! how many followers u need till you reach 8000?

have you tried edit on davinci wide gamut?

Ragib choudhury send me here, love your content ❤

@meliorstudios

4 ай бұрын

This is Ragib! Thanks for watching!

Hey! I really love your content and i've been watching it for some time now. One thing I think would be really cool is if you could give us a link to download the clips you edit that way we can follow along. it's really just a suggestion tho! have a good day 😁

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

Hi Nico! That’s something we’ll probably incorporate in the future as another feature to our channel, really appreciate the suggestion and kind words

Bro you are just awesome !!!!!

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Nice video! Just have a question and that is why are you using rec 709a and not DaVinci WG/Intermediate?

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

The reason we’re using Rec-709a is simply because we’re using a Mac and so to get a matched export from the color grade you did in Davinci, you use rec709a. Most other inputs we used produce a different look after export, I.e. contrast and saturation levels change after exporting

Hello,thanks for that. Which program do you use for this?

@meliorstudios

4 ай бұрын

Davinci Resolve

but what pp setting is best for sony a7 m3

I normally avoid qualifier but use hue vs hue instead,but yeah thanks for uploading so u can destroy the myth 8bit = bad

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

hue vs Hue is great! But with qualifier you’re able to dial in a specific color very precisely! Thanks for watching JP!

Hello I noticed you didn’t do a CST like what other channels would start with. Does that mean this wasn’t shot on log? And I own a canon t7i, it doesn’t come in log, but it has a neutral profile. Would you suggest I shoot in that profile or shoot in standard, as I have seen some videos saying a flat look reduces the quality of 8 bit footage making it harder for grading. Please help?

@captureinsidethesound

9 ай бұрын

Honestly, use a profile that fits your scene and preference. For instance, if you have a scene where need the colors to pop then use a profile that's more saturated because it's better to have too much than too little. 8-bit is fine when you prepare and already know what you want the grade to be.

Hey, thanks for the video! It was really helpful. What picture profile was used in this shot?

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! And PP7 on the Sony A7iii

@joonaswikstrom282

Жыл бұрын

@@meliorstudios Cheers! I'm propably going to try it out with ITU709 Matrix like you suggested in one of your earlier videos. Using Sony a7iii.

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

Yes we definitely recommend pairing slog2 with ITU.709 matrix. We hope it helps!

I can't find the wand tool in 18.6.4! It isn't showing up above the preview window like it is in your example. On your screen I see 3 icons below and left of Timeline1 and one of the icon is the wand tool. Mine is missing. How do I get it back?

@meliorstudios

6 ай бұрын

Ah yes in the newest Davinci it’s on the top left as a rectangle with a semi circle inside (it’s called highlight) you can also just press Shift+H to activate it

You're basically grading an example that doesn't have 8-bit problems. Try to colorgrade an 8-bit gradient sky using your chosen Rec709 color space and you will run into problems that you claim to have solved.

Which color space was this shot in? Sgamut or itu709?

@meliorstudios

9 ай бұрын

This was sgamut before I learnt about itu709 Matrix

Hey , i am watching your videos again and again, i just realized that for 8 bit footage ”Quazi” once said we should be so carefull about contrast so ( i experienced it is really destroying footage very easy) , so do you agree playinf little bit with ‘pivot’, might it be less arteffecfs and distorsions on the footage?

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

Hey man!! Yes definitely important to shift your pivot when altering contrast. Especially with 8 but. If you’re pushing too much contrast into the mid tones they can get noisy very fast with 8 bit footage. Alternatively if you move the pivot down too much to only affect the darkest areas, you’re gonna start getting a lot of chroma noise. For skin, we’d suggest shifting it down a little (or up if the shot is overexposed) till the skin looks clear. And the main thing is not adding too much contrast in initially like we did in this clip as you can add it in afterwards in your global adjustments

@omerbulbul8185

Жыл бұрын

@@meliorstudios thanks for detaily answer bro , i will try it 🙏🏽👌🏽

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

No worries man, let us know if you need anymore help!

Quick question - how come you didn't bother using a CST node given that you were grading 8-bit footage? Can I use a similar node structure to yours and apply a CST node right at the beginning to similar effect? Thanks!

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

The reason we didn’t use CST because when converting straight from Slog2 to rec.709, the image begins to break up and skin gets muddy. as we’re working with 8 bit footage and sometimes not perfectly exposed clips, that can be a problem and then you’ll spend more time trying to fix that initial balance than grading the actually clip, therefore, we just balance the image manually to begin with and we’re able to place the image in a good place for color separation which we do afterwards, I.e. the blacks are not crushed and there’s good separation in the skin, the video is not overly saturated and the white balance is not right. Can just get a little messy. Sorry for the long winded message but that’s the reason why. But we do use CST when converting to something like Arri log then applying a print film look afterwards

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

But yes you can still achieve a similar look for sure !!

Please update description to mention that the footage was slog2 lol i just destroyed my slog3 grade

Do you ever upscale your 1080p Sony A7iii footage & in your experience do you feel it delivers a better image ?

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

Great question! Yes, when we used to shoot a lot on 1080p we exported the clip on a 4K timeline and the quality of the image improves drastically ⚡️

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

Image tends to look more sharper and cleaner compared to when you just export on a 1080p timeline

@ixography

Жыл бұрын

@@meliorstudios does the upscaling work only in the paid version or is it also working in the free version when I export 4k video with 1080p clips in it? Thanks

This footage was filmed in LOG format?

@meliorstudios

8 ай бұрын

Yes, slog2

Was this recorded on slog2 or slog3?

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

Slog2! PP7 on the Sony A7iii

@elsofokefana

Жыл бұрын

@@meliorstudios i really appreciate the work you guys are doing! Keep it up! 🔥🔥🔥

may i know what color profile do you use?

@meliorstudios

9 ай бұрын

PP7 on the Sony a7iii

@alaybadai960

9 ай бұрын

SLOG2 so thats why its not match with footage that i edited i shot on SLOG3@@meliorstudios

@alaybadai960

9 ай бұрын

thank you very much sir@@meliorstudios

What picture profile did you use ?

@meliorstudios

Жыл бұрын

picture Profile 7 ⚡️

@Pr0deDADY

Жыл бұрын

@@meliorstudios slog2 ?

@ElGuardazaparayos

Жыл бұрын

@@Pr0deDADY yes

So much extra work. 😬

@meliorstudios

7 ай бұрын

as long as you get the the result you’re looming for, that’s all that matters

@hobaca1465

7 ай бұрын

@@meliorstudios Thank you for the lovely tutorial. I appreciate it. I just think that for higher volume workflows a 10 bit log capable camera is the minimum. I have been rotoscoping for years and I think every thing helps. At the same time I commend you for skillfully enhancing 8 bit footage. Good skills 👍🏽

for me qualifier is not recommended for 8bit footage

@meliorstudios

2 ай бұрын

I do recommend it but you have to ensure you don’t push the Colors too much because it’s 8 bit. Otherwise you will struggle to get good color separation

and now i'm wishing you good lick babysit 70 clips with this qualifier node in hope that you have not grabbed something else...

Or you could just not film in S-LOG because you don't do that in 8-Bit

@meliorstudios

8 ай бұрын

The Sony A7iii is perfectly fine being shot in slog2. If you shoot with no profile you’ll struggle to color grade the image