I was testing out some camera settings for an upcoming project, which I am directing for an aspiring producer.
I have to decide which is better between the two. I have been playing around with the Canon T2i, picture style settings. If I turn the contrast all the way down, a lot of details in the face are gone, such as eye bags. They are really softened and the detail of them is removed. This helps people look better and younger too.
However, you have an image with no contrast in it as a result. The producer wants to nail the look in camera to make for less color grading in post. I could shoot with no contrast, and perhaps add it back in later, or I could shoot with it already in camera, cause then you have it in it's originally, with the 8 bit, untweaked.
I could have the actors wear make up to cover up eye bags and wrinkles, or I could shoot with no contrast, and not bother with make up. Or I could do both.
Another thing I talked about before on here, were people on camera having their lips be oddly really pink. I figured out that if you turn the color tone to +2, you can reduce that, and the lips look much more normal. There will be a little yellow in the face though, which I don't really find distracting but others may, or you might decide later, than you didn't want that hint of yellow skin.
I could use lip concealer on the people on camera, or I could just use the color tone option. Or I could do both.
But when you want people to look a certain way, skin wise, do you use the settings to get it, or do you use make up? It's probably a combination of both, but is their one you rely on over the other, when it comes down to these scenarios? I know there is probably no right or wrong answer for this, I was just curious as to what others prefer as to what they think is better.
Thanks.
I have to decide which is better between the two. I have been playing around with the Canon T2i, picture style settings. If I turn the contrast all the way down, a lot of details in the face are gone, such as eye bags. They are really softened and the detail of them is removed. This helps people look better and younger too.
However, you have an image with no contrast in it as a result. The producer wants to nail the look in camera to make for less color grading in post. I could shoot with no contrast, and perhaps add it back in later, or I could shoot with it already in camera, cause then you have it in it's originally, with the 8 bit, untweaked.
I could have the actors wear make up to cover up eye bags and wrinkles, or I could shoot with no contrast, and not bother with make up. Or I could do both.
Another thing I talked about before on here, were people on camera having their lips be oddly really pink. I figured out that if you turn the color tone to +2, you can reduce that, and the lips look much more normal. There will be a little yellow in the face though, which I don't really find distracting but others may, or you might decide later, than you didn't want that hint of yellow skin.
I could use lip concealer on the people on camera, or I could just use the color tone option. Or I could do both.
But when you want people to look a certain way, skin wise, do you use the settings to get it, or do you use make up? It's probably a combination of both, but is their one you rely on over the other, when it comes down to these scenarios? I know there is probably no right or wrong answer for this, I was just curious as to what others prefer as to what they think is better.
Thanks.
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