Nice Rudy, this is exactly what I'm looking for from any and all of the video guys here. I totally understand why you export in 1080p but at least you have the 4k footage in case you ever wanted to use 4K in the future.
Great work, keep it coming.
Q&A
Q: For a clip like 7:05 were you manually focusing with the bird being behind the weeds, or did the camera stay on the bird without focusing on the weeds in front of it?
A: The camera eventually lost focus on the bird, went blurry, and then reacquired focus shortly afterward. In post I cut out the bad part and replaced it with a B-roll wide pan of the pond while keeping the audio section intact.
Q: As for WB, I just usually set mine on daylight and forget about it. I'm wondering how much flexibility I would have in post as I think the only way to change WB in post is when shooting RAW? What are you doing for WB settings?
A: Adjusting WB is a breeze in Resolve. There are a couple of ways to do it and both are fast and excellent. Since WB is so easy to adjust in Resolve I always leave the WB on my R5 set to AWBw, (Auto White Balance - White Priority).
Qs: You got some great audio. What is your technique for adjusting levels/mic? I have a similar shotgun mic that has a dial on the back and I've only used it a couple times but I believe you are just supposed to adjust the gain to keep the peaks less than -12db, but I'm not sure and would like to know if there's an easy method of doing this to get consistent results and avoid distortion. And do you use a dead cat when outdoors at all times or only when it's windy? Or, just the foam mic cover?
As:
Levels - Like you, I set the Sound Recording in the RED1 menu to manual at -12db, never has distortion or other issues.
Dead cat - on calm days I never use a dead cat or foam. In very light wind I use the dead cat, anything beyond that the audio needs major work in Audacity or another audio editor to remove/reduce wind noise and salvage important animal/bird sounds. Davinci Resolve has a fabulous set of very powerful audio tools that can work wonders! It's the main reason why I continue to use the cheap mic I have because it does a decent enough job getting the basic audio recording and then I repair and enhance in post. Same with the narration audio, I use Resolve's EQ and other tools to enhance the tonal quality.
Q: When you adjust your audio tracks in Resolve, is there an automated tool that does this or do you have to manually go in and lower the music track when you start talking over it?
A: The process your describing is called "Ducking" in the trade where the music track is made "duck" under the narration track regarding the volume level. Yes, Davinci Resolve has an automated procedure to do that. I gave it a go once but far prefer to do it manually myself. It's pretty quick and easy to do.
Nice Rudy, this is exactly what I'm looking for from any and all of the video guys here. I totally understand why you export in 1080p but at least you have the 4k footage in case you ever wanted to use 4K in the future.
Great work, keep it coming.
Q&A
Q: For a clip like 7:05 were you manually focusing with the bird being behind the weeds, or did the camera stay on the bird without focusing on the weeds in front of it?
A: The camera eventually lost focus on the bird, went blurry, and then reacquired focus shortly afterward. In post I cut out the bad part and replaced it with a B-roll wide pan of the pond while keeping the audio section intact.
Q: As for WB, I just usually set mine on daylight and forget about it. I'm wondering how much flexibility I would have in post as I think the only way to change WB in post is when shooting RAW? What are you doing for WB settings?
A: Adjusting WB is a breeze in Resolve. There are a couple of ways to do it and both are fast and excellent. Since WB is so easy to adjust in Resolve I always leave the WB on my R5 set to AWBw, (Auto White Balance - White Priority).
Qs: You got some great audio. What is your technique for adjusting levels/mic? I have a similar shotgun mic that has a dial on the back and I've only used it a couple times but I believe you are just supposed to adjust the gain to keep the peaks less than -12db, but I'm not sure and would like to know if there's an easy method of doing this to get consistent results and avoid distortion. And do you use a dead cat when outdoors at all times or only when it's windy? Or, just the foam mic cover?
As:
Levels - Like you, I set the Sound Recording in the RED1 menu to manual at -12db, never has distortion or other issues.
Dead cat - on calm days I never use a dead cat or foam. In very light wind I use the dead cat, anything beyond that the audio needs major work in Audacity or another audio editor to remove/reduce wind noise and salvage important animal/bird sounds. Davinci Resolve has a fabulous set of very powerful audio tools that can work wonders! It's the main reason why I continue to use the cheap mic I have because it does a decent enough job getting the basic audio recording and then I repair and enhance in post. Same with the narration audio, I use Resolve's EQ and other tools to enhance the tonal quality.
Q: When you adjust your audio tracks in Resolve, is there an automated tool that does this or do you have to manually go in and lower the music track when you start talking over it?
A: The process your describing is called "Ducking" in the trade where the music track is made "duck" under the narration track. Yes, Davinci Resolve has an automated procedure to do that. I gave it a go once but far prefer to do it manually myself. It's pretty quick and easy to do.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Rudy
Dec 29, 2024 at 04:24 PM
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