not always.
using this as test image:
video click here
This shot has a brutal lack of blacklevel
ETTR is applied i think, it’s a dxo how get i it right image. (this shows that ETTR isn’t always the way to go to make it easier for your self in post.)
After some pushing and pulling i got this:
trying to pin black to left is difficult if there isn’t any “black” video
So my standard aproach to handle the image in post is:
having some basic “presets” turned off.
- exposure comp, in centerweighted average auto mode.
- Smartlighting spotweighted,(no box means uniform) slight 25%
- clearview plus 15%
- auto crop unconstrained
- horizon auto
- perspectieve auto 85%
and 18% vibrance (to match “vivid” in jpg of g80.
played with some colorrendering presets DCP profiles but the general generic rendering handles more a general toning.
From this point i start turning on and off my “presets” to see if it’s going the right way.
most of all: using more tools a little does a better job then one much.
a form of “homing in” aproach.
video
I had smartlighting (slight) on in default as a kind of first correction but it’s not always a “improvement”.
but sometimes it’s quite powerfull:video
Peter