Stoney
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Jan 19, 2006, 10:41 AM
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Re: [dansen] Using filters when shooting as opposed to editing
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That is a hard question to answer. Everything in production can and will effect something else, so here come those dreaded words..."it depends". It depends on lighting, the camera, the NLE, the power of the computer running the NLE, how much time and or money the editer and videographer have, how much experience they have, etc., etc., etc. For example, using an ND filter. You use it to cut down the amount of light, right. Well if you are using it because you are outside in bright sunlight or you are using it to make your DOF more shallow, that is two different things that are much harder to fix or duplicate in post. Some filters can be duplicated and tweaked easy in post, while others can't. Do you have the patience to tweak, render, tweak, render, to get the shot to look exactly like you want, or would you rather shoot it the way you want and do little adjustments in post? I usually don't mess with many filters, but I would think that something like a polarizing filter would be really hard to duplicate it's effects in post, just like an ND filter. I agree that once you shoot with a certain filter, you can never get that clean original footage back again, but there are certain things that are much harder to reproduce in post. So maybe if your not sure, why not shoot it both ways. That way you cover all your bases. Good luck.
Stoney
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