From the course: Creating a Short Film: 11 Color Grading
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Grading with raw vs. compressed footage - Premiere Pro Tutorial
From the course: Creating a Short Film: 11 Color Grading
Grading with raw vs. compressed footage
- [Instructor] I shot most of the footage we'll be using in this course using the red raw format. At the time, it was kind of revolutionary to shoot raw video, but these days now all kinds of cameras shoot raw video. So this is good stuff to know. When most cameras record an image, they have to interpret the colors, things like ISO and white balance become just part of the DNA of the shot. But with raw footage, things like ISO and white balance can be adjusted at any time. So shooting raw essentially has three main benefits for me. Number one, it allows me to shoot with more flexibility on set because I can count of the power and flexibility of raw footage in post. Number two, many raw formats allow me to work non-destructively, as we'll see in this course. That means that any changes I make to the footage can be removed at any time. And three, it dramatically changes how much footage can be pushed in post. I like…
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