How do I get that "Canon" look?

acuriousman

I want my colors (JUST COLORS) to be more like a Canon's using my GH2 and Adobe Premeire.

How do I do that?

Some examples of what I want to recreate.

flablo

@acuriousman check the Vibrancy effect in After Effects

hempo22

Try shooting with vibrant picture style if your scene allows it since it has less usable DR than smooth or standard.

bwhitz

Also... most of the "canon look" comes from just using Canon lenses!

endotoxic

Canon look very easy!!!! just add moire and aliasing and oh.. dont forget to reduce resolution and saturate colors. Easy cake :P

onionbrain

@acuriousman

Set the GH2 to Vibrant -2 -2 -2 0.

Relative to noise, Vibrant is the cleanest of scene files because it slightly blurs the chroma channels. This means you can raise the mid tones in Premiere for about the best dynamic range you're going to get from a GH2.

For example, raise the mid tones with the Fast Color Corrector -- and you'll see the magic -- that you absolutely can't do with any Canon DSLR. For best results use a high bitrate setting from Driftwood.