@skaiman I love your footage! I LOVE the ungraded look you got from it (like a baby alexa) :). I will try out this patch.

edit: I forgot to ask if you had a custom WB and if so, what's the setting? It seems to be more towards the "teal" color. Have you tried this patch at night?

@skaiman Thanks for the comparisons. Always nice to get some shots of human beings and seeing it both ungraded and graded was nice too.

@ishvar Honestly, I think the 180 degree shutter rule is a needless vestige of the past. Shutter speed is a parameter to control creatively, just like any other. Don't think that you have to stick to film convention. Slower shutter speeds can give you the extra little bit of light you need while shooting certain scenes, whereas faster shutter speeds can help a lot if you're shooting fast-moving objects and wan't minimal motion blur (or are planning to use software slow-motion effects, such as Twixtor). Fast shutter speeds can also create a jarring image, which can be used to dramatic effect (as seen in Saving Private Ryan).

In general, 1/50 is a pretty good balance of letting in a good amount of light and preserving some motion blur while still being useable for hand-held work, but don't stick to it unnecessarily. Unless you're a pseudo-traditionalist obsessed with "recreating" the film look in a completely different medium.

With all due respect, am I the only one who does not like skin tones in @skaiman's test? I viewed it on two different computers, for me it is way to much magenta and to much saturated too. Or did I misunderstand and it's a sample how far you can push these settings in grading?

@driftwood thank you for all CM patches,.. when other CMz are gonna get released??? any announcement yet???

@peaceonearth Thank you for your honest comment, it is indeed too magenta-ish. I think the main reason for "bad" grading is the lack of a proper monitor. The one I normally use is at a repair-center right now. The other reason is that I'm definitely not a professional colorist so excuse me for that:). Nonetheless it is indeed quite a good example of what these Soft Skin Tone setting is capable of in terms of quality.

@rajamalik I haven't got the time to check out the CM Night setting, dunno about the grading capabilities. As night is particulary designed to be used for night scenes I don't think I'll need it that much but the tests I saw from other users were pretty amazing. I will check the Day PM and upcoming Day AM however to see what that holds for me. Else I'll stick with the Soft Skin Tone for now to skip updating the firmware each time.

Thanks for the positive/constructive comments on my footage. Much appreciated, I will make some other tests with the Day PM setting, looking forward to your feedback guys.

VY Canis Majoris Night

@redbaron a lot of people ask me how I got it so flat, I think the answer is simple.. it was cloudy? :) There wasn't anything special I did that isn't stated in the video info. f1.7 on a cloudy day with an ND up front and a spot to light subject aperently works best for a flat image.

@artardi very nice video, beautiful music! I love the opening shot, thanks for sharing. How is the Night setting working out for you, there is a possibility I need to make a music video with such dark scenes, only subject lit. Is the noise fine/clean? Do you have enough grading possibilities without compromising/ruining anything? Please tell me how you worked with it.

@thepalalias hai i read few threads abt CM pm,..did u compared it with CM night,...

Can someone please clarify re: recording limit on Skin Tone Soft... to remove the limit, should one uncheck "Recording limit" under Extra, and check "30min limit removal" under Movie related restrictions? The tooltip contradicts this, saying "Do not use with 30min removal" in regard to the Recording limit checkbox.