@stonebat Nice! Guess there's an easy way to do corrections! Just tried it in 5DtoRGB with the Technicolor Cinestyle preset, and it does the same!

As far as my 3D project, after a bunch of testing, seems like the lenses are too far apart. Doesn't seem to go well if things will be closer than 5ft and then pull back in the same clip. Fine for anything further, though, but you need to get close with the GoPro for people or animals (even in Narrow FOV).

Working on mirroring the original 3D housing layout (one cam upside down), but with room for BacPacs plus HDMI and USB cables. I'll also have access to all buttons, unlike my current setup which blocks Wifi on one and shutters on both. A great reduction in weight and size, too.

Hope to have the parts in by the end of the week!

1. captured a frame from playing protunes orig file.
2. transcoded to cineform 422 w/ gamma 2.2.
3. applied cineform studio presets and sharpened a bit.

@stonebat No, I can confirm that 2.7Kcine 24T is not scaling. You can see that on the resolution chart above (look at how many rings can be resolved in the bullseye pattern). The clarity in the 2.7Kcine mode is the best video I have seen yet. In 1080 Medium 24T the chart above also shows superb resolution. That's why I think these two have no scaling, straight off the imager. Also, they have the best behaved noise levels (IMO).

The only advantage recording at 1080M 24T has is in battery life - 1hr 40mins instead of 1hr 15 mins, On a good day - if the wind is blowing in the right direction - YMMV and all that :)

Some suggested 2.7k Cine downscaling to 1080p24. Why not recording in 1080p24 in the first place? Am I missing here?

0.o

I'd say maybe their hardware QCing would improve, but they also make the Xbox 360 and PS3. :x

@Rambo

Add this to http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/4738/neatvideo-topic

Latest version of Neat (V3.3) now has GPU support so is very fast now :)

From their website - Neat Video 3.3 update introduces direct support for GPU-based acceleration on AMD/ATI video cards via OpenCL

On my system about double what it was in V2

Mike makes a few great filters for VD and i do use some of them, but his NR filter is nowhere as effective as Neat Video, but a good alternative if you don't want to spend the bucks.

Neat Video's copyright started in '99. ;)

Sounds similar to Neat Video: a temporal NR filter.

When Protune is enabled... I guess here's what's going on based on feedback from this thread and googling.

Playing MP4 source files in H.264 format in 8bit would have washed out flat color. More likely highlight and shadow clipping, too. This is because the MP4 file is in log curve but a movie player app would assume that the content is in gamma curve and RGB color space.

CineForm Studio installs CineForm 422 codec that FCPX/PP/Vegas/AFX can use. Use it to transcode to the intermediate codec in MOV or AVI. It's nondestructive so that no original information is lost. I guess gamma 2.2 is saved as a metadata embedded in MOV or AVI. More contrast and saturation shown when playing the output file. BTW I wish 5DtoRGB has GUI interface like CineForm Studio.

Then open editors like FCPX/PP/Vegas/AFX. Import, edit, export. Optionally keep Cineform Studio app open and edit the transcoded files on the fly and see if the changes get propagated through another editor.

I'll be doing some definitive side by side tests soon with all modes, Protune and regular, so we'll get an idea of what kind of noise each resolution and frame rate combo offers. Might also do some noise reduction if I have time.