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    4k -> 1080p sharpness in Premiere

    Grading compressed video is just like trying to work on jpgs in Lightroom, with the added problem that the amount of noise/artifacts that you can get away with in a still image would look terrible in video (the human visual system is very sensitive to dynamic noise).
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    4k -> 1080p sharpness in Premiere

    Again it really depends what you're after. I personally do slight adjustments on all stills and video that I shoot, but it's really up to you. You can grade any footage, it's just that shooting in log gives you more latitude in some areas and less in others.
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    4k -> 1080p sharpness in Premiere

    It's one of those 'it depends' questions. Shooting in log gives you much more information in the blacks than you would otherwise have, at the expense of the rest of the image. So, if you plan to grade your footage to reveal more detail in the blacks then it's a good idea. However, if you're...
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    4k -> 1080p sharpness in Premiere

    Thanks everyone - a few things to unpack here: 1. 10bit vs 8-bit. Extra bit depth MAY make a difference in colour reproduction/banding etc (although considering it's coming in as 4:2:0 h264, that's hardly a given. Either way, it has nothing to do with sharpness 2. Proxies. I tried this...
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    4k -> 1080p sharpness in Premiere

    Hi everyone, I'm shooting with a Phantom 3 pro for a 1080p finish and trying to get the maximum sharpness possible. I want to shoot 4k to give me latitude in cropping/panning, and I'm looking for the best workflow for exporting 1080p. I've tried using a 1080p project and resizing the clips in...
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    Chromatic aberration removal

    I've just upgraded to a Phantom 3 Pro after having a 2+. The image/video quality is a huge step up, but I'm trying to work out the best way to remove quite noticeable chromatic aberration at the edges of the frame. Here's a crop from the edge of a 4k video: I get the same aberration with...
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    How to scale down 4k into 1080p tutorial for adobe premiere.

    Thanks for the video. Have you compared the resulting image between using a 4k timeline and resizing on export vs using a 1080p timeline? I get a much sharper image using a 4k timeline: