Make Digital Footage Look Like Film with Dehancer Film Compression Tool
In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to work with digital video sources to achieve film-like footage — preserving highlight details, fine-tuning tonal response and enhancing your source material for further color grading.
We’ll explain key concepts like highlight compression, tonal range, and the relationship between highlights, midtones, and shadows.
You’ll also get a step-by-step breakdown of the Film Compression tool and learn how to adjust each parameter: Impact, White Point, Tonal Range, and Color Density.
Video's timecodes:
00:00 Intro
00:15 The Theory Behind Film Compression
00:50 What Film Compression Actually Does
01:05 Customizing Your Compression in 4 steps
01:15 Step 1: Impact
01:30 Step 2: White Point
02:00 Step 3: Tonal Range
02:17 Step 4: Color Density
02:55 Outro
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