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Cody23716606ypm2
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March 6, 2024
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Having trouble dialing in iPhone footage in Premiere Pro

  • March 6, 2024
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Hey everyone. I am a content creator for a Cannabis company in California, and I am having trouble getting my content to look "professional". I attached a screenshot of what the video quality looks like when it gets posted to Instagram. Was wondering if anyone could help me figure out what would be best for fixing this.

 

The footage is all shot on iPhone in HDR. One thing to keep in mind is that it is very bright in the room from the grow lights, so I figure that is probably one of our issues. Not sure if some sort of lens filter would help, but any advice is much appreciated!

 

Also, the footage is being sent to me over iMessage, so I figured that could also be part of the problem.

 

Thank you to everyone in advance for taking the time to provide advice!!

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    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil Haugen
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    March 6, 2024

    You need to take Color Management classes 101, 102, and probably 248 also.    😉

     

     

    Seriously, this is pretty simple. IF you setup Premiere's spiffy new CM options correctly for what you need.

     

    That is pretty clearly an HLG clip, maybe iPhone? That's fine, you can use it both in HLG (HDR) and Rec.709 (SDR) sequences now, at the same time.

     

    Display Color Management on ... Extended Dynamic range for Mac users also.

     

    Auto detect log and auto tonemap, those two are interactive, you need both.

     

    Now set your Sequence color space for what your output (export) needs to be, and your viewer gamma to your preferred poison. Nearly all pro colorists (heavily Mac based) realistically always work in b-cast gamma 2.4, but some Mac users only care about Mac users without Reference modes, and prefer gamma 1.96/Quicktime. Your choice.

     

    And only use export presets built for your sequence color space:

     

    - SDR/Rec.709, do not use presets with HLG or PQ in the preset name;

    - HLG or PQ sequences, you must use only presets with the right form of HDR in the preset name.

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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