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Easy Mark
Inspiring
December 23, 2016
Question

How To Get Best Sharpening / Is There A Sharpening Mask?

  • December 23, 2016
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Can you give me tips on how to sharpen videos WITHOUT it becoming very noisy and / or jaggy looking? (I am running windows 10 64-bit)

For instance: is there a way to mask the sharpening or limit the sharpening so that it only affects higher-contrast areas of a clip? (Similar to the way that lightroom allows you to mask the sarpening)?

I am not very satisfied with the built in sharpening. Is ther another FX that needs to be used in conjunction with Sharpening to make it look good? do I have to buy a plugin that costs more than the cost of Premiere elements to make the video look sharp?

I normally shoot a flatter profile with sharpening and contrast turned down.

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Steve Grisetti
Legend
December 23, 2016

The Sharpening effect can be found in the Blu & Sharpen category of video effects.

How much you can sharpen a video depends on the video itself. The process isn't the same as using an unsharp mask in Photoshop Elements -- but on a typical 1080p video, you should be able to sharpen to about 25 without things looking too sharp.

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Easy MarkAuthor
Inspiring
December 23, 2016

Thank you for your response, Steve. I appreciate it (and I appreciate your videos on youtube).

In your opinion, since it doesn't look like PE has a sophisticated sharpening system, would it make more sense to sharpen in-camera than relying on the sharpening in PE?

Or is there a plugin available for PE that doesn't cost $80

Thanks in advance.

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Bill SpragueCommunity Expert
Community Expert
December 23, 2016

Hi Ann:

I understand and appreciate your comments that elements is not a PROFESSIONAL NLE.

The camera is a Sony a6300 shooting at 4K 24fps in the XAVC S format (100MBS)

It is capable of producing very beautiful footage.

THESE ARE NOT MY CLIPS (I just think they look great):

https://youtu.be/wFyVJqpTtK4

https://youtu.be/-wEVpd2tdKA?t=1m37s

I am fairly certain (though not 100%) that these were shot pretty much flat and then adjusted heavily in post.


These are words in the specifications for the A6300:  "Cine1-4, ITU709, S-Log2, S-Log3, S-Gamut, S-Gamut3, Cine, S-Gamut3".  Those are new words to cameras under $1000 USD.  It takes software like Premiere Pro, Apple's Final Cut, Adobe SpeedGrade, etc to use those words.   It is well beyond my pay grade to begin to understand it.  (At least for now!)   It is also beyond my pay grade to buy the necessary tools. 

Here is a pretty good demo:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sblEu4x5ug 

Google for "video color grading" and you'll have enough that you can read all day and well into the night!

From my point of view, color grading is about intentionally giving video a false tint or shade that establishes a brand, style or overall mood. 

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