UNDERWATER WHITE BALANCE || Get PERFECT underwater colors!
In this video we show you how to correctly perform a underwater white balance on your camera which helps you get good color in your underwater videos. Using the manual white balance feature of your underwater camera is one of the first crucial steps to achieving good underwater images. This feature is not found on all cameras such as action cameras or more basic compacts. We might release a video in the future about how to achieve better colors on these cameras as well. If you'd like to see that please leave a comment below.
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Best GoPro 10 Underwater Settings & Colour Correction Editing Tutorial
Level up your underwater GoPro footage! The Ultimate GoPro Underwater Settings and Colour Correction Editing Tutorial and Guide. You're here as you've seen how good GoPro footage looks when it's posted by professional filmmakers and content creators, and you're wondering why your footage doesn't look quite as good.
This isn't just a question on GoPro's or action cameras, it's a question that applies to every single camera product launch. Automatic modes even on the most expensive cameras are never very good, and they don't enable creators full control to edit their footage in post production. The tip here is simply taking control away from the camera, and giving it to the shooter or the user.
This is exactly what we're going to do by enabling ProTune on GoPro cameras. We give ourselves way more power to really edit our footage and take it to levels the automatic modes simply can't. It does require a little bit more work and editing in post production, but it is well worth the effort!
Before I get started it’s worth saying that I’ve used pretty much the exact same settings on every GoPro I’ve owned since the Hero 3+ to the Hero 5, the Hero 7 and now the Hero 10 so it doesn’t really matter what model you own, if it has ProTune you can follow these steps.
First things first, for underwater use I always the highest frame rate that offers 60fps, so that we can slow down our footage in post, for the hero 10 this 5.3k at 60fps, for anything older than I think a Hero 6 this would be 1080p.
I also always keep the lens set to wide, for underwater I don’t particularly like the linear field of view, and if you have superview turned on, definitely turn that off now to avoid that fish eye bubble look.
Moving onto stabilisation, I always leave hypersmooth set one stop below boost mode, just as I feel boost really crops the frame in, and we don’t really need that much stabilisation underwater. On land this isn’t an issue, go nuts, enable boost horizon levelling and your shots will be buttery smooth.
All of the automatic features, I generally just turn off.
Moving down we want to enable ProTune. This is where we get into the nitty gritty, and fine tune our GoPro to give us unedited ‘raw’ footage if you will. These settings in essence remove the cameras ability to edit our footage for us, and give us all the power to make the footage look how we want it to in post.
First up turn your bit rate all the way up, this is like a quality slider, the more the better. I usually leave my shutter on auto, but I will always turn my exposure compensation or EV to -0.5. This is really important to ensure that your GoPro doesn’t overexpose the highlights of your image. The shadows will be slightly darker, but it is much easier to brighten these in post, than trying to save blown out, over exposed footage.
You will want to set your white balance to native, especially underwater as any other setting will result in green footage that is much harder to fix in post. Native will give you more flexibility to get those underwater colours back.
With your ISO, always set your minimum iso to the lowest value, but for the maximum iso 800 should be as high as you want to go. This is simply just an artificial brightness slider, but the higher the iso, the more grainy your footage will become.
The default sharpness setting has always been high on gopros, you definitely want to reduce that the either low or medium.
For the colour setting, you want to change it off GoPro colour, and set it to flat. What this does simply put, is it now means that your GoPro will not edit your footage for you, it will give you way more power in post to make the footage look how you want it to.
But what you’re going to see now is footage that looks very dull, there’s no contrast or vibrance, and it’s just generally pretty boring. But remember a lot of the settings we just changed removed any automatic editing done by the GoPro, and instead gave us the power to edit the footage how we want it. Meaning that we now have to edit our footage, and if we do, the results will be far far better.
To do this I use editing software like Adobe Premiere Pro, but if you don't have access to this I would definitely recommend learning on Davinci Resolve as it's free industry grade software. It's hard to describe the process of colour grading in words, but I hope the video tutorial on how to edit your underwater footage helps you!
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How To Edit Underwater Photos
A guide to how I edit my underwater photos on Adobe Lightroom. If you don't want to pay for the Adobe subscription I'd suggest trying the free Lightroom Mobile App.
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How to get smooth shots when filming underwater
UNDERWATER FILMING TIPS - This is Episode #04 of our series on underwater filming tips.
Vanessa is talking about which fins she chooses to create smooth and steady shots. The difference between freediving fins vs. other fins like heavy duty fins or open heel fins.
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8 tips for FILMING UNDERWATER
Do you film underwater but have problems capturing the best possible footage? Then this video will give you some inputs on how to improve your underwater footage using some simple tips and tricks that everyone can follow no matter what kind of camera you're using to shoot your underwater footage.
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5 MISTAKES to avoid when FILMING UNDERWATER
Do you want to step up you underwater filming game? Avoid these 5 mistakes commonly made by new underwater videographers and your underwater footage will get better instantly!
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Aperture Settings | Underwater Exposure Explained
As a photographer - underwater or topside - there are 3 values that you need to concern yourself to properly expose an image: Aperture, ISO, and shutter speed. Today we’re going to talk about aperture. Aperture is the most complex of the three, and perhaps the most important to understand.
Learn about the aperture scale and what the numbers mean. And most importantly, Ikelite Photo Guru Steve Miller explains critical differences between selecting an aperture above water vs underwater.
[0:00] Introduction to Exposure Values
[0:27] What is the Aperture
[0:36] Understanding the Aperture f/number Scale
[1:18] The Effect of Aperture on Focus and Depth of Field
[2:00] Depth of Field in Underwater Photos
[3:05] Desirable Aperture Values for Underwater Photography
[3:38] Underwater Bokeh Effect
[4:18] Aperture Bracketing
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Best GH5 settings for FILMING UNDERWATER
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Underwater Tips | GoPro Hero 5
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Tips and settings for the GoPro Hero 5 to film underwater. The GoPro Hero 5 has the image stabilization feature which can help to improve the smoothness of underwater filming.
Getting the best out of the GoPro requires practice, being comfortable in the water, using the right settings and making use of the environmental conditions
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Tips on Filming Underwater
Joanna Haines Take's us through some helpful tips on filming underwater, with the Film company on koh tao thailand. As open water course are our bread an butter , filming starts first thing in the morning from Ban's diving resort . Once back on dry land into the studio to polish off using Final Cut Pro.
We pride ourselves on producing not only creative filmmakers but professionals who are equipped for the rigors of careers in dive and film industries.
Staying true to our philosophy a student on our course produces, directs and edits their own film(s) supported by their tutor. You will get the full benefit and experience of training in a professional environment whilst being taught only the most relevant and up to date content.
We will encourage you to develop your own distinct 'Voice' as a filmmaker, asking you to reflect and adopt your own responses in relation to the acquired knowledge and skills. We will also make sure you have plenty of opportunity to explore film as a medium for your own self-expression.
ACTIVE PARTICIPATORY LEARNING
We believe that the learning experience is most effective when you actively take part in the process. Wherever possible we avoid the lecture format and most of your time will be spent in the water, or in the studio participating in active discussions and completing practical exercises. Making your own filmmaking decisions in a supported, structured environment.
UNDERWATER VIDEOGRAPHY COURSE
This fourteen day hands-on course introduces the primary skills set required to produce top quality camera work on land and in the water and introduces the basic interfaces of Final Cut Pro. By the end of this course you will have story boarded, filmed, directed and edited your own film, based on divers participating in activities at one of our partnered dive resorts.
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The Resort Videographer Internship course follows on from the videography course; it is designed to ensure you have the skills needed to work as an independent videographer.
The basic training received on the videography course is built upon in the following weeks as you develop your skills and knowledge in a professional environment. Giving you all the practical tools to produce professional work every time and to allow your creativity to take centre stage.
Working with our partnered dive resorts, there will be many opportunities for professional work during the internship; the course timescale will be adapted to suit your schedules, apptitudes and capabilities.
To participate in the courses you MUST be at least a PADI/SSI certified Rescue Diver or a BSAC Sport Diver with 50+ logged dives (or an appropriate equivalent).
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The IMPORTANCE OF LIGHT when FILMING UNDERWATER ⎜ Underwater Filmmaking School
Welcome to the very first episode of the Underwater Filmmaking School!
In this episode we'll talk about the importance of having enough AND the right light with you when you're filming underwater.
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Editing underwater film with Adobe Premiere Pro . Basic editing
How I do an underwater video . Part 4 : organizing files and basic editing
In this section I show you how I organize my files .Then we start to do some basic editing on Adobe Premiere Pro .
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Cocos Island Vlog 001 / How to get better white balance on Sony underwater
Check out the first of a new episodic series from Cocos Island! Every week and a half a new highlight report from Cocos Island and a tutorial/review of a piece of gear related to dive-travel.
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If you have a sony camera that you use for diving then stay after 1:30 for a tutorial on how to get a near perfect (canon looking) white balance under the water.
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How to do an underwater video : Part 1 The equipment .
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A7RIII and Nauticam housing, I-torch light and lenses .
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Diving in Hawaii! Color graded with HawaiiLUTs
Ive been diving in Hawaii and shooting on the GoPro for years and Ive finally created a way to speed up my color grading process while getting perfect blue hues!
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