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Ali Jafri · June 22nd, 2012, 04:31 AM

Hi folks, I'm interested to know whether its common practice to use the Sharpen filter to get crisp image quality on videos shot on DSLRs and other HD cameras. I cannot seem to get sharp and crisp results directly off the camera but applying just a little sharpen in post seems to do the trick. Is this method standard practice and advisable?

John Carroll · June 22nd, 2012, 07:58 AM

I have heard of folks having pretty nice results sharpening footage shot with a 5DM3... I think some even apply some sharpening just before encoding to hopefully counteract some of the sharpness lost during the encoding process.

Robert Turchick · June 22nd, 2012, 09:43 AM

At least with Canon DSLRs the mkIII is the only one I'd apply sharpening to. All the others alias pretty badly and sharpening any bit just brings that out. I've done a 2% sharpen on my xf300 a few times and it really pops. Depends on the situation though...there are some people going in front of my cameras that I'd rather not see every pore or hair on their face! Ha ha! And even though it's miles better than the DSLRs, the 300 still shows aliasing in certain situations.

June 22nd, 2012, 04:31 AM	#1
Ali Jafri Major Player Join Date: May 2008 Location: Karachi, Pakistan Posts: 210	Sharpen filter Hi folks, I'm interested to know whether its common practice to use the Sharpen filter to get crisp image quality on videos shot on DSLRs and other HD cameras. I cannot seem to get sharp and crisp results directly off the camera but applying just a little sharpen in post seems to do the trick. Is this method standard practice and advisable? __________________ Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit // i7 2600K // 16GB RAM // ASUS P8P67 Board // NVIDIA GTX 470 Sony Vegas Pro 13 // Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2014 // http://vimeo.com/alijafri

June 22nd, 2012, 07:58 AM	#2
John Carroll Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 156	Re: Sharpen filter I have heard of folks having pretty nice results sharpening footage shot with a 5DM3... I think some even apply some sharpening just before encoding to hopefully counteract some of the sharpness lost during the encoding process.

June 22nd, 2012, 09:43 AM	#3
Robert Turchick Trustee Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 1,389	Re: Sharpen filter At least with Canon DSLRs the mkIII is the only one I'd apply sharpening to. All the others alias pretty badly and sharpening any bit just brings that out. I've done a 2% sharpen on my xf300 a few times and it really pops. Depends on the situation though...there are some people going in front of my cameras that I'd rather not see every pore or hair on their face! Ha ha! And even though it's miles better than the DSLRs, the 300 still shows aliasing in certain situations. __________________ The older I get, the better I was!