which do you think looks best?

[Paul Watkins]

I am doing a little short with a friend ( he is not a actor) to test how I should light my letus fe/ Canon hx A1 combo indoors. I am mainly using (2) 500 watt softboxes . For the next interior shot I will add a 600 watt spot light with a dimmer for a hair light. I just want to know, which frames look better ( the ones with or the ones with out curve adjustment) ?

(I creating my post looks)

[Bill Pryor]

I like the ones on the right with the darker blacks.

[Richard Hunter]

Hi Paul. In general the adjusted pics are more vibrant, but beware of overdoing it. Looks lto me like some of the highlights are blown out a bit. (Might just be this laptop but worth checking.)

Richard

[Timothy D. Allen]

I have to agree that the crushed blacks look the best, but I have found that sometimes I get a little too carried away with color grading. Subtle is often the best, and I think you have successfully accomplished that in this case.

I vote the ones on the right. ;-)

[Trish Kerr]

definitely the right caught my eye as well

trish

[Douglas Villalba]

I Like Extremes

[Benjamin Hill]

Not a bad improvement, makes it a little easier to look at.

Bear in mind you can get this kind of look in-camera, before you go down to HDV compression/color space when it records to tape. Saving you some render time in post and maybe even getting a higher quality result.

[Timothy D. Allen]

Originally Posted by Douglas Villalba

I Like Extremes

I wouldn't call this extreme. I think it looks great! If I hadn't have seen the other images this one wouldn't stand out. I would still consider this somewhat of a subtle grade - if I were to write my own little book of definitions. :-P