XH Custom Presets Download Library (copy)

Allan Black · April 23rd, 2008, 11:22 PM

Chris, I notice in post 2 , No. 18 is titled PANALOOK, but Steven updated it to PANALOOK2. It's there in post 210.

Cheers.

Chris Hurd · April 24th, 2008, 07:30 AM

Thanks Allan -- I have a lot of work to do in getting our library updated.

Allan Black · April 28th, 2008, 04:41 PM

Yes, it's much appreciated Chris. For A1 owners this is probably the best thread around. One question that's probably been answered, will any other H1/G1 custom presets work in the A1?
Cheers.

Chris Hurd · April 28th, 2008, 04:46 PM

Absolutely no difference whatsoever between G1 and A1 custom presets. They are fully compatible. As are custom presets from the new XL H1S / H1A. That's four camcorder models sharing the same custom preset files.

Older XL H1 presets are not compatible though.

Jeff Zimmerman · April 28th, 2008, 07:51 PM

Thanks for the "Preset" thread on the XHA1. I'm looking to buy an XHA1 and it was a toss up between a few other similar cameras. But with the tweakability and support of these presets I'm sold on the XHA1. I even borrowed one from work for the night just to try a few of them out before I ordered my camera.

Alot of the "Presets" would be very usable in a time crunch situation where if you want to have saturated footage or present a certain look you could do so with minimal effort and very little color correction in post.

Thank again, hope to contribute my own "Presets" in the future.

Kevin Ta · May 2nd, 2008, 12:46 PM

These presets are awesome, i don't know what i would do without this forum. But are these presets applicable to SD/DV mode instead of HD as well? Would there still be the richness in the color minus the sharpness?

Steven Dempsey · May 3rd, 2008, 09:12 AM

One thing that someone might want to do is gather all of the preset information in this thread and create an updated spreadsheet. Maybe Chris prefers to do it himself but I suspect he would appreciate someone doing the legwork for him.

Many have benefited from the hard work of others here to produce these presets so I think it would be a nice gesture to give back to the community and work on consolidating all the information into something more immediately accessible.

Chris, feel free to chime in here if you object.

Gert Kracht · May 6th, 2008, 05:45 AM

I have made the Custom Preset Movie 1.0 complete.

You can watch it on Vimeo:

http://www.vimeo.com/846830

It contains 28 Custom presets. If you register on VIMEO the original file can also be downloaded and the image quality is better.

Kees van Duijvenbode · May 6th, 2008, 09:24 AM

Very well done Gert. Thanks a lot. This makes it a lot easier to compare the different presets.

Gert Kracht · May 6th, 2008, 10:47 AM

I'm also planning to make the same stuff in a dark situation. But there might be one problem: how to set white balance in a dark situation?

Giovanni Speranza · May 6th, 2008, 04:58 PM

VIVID B is a mod of the famous VIVIDRGB preset. It's bluish, but still rendering a good skin tone.

VIVID B works better when you set the gain at -3dB and set the white balance to "preset" which produces less color noise.

All parameters but the following are identical to the VIVIDRGB preset:

Color Gain -15
Red Gain -25
Green Gain -20
Blue Gain 25
RG Matrix 0
RB matrix 0
GR matrix 0
GB matrix 0
BR matrix 0
BG matrix 0

Steve Lewis · May 6th, 2008, 11:09 PM

Hi guys,
So i just got my A1, and I copied all these presets to my SD card in a folder named "PRESETS" and when i try to copy them to the cam, it is greyed out. So, I tried copying a preset from the cam to the card just to see what happened: it put it in the folder with all the presets from this thread! Any help on how to copy over presets would be helpful. (also, will the cam read the file names (like VividRGB, etc... or will it just number them from 1 to whatever?)

Thanks guys!
-Steve

Yuri Martins Galliett · May 6th, 2008, 11:51 PM

The folder name must be "PRESET" without the "S".
The procedure for calling up the presets is detailed in your operator's manual on page 81.

Steve Lewis · May 7th, 2008, 12:24 AM

I figured it out, I wasn't naming them correctly (PRESETxx)
Thanks,
-Steve

Giovanni Speranza · May 11th, 2008, 05:53 AM

Hi,
i created a new preset that seems to work very well in every situation.
I called it Vision because it's colorimetry remembers me the Kodak Vision2 (with the due respect....)

I recommend using -3dB gain and i suggest using the manual color temperature to adjust the overall look.

Vision

GAM CINE2
KNE LOW
BLK STRETCH
PED 0
SET -9
SHP 0
HDF LOW
DHV 0
COR 0
NR1 OFF
NR2 OFF
CMX NORMAL
CGN 0
CPH 0
RGN 0
GGN 0
BGN 3
RGM 0
RBM 0
GRM 0
GBM 0
BR0 0
BGM 0

Example Clip here:
http://www.vimeo.com/998538

April 24th, 2008, 07:30 AM	#242
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,368 Images: 513	Thanks Allan -- I have a lot of work to do in getting our library updated. __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

April 28th, 2008, 04:46 PM	#244
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,368 Images: 513	Absolutely no difference whatsoever between G1 and A1 custom presets. They are fully compatible. As are custom presets from the new XL H1S / H1A. That's four camcorder models sharing the same custom preset files. Older XL H1 presets are not compatible though. __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

April 28th, 2008, 07:51 PM	#245
Jeff Zimmerman Major Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton, Colorado Posts: 386	Thanks for the "Preset" thread on the XHA1. I'm looking to buy an XHA1 and it was a toss up between a few other similar cameras. But with the tweakability and support of these presets I'm sold on the XHA1. I even borrowed one from work for the night just to try a few of them out before I ordered my camera. Alot of the "Presets" would be very usable in a time crunch situation where if you want to have saturated footage or present a certain look you could do so with minimal effort and very little color correction in post. Thank again, hope to contribute my own "Presets" in the future. __________________ Jeff Zimmerman • Love what I do • Colorado + North America www.m3films.com

May 3rd, 2008, 09:12 AM	#247
Steven Dempsey Disjecta Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Seattle, Washington Posts: 937	One thing that someone might want to do is gather all of the preset information in this thread and create an updated spreadsheet. Maybe Chris prefers to do it himself but I suspect he would appreciate someone doing the legwork for him. Many have benefited from the hard work of others here to produce these presets so I think it would be a nice gesture to give back to the community and work on consolidating all the information into something more immediately accessible. Chris, feel free to chime in here if you object. __________________ Try my Digital Therapy: http://www.pinelakefilms.com/digital_therapy.html Films on ExposureRoom: http://exposureroom.com/members/disjecta.aspx/videos/

May 6th, 2008, 05:45 AM	#248
Gert Kracht Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Ens, The Netherlands Posts: 198	I have made the Custom Preset Movie 1.0 complete. You can watch it on Vimeo: http://www.vimeo.com/846830 It contains 28 Custom presets. If you register on VIMEO the original file can also be downloaded and the image quality is better. __________________ http://www.hdvinfo.nl The Dutch forum and website about HDV & Canon XH-A1

April 23rd, 2008, 11:22 PM	#241
Allan Black Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sydney. Posts: 2,931	Chris, I notice in post 2 , No. 18 is titled PANALOOK, but Steven updated it to PANALOOK2. It's there in post 210. Cheers.

April 28th, 2008, 04:41 PM	#243
Allan Black Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sydney. Posts: 2,931	Yes, it's much appreciated Chris. For A1 owners this is probably the best thread around. One question that's probably been answered, will any other H1/G1 custom presets work in the A1? Cheers.

May 2nd, 2008, 12:46 PM	#246
Kevin Ta Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 55	These presets are awesome, i don't know what i would do without this forum. But are these presets applicable to SD/DV mode instead of HD as well? Would there still be the richness in the color minus the sharpness?

May 6th, 2008, 09:24 AM	#249
Kees van Duijvenbode Major Player Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Posts: 246	Very well done Gert. Thanks a lot. This makes it a lot easier to compare the different presets. __________________ www.cvd-video.nl

May 6th, 2008, 10:47 AM	#250
Gert Kracht Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Ens, The Netherlands Posts: 198	I'm also planning to make the same stuff in a dark situation. But there might be one problem: how to set white balance in a dark situation? __________________ http://www.hdvinfo.nl The Dutch forum and website about HDV & Canon XH-A1

May 6th, 2008, 11:09 PM	#252
Steve Lewis Major Player Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Goleta, CA Posts: 233	Newbie havin' trouble! Hi guys, So i just got my A1, and I copied all these presets to my SD card in a folder named "PRESETS" and when i try to copy them to the cam, it is greyed out. So, I tried copying a preset from the cam to the card just to see what happened: it put it in the folder with all the presets from this thread! Any help on how to copy over presets would be helpful. (also, will the cam read the file names (like VividRGB, etc... or will it just number them from 1 to whatever?) Thanks guys! -Steve

May 6th, 2008, 11:51 PM	#253
Yuri Martins Galliett New Boot Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Posts: 6	The folder name must be "PRESET" without the "S". The procedure for calling up the presets is detailed in your operator's manual on page 81.

May 7th, 2008, 12:24 AM	#254
Steve Lewis Major Player Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Goleta, CA Posts: 233	I figured it out, I wasn't naming them correctly (PRESETxx) Thanks, -Steve

May 11th, 2008, 05:53 AM	#255
Giovanni Speranza Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lugano, Switzerland Posts: 149	Preset: Vision Hi, i created a new preset that seems to work very well in every situation. I called it Vision because it's colorimetry remembers me the Kodak Vision2 (with the due respect....) I recommend using -3dB gain and i suggest using the manual color temperature to adjust the overall look. Vision GAM CINE2 KNE LOW BLK STRETCH PED 0 SET -9 SHP 0 HDF LOW DHV 0 COR 0 NR1 OFF NR2 OFF CMX NORMAL CGN 0 CPH 0 RGN 0 GGN 0 BGN 3 RGM 0 RBM 0 GRM 0 GBM 0 BR0 0 BGM 0 Example Clip here: http://www.vimeo.com/998538