The greater the bit depth, the more accurately subtle differences in color will be rendered in your videos.

If you don’t want to fuss with color grading your footage after filming, simply film in “Standard”, “Natural”, or “Vivid” color mode and call it a day.īit depth determines the total number of colors a single pixel can be. Most cameras have a color space mode you can apply to your footage to preserve detail and maximize creative adjustments in post-production. If your camera does not offer one of the above three formats, do not worry. Still allows for large, post-production adjustments. Log - good balance between preserved detail and file size. Very few cameras offer in-camera compressed raw format and require an external monitor to output this format. Due to the massive file sizes of this format, almost no one uses uncompressed raw format.Ĭompressed Raw - saves slightly less detail than uncompressed raw while still maintaining the ability for massive adjustments in post-production including: noise, white balance, and color space. Uncompressed Raw - saves the maximum amount of detail possible basically is a raw photograph for every frame. The three most popular video formats are as follows: The format you choose to record in will determine how much the file is compressed and the level of detail saved (or lost).

Video format determines how a video file is saved. The 180° Rule is illustrated below for several common frame rates: The rule simply states that to achieve realistic motion blur, set your shutter speed to double your frame rate. To do so, you must follow what’s known as “The 180° Rule”. Doing so without understanding how shutter speed and frame rate affect each other can cause your footage to look jerky and unnatural.Ĭapturing video with the same level of motion blur we naturally see with our own eyes is often v.ĭoing so will make your footage appear more realistic and pleasing to the eye. However, this does not mean that you should use the fastest shutter speed possible. Similar to frame rates, a slower shutter speed will capture more motion blur, while a faster shutter speed captures more detail. Using the correct shutter speed is extremely important for capturing the look you’re after. Most often used in sports to broadcast with high detail and later slow down for slow-motion replays. Videos with a lot of motion, such as sports, benefit from the extra frames per second.Ħ0+fps - frame rates of 60 or higher are used for slow-motion video. Captures motion blur similar to how we actually see the world, resulting in realistic looking footage.ģ0fps - early standard for TV shows.

In conjunction with shutter speed (more on this later), frame rate determines how much detail is captured for an object in motion.Ģ4fps - standard frame rate for movies and TV shows. Videos are really a series of still images rapidly flashed across the screen to create the illusion of movement.Įach sill is called a “frame” and the number of frames shown per second is the frame rate.Ĭhoosing a frame rate is important as it will dictate how your footage looks. Now that you know what video resolution is best for you, let’s learn about another important video setting: frame rate.

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