-Jeff Hutchins
-Chris Jordan
-Rob M
-Lenssmith of DVXuser
What makes people say, “Wow, that looks beautiful?”
Beautiful films and photographs share common qualities. They usually include a lush, film-like color space and contrast curve, and shallow depth of field.
Other attributes that make people say "Wow, that looks beautiful!" are magical, subtly glowing highlights, and a tasteful, understated vignette.
FilmStyles makes it simple to add these characteristics to any shot in a few seconds.
It is said that “elegance is the elimination of the unnecessary.”
In this spirit, and out of respect for your time, we worked hard to pare down each FilmStyles filter to only the parameters we felt essential.
FilmStyles allows you to dial in your look in seconds without wading through pages of menus and hundreds of presets.
Most “filmlook” filters fail when your footage is not similar in exposure to the clip the designers used when developing the filter.
FilmStyles filters solve this problem with controls that “tune” the filter to high key, low key, or naturally lit clips.
You can adjust exposure with one slider, and if the Filmlook slider crushed the dark areas a little too much, there's a slider to adjust that too.
The overall effect is just “meh”... the tone is dead, the look is not romantic and doesn’t support the storyline. Also, the sharpness of the background and foreground distracts from the subject.
The eponymous “Filmstyles” filter adds a filmlike contrast s-curve, film color and glowing highlights, and paints an elegant, romantic mood.
The “35mm DOF” filter blurs out the foreground and background, and a subtle vignette features the subject nicely.
A video look is transformed into a magical, filmic look!
Scenic location, but this shot looks like cheap video, doesn't “pop" at all. Though this subject is pondering her entire life in this shot, the look doesn't support the storyline.
Wow! The “Dramatic Sky” filter makes the sky gorgeous and epic
The “FilmStyles” filter makes the ocean and sand tones richer, more tactile and filmlike, more scenic, You can feel the sand between your toes! Some vignetting on the sky and sand frames the composition nicely.
The “35mm DOF” filter blurs out the sand in foreground, drawing your eye to the subject.
Much more cinematic, picturesque, dramatic, evocative, this shot tells a story all by itself!
This shot looks cool right out of camera. But it’s supposed to be noir.
There we go! Don’t call me baby doll!
The “Casablanca” plugin simulates the exposure curve of classic black & white film from the 1930s - 1940s to bring mystique and intrigue to any shot.
This morning coffee scene is totally blah.
The “Golden Hour” filter adds the gorgeous, warm, magical look of sunrise or sunset. Or, use it to instantly apply any tint, from cold to warm to quirky.
This scene is supposed to take place at night, but we didn’t have the lights to get proper exposure at night time. Now what do we do?
The Day for Night plugin enables you to turn a daytime scene into a dramatic nighttime scene, with the glow of the moon and a darkened sky for incredible shots. Plus, avoid all the problems that come from shooting at night, from shlepping tons of lighting gear and long setups to exposure problems and noisy footage.
The wide angle lens might be cool, but the shot lacks style.
Need something a little more quirky? Use this plugin to emulate the orange and green hues of Amelie with stylish vignetting that will draw your audience into the frame.
SHE IS SPARTAN!!! The FilmStyles “300” plugin adds the crushed, high contrast look that’s so popular in today’s swords-and-sandals blockbusters. The color is desaturated and given a sandy reddish tint to give your footage a gritty, hip, vintage look.
The potential is there, but it feels flat and there’s a lot of distracting background. The image just doesn’t “pop.”
Instantly make your footage look amazing with this simple but powerful plugin. Even plain footage will jump off the screen! This plugin uses the classic S-curve of real film and adds glowing soft highlights, and a subtle vignette to make your project look awesome.
35mm DOF tutorial
