Magic Lantern Raw Workflow: Canon 5D

With Magic Lantern you can shoot raw video with the 5D but what about the workflow afterward? Premiere alone only goes but so far with RAW (CinemaDNG) files. How can you get the most out of that Magic Lantern RAW video you shot and what tools do you need to do it?
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[@jacobchristianglover3655]

I thoroughly enjoyed that explanation/tutorial. I'm just getting started with photography, but I wasn't afraid of Magic Latern, just took my time. Still lots to learn, but I love it. Thanks again for the video! Be well, stay encouraged, and encouraging!

[@KevinParks-qrowdad]

Thank You! I was about to give up on ML on my eos m, but your tutorial makes me want to take it more serious. :)

[@Evercrush]

This was extremely helpful. Thank you for saving me hours of time searching through forums.

[@PullMyFocus]

Thanks for the comment. Searching through forums and research should be our job. Your job is to use that info and get creative!!

[@kokuku4861]

I had a lot of questions about using a magic lantern file. By the way, I was able to get a lot of information by watching your video. Thank you very much.

[@PullMyFocus]

Glad you liked it. I've checked out your channel. Your stuff looks cool. Keep up the good work!

[@yemarican]

First time here. Well done my friend. Thank you for sharing this with us, I appreciate it.

[@FyreNight]

you may have just made my year... ive been trying to get this kind of result for months. it's been so frustrating, i've been trying to use Resolve but ACR is so...soo...soooooo much more powerful and versatile. i used to have a similar process using photoshop and smart objects but photoshop's rendering tool is craptastic. thank you

[@PullMyFocus]

Thanks! I must have researched this work flow for weeks. Glad it helped you!

[@antoineantabi7141]

I was looking for you since a very long time! Thank you for this video bro!

[@BillSchocke]

You do a great job with these! Well done.

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[@azardragneel]

The bell-worthy channel delivers again! :) Thanks for the detailed tutorial, I'm gonna try that sometime with my 5Dii (hopefully it can manage at least 720p continuously); having Camera Raw flexibility in video would be awesome. On the workflow side of things, I wonder if you could use Resolve just for grading, while doing everything else in your favourite NLE... Like exporting a timeline from Vegas/Premiere and loading it into Resolve for grading, minor adjustments and final render. I would prefer that to pre-grading individual clips, or grading whole exported video with no room for re-cuts. Anyway, keep up the good work!

[@PullMyFocus]

Exactly what I have done in the past. Resolve is such a great package. So your suggestion is totally valid, and in some cases better than the Camera Raw path. I was trying to stick to the Adobe workflow for this vid, but even then I just HAD to mention Resolve. Also, I have to get better at it and use it more. Cheers!

[@RobCurd]

Great tutorial. Previously I was using a program to convert to an slog 3 gamma in prores. For my next video I am going to try grading my dng files in Lightroom, giving me the same camera raw options. Then import the exported jpegs as an image sequence. If only there was a way of using proxies and then re linking the camera raw edits!

[@HonestArttsEntertainment]

Did magic lantern offer u a dng file or did you convert it? Also, i am not seeing an option to change from 14 bit to 10 bit. I also don't see h.264 options and i don't see the option to disable agc. I used to have these options with the t2i years ago.

[@chanduvijay9]

Wow! Thank you. I did not know that camera raw works on video 🙂

[@PullMyFocus]

Well, it works on video frames. Not video formats. But, yes, you can manipulate the video frames themselves.

[@chanduvijay9]

@@PullMyFocus ok. Thank you 🙂

[@WiseGuy.2013]

Ill add , cause you have already set 32bpc in AEX. Its 8bpc by default, so all of you out there bump it up if you want to export to 10bit codecs.

[@PullMyFocus]

That is exactly correct. Thanks for mentioning that!

[@rickvestuto]

Great Tutorial Is there any reason you choose DNG ? Why not ProRes Raw? Subbed !!! regards, Rick

[@Johnnyboybravo]

I'm using a build way back from 2015 that I always had trouble viewing/edit in premiere and I end up putting it to the side. Now that we are in 2021, is there a new build that is made easier so it can be placed right into premiere? The video file I would get would be .RAW or .MRX. Also, I'd hate that it can only record up to 10-11 sec.

[@SouthernBix]

Very well done video and helpful. I'm still uncertain I'm doing the right workflow because after recording, it's stored in an .MLV file to the memory disc, then I've been putting it, into my computer to be read in the mlrawviewer, converted to dng, then converted in Adobe Media Encoder to an MXF video file, then put into premiere from there.

[@PullMyFocus]

After I convert to .dng, I load it into either Adobe Bridge or After Effects directly. You want to use Camera Raw in this case to do color corrections and then build the movie file (Probably in After Effects) after initial corrections are done.

[@SouthernBix]

@@PullMyFocus Hmm, yeah I'm confused and I think I'm doing it wrong. I thought converting to dng and then mxf video file was the final product, then I could adjust the color etc. from there. Hmm. Many thanks for your reply

[@onestopproductions]

Thank you!

[@BillHutchensFilms]

Using MLV APP, I am making two assumptions... 1. I should exporting CinemaDNG Uncompressed 2. I shouldnt tweak anything? Just load a file in then export it? I have read notes in a few places saying that any tweaks made in MLV APp may lead to restrictions on what you can do later. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[@cultgamut]

I’d love an answer to this.

[@BillHutchensFilms]

@@cultgamut i didn't get any advice so just got on with it. I did step 1 myself, and have now passed the files onto someone else (more skilled at these things) to do the next steps. Might be a while before I know how it goes (things are still pretty well shutdown here in the UK). I am not technical, just doing what the video said.

[@brankotopalovic6507]

mlv producer.....very good tool

[@vin7499]

Sir why change cinemadng to prores for premier pro... what happen if file export from after effects remain in cinemadng as shot. Secondly what happen when converting cinemadng to prores file... that file remain raw or compressed.

[@websitesthatneedanem]

Pull My Focus video - Alright! 😀

[@Abdulaziz_azh]

Do you have news about installing magic on 5D iv or 7D ii

[@AmieW]

u should change the title from 5d to 5d mark iii

[@danielworks]

I followed these instructions and looked in another places but when I put the DNG files in Davinci, RAW options are greyed out

[@PullMyFocus]

I'm not a DaVinci expert. But when you bring the clip into the Color workspace, one of the options is "Decode Using". Try setting it to CLIP option (it defaults to PROJECT). Try that.

[@maxmaxmaxgoon5602]

Bro help me out ...I got my c500 with odyssey 7q+ and it captured raw canon raw format crf...the frames were 11mb then I devloped it with canon raw devloper the frames became 50mb....Plz help is that normal

[@PullMyFocus]

Any time you deal with raw data from the camera, you will have huge files.

[@maxmaxmaxgoon5602]

No but these things are 50mb

[@maxmaxmaxgoon5602]

50mb frames 120fps

[@maxmaxmaxgoon5602]

I got the latest adobe but I can't open camera raw

[@maxmaxmaxgoon5602]

@@PullMyFocus plz can I send you a file and tell me if I am getting full potential of raw

[@andreaturbolz3542]

Hi tanks for your very interesting video. One question. What happen with FCPX? Is possibile to import and convert directly in ProRES in FCPX without loosing information?

[@PullMyFocus]

We don't use FCPX, but as far as we know, it will handle CinemaDNG RAW natively. Check this article for some more information: wolfcrow.com/blog/the-cinemadng-workflow-part-one-camera-to-editing/

[@andreaturbolz3542]

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[@artemont]

thank you friend. my old 7d can still do powerful footages

[@PullMyFocus]

Yes it can!!

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart8772]

3:20 Lindybeige?

[@PullMyFocus]

Yep. Good eyes. He's a friend of ours and makes awesome videos (as you probably already know).

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need a update vid

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Vales mucho.

[@pabloproxy3352]

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