MY CUSTOM PICTURE PROFILE // SONY CINE4

[@Jamesmatthews]

Yesss You Lot. I've literally been hounded for this profile for months so I had to break it down for ya. Let me know if you like it or if you think its pants. Its subjective afterall. Hope everyones looking after themselves in this weird ass time with the Lurgy flying about. Should I make a video about how to make money as a freelancer even if there's an ep*demic like the one going on at the moment? Boooshhhh

[@bleach_meds599]

Bro DO IT!

[@DustinHarrelson]

James Matthews that could be sick fr!

[@baimakhan]

let’s goo

[@dna8269]

Yes!!

[@croppixelmedia]

James Matthews Make the freelancer video!

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

It's always a good day when James uploads.

[@Jamesmatthews]

My man 👊🏻

[@PeterLindgren1]

All right, this might make me to switch over from SLog2... I gotta have to give this a go for my vlogs for sure. Might reduce the work I spend on Color Grading my vids! Thanks man, appreciate it!

[@Vagrant1PSN]

You have A7iii series, I would just use HLG3

[@PeterLindgren1]

@@Vagrant1PSN too much power required from my computer 😑!

[@dathofilms]

@@PeterLindgren1 every time I see someone using SLOG on A7 Series I feel bad. Its just mathematics, 14 stops over 8 Bit is way too stretched. Unless you are going for desaturated look..

[@PeterLindgren1]

@@dathofilms I think I manage to pull off a good look with it though!

[@dathofilms]

​@@PeterLindgren1 Sure, "Good" is subjective, I would not argue on that, if you are happy with it :)

[@eduardo_gama]

This man, saved my life. I struggled for months with Slog2 in my A6300, doing heavy color grading and the result was always shitty. I moved to getting the result that I want straight from camera, starting with the profile PP5 and James settings. Oh my god, I dont have words. Just thank you.

[@Liricohub]

you're the best man. Your charisma just makes your videos so watchable aswell

[@lukebohemian]

2 years old and still better than other tutorials on here. You said it best at the beginning mate

[@marvoski547]

Would be great to see what profile settings you’d do for an HLG

[@loupstormk5423]

Oh YEahhh really !! can we have the setting u would use for HLG3 if its far better ? :)

[@edenconnell4322]

Keen as for some HLG settings James if you know them buddy. Keep up the great work. Loving your channel bruv.

[@ArturoJReal]

I've been on the "Yessss m8, this is sick" camp for years now. It's been inspiring watching your color grades transform as time goes on, and this recent picture profile you've landed on is no exception!

[@Jamesmatthews]

Myyyyy Guy. Arturo Is a legend

[@PetrosofSparta]

So, James, it's been over a year since I started using a variation on this setting for myself, and I can quite confidently say it's one of the best picture profiles I've used. I usually use it on my a6500, as I have different settings for the A7Siii I use. The adjustments I made was reducing the Colour Phase to +2 (because I prefer a redder/orange tone to my skin tones) and reducing the black level to -1 because I feel it just gives a deeper black tone to my low light shoots.

[@maltymedia_au]

The elastic analogy was unbelievably helpful. Cheers legend!

[@alexelisetrujillo6425]

DUDE! I found you today and are now MY. FAVORITE. KZbinR. INSTANTLY. Keep up the great work and a million thanks for all you do.

[@Jamesmatthews]

Haha amazing! Thanks for checking in Alex, I hope you enjoy the ride :)

[@nawdik]

Brilliant work as always James! Maybe a video on exposing your image right in a variety of conditions, say some low light ones or when your subject isnt perfectly lit? Would love to see how you adapt to those situations mate!

[@GX700]

I have probably tried them all in the short period of time in have my A7III... and this one actually works for me, especially in post. Saved to memory recall 1 and 2. Thanks James 👍

[@Cade_Media]

love your presenting style, what a geezer!

[@croppixelmedia]

I’m comfortable with my photography at this point and I’m transitioning into shooting more video. I have an A7ii and this video helped SOO much. I can’t wait to go out & shoot to try this picture profile. Thanks James! 🔥🔥🔥

[@tupac1971ful]

I'm also having a7ii but it doesn't have s-gamut cine3. How did you go around it ?

[@RockWILK]

Yo, I know it's a few years since this video was made, but I happened to run into it this morning, and I have to say, this picture profile (with all your settings) in the a6400 is the best I've used. Crazy good. I generally use SLog2, but it's a pain in the as*, obviously, unless you expose perfectly, for the reasons you mention, meaning 8 bit just isn't flexible enough, and so I tried this today, and damn, this looked better than HLG3, or anything else I've tried, other than SLog 2 in extreme circumstances. Thanks so much for sharing this, it is much appreciated. I'm about to begin a big project, and I was feeling like I needed to get a new camera that was 10 bit to really get what we need, but I think I'll get in there with what I have, and maybe upgrade after the film is done. These settings are the bomb! Thanks again!!

[@CANNOTDIEFILMS]

Been shooting on the A7SII for awhile now and have been using a custom Still Gamma/Pro Color picture profile lately for all my shooting-typically in moderate low light conditions. After doing a new round of research and consideration, I’m thinking of setting up a 3 picture profile system: Josh Yeo’s extreme low light Still profile, a Cine4 profile based off of Matt Johnson’s for moderate lighting situations, and a slightly tweaked Slog2 profile for bright outdoor shooting. We’ll see how it works!

[@koalaofdeath2045]

subscribed because you gave me the answer immediately instead of having to wait. Much appreciated and of course still watched the rest of the video. Big thumbs up!

[@Okzander]

This came out at the perfect time 🔥🔥🔥

[@Jamesmatthews]

Boom 👊🏻

[@AtillaAtesOfficial]

Hey! Great video! Can you tell us what picture profile settings you would use with HLG? Thanks! :)

[@dna8269]

Sunday’s are my favorite day of the week now because of these consistent uploads. I feel like every vid just gets better and better too even though the previous ones were all sick too! Random question James: what monitor do you grade on and do you calibrate it? if so what do you use to calibrate it?

[@Jamesmatthews]

Hey bro, I have a really nice Dell Monitor but the colors arent calibrated :( I have to grade my footage on my Razor Blade Stealth as that seems to have much better calibration. A goal for this year is to get a set up optimized for grading!

[@dna8269]

James Matthews Gotcha! Thanks bro! Appreciate the reply 🙏

[@bakhromvorisov9533]

Thanks mate, for making this more fun this tutorial. I'll definitely try it.

[@shallyvids9707]

HLG3 works good for me i have HLG luts just throw that lut on that and have cinematic dynamic range with great colors and very very good skin tones

[@edenconnell4322]

Can you share your HLG settings please? I have an a7iii and I want to pimp it out.

[@shallyvids9707]

Just use default HLG3 with +5 black levels

[@jerrywalker7311]

@@shallyvids9707 What LUTS are you using? I am a wedding videographer trying to simplify my workflow.

[@yahiaayadi1017]

what lut do u use??

[@ImageFilms.]

My shots have a lot of green in it

[@LukeFlegg]

Yes mate you're bang on Re: 8bit vs 10bit vs 12bit. The less bits sampling, the less you can pull or push before you get banding. Combine that with only using a super flat pic profile when you actually NEED it. ie. you have bright highlights next to dark shadows. Otherwise, if you're in a controlled environment (eg. shooting an interview) then you'll get less banding and better image on the picture profile you have to push least

[@stuminous]

Finally, one of the few helpful KZbin videos about picture profiles.. Thank you James, Thank you 🙏🏼

[@JoeMaranophotography]

Don't know if you have ever looked at the Leeming Luts James but I have just been playing with them with my G9 and they are awesome! They also do them for Sony and the awesome thing is you can use different profiles and all the colours will match up perfectly. The colours are also literally perfect! For example I can use Cine D, HLG or V LOG L and they will all match exactly. Its great!

[@Bengtssn]

I agree to disagree! I do agree that 8 bit is a bit limiting, and that Cine4 or HLG3 is easy to grade straight out of camera. But you can actually get some really good colours out of Slog2, when you know how to work it. I shot 100% HLG3 for 1 year, and a couple of months ago I started grading a lot, and switched to Slog2. You can get some siiickness out of it even thought it’s 8bit, just expose for final image:).

[@Jamesmatthews]

Wicked man 👊🏻 Personally I just really don’t like it in 8bit. Glad that some can use it well though 👌🏻

[@Bengtssn]

James Matthews For sure man, great video!☝🏼

[@DustinHarrelson]

Yoooo cine-4 is where it’s at🔥

[@orelbitan]

James I didn't even watch this video yet but I have to say that you are one of my fev KZbinrs, love your no bullshit attitude. ✌️

[@RodneyCooperFilmz]

There’s been so many profiles built around the Cine4 profiles. In the end it’s on the user to customize a profile that works best for them.

[@marekmucha2300]

You actually pushed me to try it out, and while at it, I've came up to something revolutionary, thanks!! 8Bit isn't really about the pushing colours, even tho you're not far, It's more about the depth and the actual amount of them. The problem with Slog and why is troublesome for sony is because it requires a better and bigger codec, 100MBs is simply not enough. I love the style of your videos!

[@captureinsidethesound]

100Mb/s (12MB/s) isn't enough for 4K RAW but its enough for 1080p 10-BIT and even up to 14-BIT RAW video. Magic Lantern for Canon is evidence in that depending on the Cameras buffer size. Sony Alpha cameras might have large buffers so the interface doesn't need to be that fast for 8-BIT. The a6000 can do 11fps of RAW images (24MB) in burst in which means its buffer has to be at least 100MB-250MB in size. That's a generous buffer so the 100mbps interface is likely not the issue but rather the compression itself. When you stop recording that doesn't mean content isn't still being written to the SD card from the buffer.

[@josipmatic1912]

Finally some common sense. Everyone shooting these 8bit dslrs like they are shooting Alexas.

[@fugitivephilo]

Doesn't Alexa bake in a certain look with its profile, particularly with skin tones, and isn't this is the point of using it, kind of like Cine4?

[@dimitrifevrier2138]

@@fugitivephilo I think hes just mentioning how everyone uses slog 2 or slog 3.

[@SocietateaAscendenta]

Same here. Shooting 8 bit and grading the hell of it is not a bright idea.

[@SteveJenkinsonPhotography]

Hi James, I have the Sony A7iii, Any chance you can make a video showing how you colour grade the footage using this Picture Profile please? You know your the G man. :)

[@NickGranville]

Agreed. I do the same, try to get it nailed in camera on the A7iii. However, I use HLG or just no profile.

[@stevenleflar5152]

Can we see what these settings would be on HLG?

[@loupstormk5423]

yes please !!

[@tsinchansue]

that 8 bit band literally snapped so funny

[@JdramaMedia_UGC]

Thanks James!!! Will try this out!

[@lucien-lu]

Literally prayed for this video last night and here it is. You're a godsend.

[@CreepyDan]

This is Gold!!!! Thanks man, I have been here struggling with slog and 8-bit, I'm giving it up and trying the Cine for a bit. This will save me so much time in post thanks and cheers!

[@shkspear52]

Excited to play with this Profile!!!

[@SocietateaAscendenta]

THIS one of the MOST important TUTORIALs / EYE-OPENERs that I was looking for, since a while! THIS defines realistic people from wannabe-pros. You do not need to use something, unless you REALLY need it and know what you are doing. Most of the scenarios, even for musicvideos, short stuff, you do not need S-Logs etc. I do not need, nor want, to shoot S-Log, just because everyone does it. I want to EXTRACT what is the BEST from my camera and footage and not complicate myself needlessly. THANK YOU SOOO MUCH! P.S. Of course, if you are on a PRO-RES level type of shooting (commercials, etc.) and KNOW / have the gear for what you are doing, then sure... S-Log makes sense.

[@thomasspencer8177]

Bit late but this is very useful, been using S Log lately but after trying this method it looks so much better

[@lamar_studios]

I was searching for a picture profile setup to use for professional work and I didn't know what to use. I tried hlg3 n it gives so much problems in editing. I tried yours since night n I can say this is what I will use 💪💪💪 however I use Cine2 instead of Cine4 to get better dynamic range. Thanks bro

[@ImJasonAnthony]

Luke looking majestic in those clips haha. I do agree getting your colors in camera as much as possible helps grading for sure. Solid video as always brother!

[@Jamesmatthews]

Hes a good looking fella aint he

[@JussiAlexander]

Thanks for sharing your picture profile! I might try it out and see how it fits my grading work flow!

[@HardwareFRA]

Thanks !

[@falconcara]

lol at the mini me reference 🤣

[@henry-visuals9186]

haha def like for the austin powers reference and for not bullshitting till the end to get the info. just for that i made sure to watch the whole video. cheers

[@user-uq6or2hi8x]

Finally!! This video answer my Question at 2020! Thanks

[@leotheleo5954]

0:33 So surreal. Incredible!! 🤩

[@albertso7108]

Thank for sharing. Will it also work exactly as in a6400 6600?

[@BENJAMIN_NL]

1 minute of video , and im already subscribed. you got something different my bro , keep it!

[@mariog101]

love your channel, advise, and style. Killing it!

[@AlonsoReyes]

Awesome video! thank you for the time invested on this and for sharing your knowledge!

[@hasanwibowo580]

0:42 Sick jump. Just gave me a mini heart attack.

[@adverzuz4330]

subscribed , this is the learning steps im taking to get started in tube

[@DonSaeKang]

Thanks for the picture profile! I can't wait to give it a go!!!

[@MarcoMars]

HLG2 Works for me! Will try this setting mate! Thank you so much master!🔥

[@adeomole]

Love the fact that you actually explain the meaning of some of these things for those who don't know! Keep doing what you doing.. first of your vids I've watched, gonna subscribe this was soo good. I hope to stay subscribed.

[@martintadilli]

thanks James, your footage looks really good! specially an 8bit file like the a7s thanks for share

[@riley7brown]

Been waiting for this for a while! Thanks James!

[@iamRickBonilla]

🔥🔥🔥🎥🎞 Thanks Boi From NY!!!!!!!!

[@RealMehedi]

Thanks mate... Just tried this settings and it came out great... No more slog for my a6300...

[@INFOXlive]

For Sony 6K series Cine4 & S-Gamut3.Cine are the best combination actually. If you want less flat image, you can increase saturation al lot. This is good combination for preserving natural skin tones. But using proper colour card for adjusting image profile is essential.

[@PrezMFilmz]

You are so gnarly dude.. love your channel, thanks for the inspiration bosh!

[@guccidaniels]

5:11 WOW. just wow.. what a guy. love it. hahahhahahahaha. Just not phased at all. Keep smashing it man.

[@jakefelzien]

just what i was looking for. Going to test this soon! I keep getting disappointed with Slog and 8 bit color... this might have been my answer, BOSH! color grade and chill

[@Jakepf]

Um, Thanks so much! I couldn't find a picture profile I liked, I love your style so I hopefully will love this!

[@explorethepowerofthemind5089]

Thank you so much, best Christmas present ever lol

[@keenanlam_]

BOSSHHHHH he's uploaded! Today is a good day.

[@DreySantesson]

Really enjoying this Cine4 on the A7 III, cheers mate for the info

[@ouiaresocial98]

Ohh feels nice to write in a clean chat! Awesome vid bro

[@Yourboyenso]

love the techno with the footage

[@KevinCFernandez]

"should I even do this....?" killed me

[@RGMGFitness]

Thanks for the tips. I just bought the Sony A7 III. Will be interesting to see how this all comes together in my own videos/photos.

[@markbaily7828]

Literally watched your video then this after. How did you find it on the a7iii

[@RGMGFitness]

@@markbaily7828 Loving the a7iii so far. Just did a quick little 'first impressions' video myself on the camera. No complaints here...learning as I go but really think this was a good purchase for me.

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

This is gold👏🏼👏🏼

[@Makkster]

Really liked the way you explained this.

[@demicheli87]

Great profile, just need some basic 'How I grade my footage' tutorial now XD. Cheers James!

[@pirii88]

will it work with the a7SIII?

[@BabsCraig]

The one I've been waiting for! Bosh!!

[@saifshneyin3445]

I enjoyed the video and like that u make things simple and keep focus on creativity 👍👌

[@twinkie1773]

Will this work on the a6300? I do cinematic portraits and I've been having a hard time finding a good pic profile to use.

[@muhammadalfiannoervedya3722]

Have you finally found your best PP for a6300?

[@KROMAprd]

Been struggling with S-Log 3, think it requires a bit more know how than I'm currently equipped to deal with, gonna give Cine 4 a go as I love its contrast. Thanks for the video James!

[@creative_by_nature]

how did it work out??

[@KROMAprd]

@@creative_by_nature I shoot S Log 3 nowadays :) more dynamic range, I have a better understanding now of exposure, lighting and white balance - and have purchased some tools like a monitor and gray/white cards to help me more accurately :) just took time and practice !

[@VioletHenning]

Yes finally someone i agree with on picture profile.

[@robcrouchdj]

Legend for making this video mate, thank you

[@NafisAhmed73]

your music is always on point ..

[@elvispresley2542]

In my saved videos before even watching one second. Boooooom. Been waiting.

[@Tubeme7878]

I am completely inspired by u...You are my guru

[@morriskohl7388]

James man, ur intro is always so dan slick!

[@thegryalbum]

BRUV! I was smashed when you didn’t let loose what cam you’d been matching this to! 2:12 What’s the cam you boshin ova mate??

[@danielirvine7468]

This is gold bro . Now I need to work on grading

[@itsmeericb]

So S.Gamut works fine with Cine 4 over using something like Pro or Cinema?

[@kenkho]

will try this! :) thanks james your one of my professor in videography! :)

[@romanscherer9840]

absolutely hilarious mate! even if your theory is completely wrong (and I don’t know) I thoroughly enjoyed that! great entertainment!

[@JohnJonesRocketCity]

James this is so crazy because I was seriously just going to Cine 4 and wondering what ur settings are. Good one mate.

[@Jamesmatthews]

Anytime fella 👊🏻

[@sircookson]

Virtual hug brother thanks for making this video 😄🔥

[@ceimen00]

Is it possible to save the custom picture profiles? I always have to renew the settings once I switched to for instance video/photo mode. Is that normal?

[@niconic6660]

Love the Tennis shoot

[@kleinesfilmroellchen]

I almost coughed at Color Phase +6. In my experience, skin on the A7SII is always too red, so what do you do? Make it even more red! I'll have to try and see what happens with this.

[@Jiyadhamayoor123]

How you remove noise from shadows.. Too much grains your settings. When i shoot inside