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Post by NavinF »

astrange wrote: post #79
wyager wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I bet the higher resolution makes it easier, with big*ss GPUs to clean up the raw footage. Even if you don't do any other post-processing, downscaled video looks better than video captured at sensor resolution. This is because you can implement a steeper low-pass filter (closer to ideal brick-wall filter) in software than you can in actual optics. Hardware lowpass filters tuned to block most stuff above nyquist wil…

Also, video is not actually bandlimited so the supposedly perfect filter isn’t actually perfect; you can do a better nonlinear one.

What does a better filter look like?

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Post by NavinF »

Closi wrote: post #95
OliverJones wrote: post #15

This means Netflix operates as a production and post studio for their many and talented film-makers. The stuff with the red N on the poster -- some of it is REALLY good -- uses Netflix-operated handling. Any video production goes through a lot of steps from raw studio footage to edited, finished product. This web site says that Netflix processes and people handle a lot of that. Also it looks like 4K is their minimum…

> Also it looks like 4K is their minimum standard now. I bet the higher resolution makes it easier, with big*ss GPUs to clean up the raw footage. I assume it's their minimum standard for Netflix Originals as they want more content in 4K rather than making it easier for them, particularly as 4K is an up-charge subscription.

Well that and 4K60 is the new standard definition. It’s been 4 years since flagship phones that could record 4K60 were released and most of those devices are now discontinued and obsolete. It’d be hilarious if studios used their fancy optics with cameras that have a lower res than something you can get for $80 on eBay

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Post by urthor »

nullify88 wrote: post #134
tuankiet65 wrote: post #116

On their anime production requirements ( https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/360... ): > The working resolution must be 1920x1080 or higher throughout the production, including drawing, scanning, background, CG and VFX. At least a few years ago, there was a belief that most anime were produced at under 1080p, then upscaled if necessary. Therefore 1080p anime didn't offer and advantages compared t…

Did Arcane fall under those requirements? Its been a long time since I saw something animated and styled so beautifully. Before that, I was usually impressed by Ufotables quality (Garden of sinners, Fate Stay / Night stuff).

Arcane is 3D animation (vectors and polygons) over painted backgrounds for 100% of it I believe.

Anime is computer edited 2D cells drawn on tablets for foreground and background and layered. The 3D work is limited to certain scenes.

3D animation can be scaled up and down, but it's not hand drawn and converted to raster images like the 2D cells necessarily.

I imagine with anime they just agree on a resolution for all the rasters and plug away at it, because they're under insane time/budget pressure.

The painted backgrounds who knows.

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Post by rhines »

NavinF wrote: post #222
Closi wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Also it looks like 4K is their minimum standard now. I bet the higher resolution makes it easier, with big*ss GPUs to clean up the raw footage. I assume it's their minimum standard for Netflix Originals as they want more content in 4K rather than making it easier for them, particularly as 4K is an up-charge subscription.

Well that and 4K60 is the new standard definition. It’s been 4 years since flagship phones that could record 4K60 were released and most of those devices are now discontinued and obsolete. It’d be hilarious if studios used their fancy optics with cameras that have a lower res than something you can get for $80 on eBay

Eh, just because it has the pixels doesn't mean it has the resolution. Often 1080p content from high quality systems still looks more detailed than 4k content from smartphones, even fairly modern smartphones, as the pixels can only record detail that gets through the optics and isn't marred by noise. With phones having relatively low quality lenses (for the size of the pixels they must resolve) and smaller sensors, this can quickly become an issue. With that said, it is great to see 4k becoming standard for productions!

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Post by aaronbrethorst »

philistine wrote: post #217
aaronbrethorst wrote: post #213

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They toned that down by the end of Sabrina season 1. I think the idea there was to make a sense of otherworldly spookiness.

And yet they gave her that thirsty wig. I stopped watching the show with Season 2 solely based on the poor wig work.

I’ll take terrible wig work over ‘oh shit, am I about to get a migraine?’ camera work any day. Nevertheless, I think my wife and I quit watching around the beginning of season 3 when it was clear the show had utterly jumped the shark.

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Post by CamperBob2 »

jrockway wrote: post #137

> Limited use of non-approved cameras is allowable in certain circumstances (e.g. crash, POV, drone, underwater, Pan-Tilt-Zoom/Robocam etc). In all cases, such cameras must be explicitly approved by Netflix for a specific project. The implications here are amazing. Say someone wants to like film a mountain bike scene on a GoPro. Someone has to realize how this is going to work in advance. Then they have to tell someo…

I'll have what he's having.

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Post by devindotcom »

sjtgraham wrote: post #225

A couple of months ago I had a Zoom meeting with the CEO of another startup. I remarked his camera must be good because the capture was of incredible quality. His "webcam" was actually one of the Canon ones on the list. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1633519-REG/canon_379...

Having a C for webcams is really over the top! The qualities of a digital cinema camera are wasted on such a compressed stream. A mirrorless and basic prime will give you the same effect for 1/10 the price.

That said it's entirely possible he needs to record serious footage on it for marketing and stuff and they sent him this because it shoots to their standards. Still, it's funny.

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