Postprocessing tools required for various ml features. It should be noted that magic lantern is a custom firmware, that you take full responsibility for installing, and one that might brick your camera, but as far as i know, theres not been reported a single incident thus far. Magic lantern is not approved nor endorsed by canon in any way, and using it will probably. Hdr video is also among the features, and its what well be focusing on in this article. Jpg then batch merged magic lantern 60d hdr video processed with gingerhdr on vimeo. This course has been designed to provide a comprehensive information on magic lantern, a software that can transform a canon dslr to a versatile film camera. This is a little how to for taking hdr brackets using the magic lantern ml 2. Magic lantern provides many new settings for your camera, but as i use it for hdr bracketing, lets take a look at those features. Guide to using dual iso mode on your canon 5d mark iii rohidas. Apart from providing detail information on magic lantern, this tutorial demonstrates some key workflows on shooting raw, hdr and timelapse video. Trammel hudson author of the magic lantern tells the story of how he came to develop this uniquely powerful firmware for the canon 5d mark ii and other models and later shows some of the key audio and video features that he has been able to. Magic lantern firmware adds hdr video to canon dslrs.
Well start with how to shoot your video, talk about how to combine the clips and finally how to color correct to get a better result. John hable announced that the ginger hdr video tonemapping plugin for after effects has been officially released. Once you turn on hdr bracketing under the shoot submenu, you can change the following settings. How to convert and edit magic lantern raw video mlv. Magic lantern for hdr extending your cameras bracketing capabilities. Magic lantern is a great, free resource for those with canon cameras, but that means theres no. The latest update from magic lantern helps you to create hdr video from 600d, eoshd hdr video mode and variable frame rates for the canon 600d and siblings. This final cut pro x effect is for combining hdr footage produced using the magic lantern tool for canon dslrs. Unifieduserguidenl magic lantern firmware wiki fandom. The hdr video feature will only be released with the unified magic lantern distribution for 550d, 600d and 60d cameras theres no indication that it will be rolled back to the 5d mark ii, which doesnt support high frame rate video recording, or the 7d, which has proven difficult to hack due to its twin digic processors. Magic lantern releases new hdr firmware for canon t2i550d. Although not true hdr, this function adds a new technique when shooting with canon dslrs. Magic lantern 60d hdr video processed with gingerhdr on. First, heres a video by john hable of 19lights, creators of ginger hdr, explaining basic cinemadng support.
Keep your android os away from my mirrorless camera. Learn how to convert raw video mlv files via magic lantern raw video converter and after effects. When using magic lantern cdng raw video recording you can hit the zoomin button and you can record a cropped version of your shot. I wrote more about this feature earlier in this post. Magic lantern uses the available screen space to display operational information in a clear and practical manner. Its very similar when you do it on other supported cameras, just the camera. Hdr first try with magic lantern and fcp x plugin on vimeo. Frames the number of frames the camera takes at one time, from 2 to 9. Magic lantern hdr compose generetoar if you use final cut x, and its free. As good as dslrs are these days, they have yet to make one that does everything a photographer might want it to do. The bathroom scene required even more dynamic range then the 14 bit dngs could provide and gave us the chance to test the magic lantern hdr video function in raw mode, surprisingly the sns hdr workflow introduced quite a bit of flicker some of it even completely withstanding the sapphire flicker remove filter while it normally renders almost. Magic lantern dual iso first impressions hdr photographer. The best way to create hdr video is with a professional camera. The magic lantern team has announced that its new custom firmware will enable hdr video capture for canon 550d t2i, 600d t3i, and 60d dslrs.
Combining these pictures results in more detail in the brightest and darkest areas. The process of using the dual iso lightroom plugin on pc. There are many other methods and more are being developed daily. Shoot video with magic lantern in canon dslr camera udemy. How to edit your amazing magic lantern 14bit raw video on. It also has a pretty unique feature called autodetect, which well get into shortly. Magic lantern does this for video by modifying exposure. The resulting video flickers back and forth between exposures.
What we need to do is apply a neat plugineffect called color finesse pro. Magic lantern is opensource firmware that adds many useful features to cameras. John hables ginger hdr video tonemapping plugin for ae has been updated, as well as its workflow with the magic lantern firmware for canon dslr cameras. Gingerhdr available as a plug in for premiere pro and after effects.
For more tools, including gui frontends and third party contributions, please see our postprocessing forum. Select export to dual iso plugin wait for the conversion. First, a camera called the 5d was once again the nucleus of a lowbudget cinematographic revolution this time thanks to the magic lantern team. This is my magic lantern hdr work flow with adobe premiere and after effects. If you want to get the most out of your dslr, magic lantern ml is for you. How to use magic lantern for taking bracketed photos hdr. Canon t2i high dynamic range magic lantern duration.
Basically you can have red or blackmagic camera color and hdr kindaquality with a. I shoot with a canon t5i and the stock lens is, to put it politely, a piece of junk and not worth using. Alex4d magic lantern hdr effect this final cut pro x effect is for combining hdr footage produced using the magic lantern tool for canon dslrs. Magic lantern ml is a third party software that resides on an sd or cf card and runs on top of the canon firmware to expand your canons photo and video capabilities, including up to 9 aeb brackets. Today well be discussing the possibilities of shooting hdr video using a canon dslr in my case, a rebel t2i550d paired with a custom firmware made by magic lantern. When i started playing around with magic lantern raw video, two things came to mind. Posted by jim denham in featured photo, magic lantern, tutorials 24 comments. Magic lantern firmware wikiru magic lantern firmware. This feature allows you to shoot a high dynamic range video by alternating iso every. Combining magic lanterns dslr hdr video in fcpx with a.
The additional highlight information from the x frame is added to the a frame in post production to create a flat. On my canon dslr i have installed the magic lantern firmware enhancements and use its hdr bracketing option to shoot hdr source images. I am using a canon t3i rebel and have installed magic lantern to be able to listen to the audio through a pair of headphones earbuds when recording video. Open magic lantern menu and head over to the shoot submenu using dial its 4 icon from the left in the image above. Exact frame rate may be rounded to be an exact multiple of palntsc frame rates. However, up to now i didnt use it very often because i didnt properly test it and so i was a bit anxious to use it for production work. Magic lantern announces free hdr video firmware for canon. Demonstration of the new and free high dynamic range video feature for control over ultra contrast situations. Now the cool thing about the movie tab is that we have a lot of control here for doing things that we could never even think about doing on the builtin firmware. Great for cases when you dont have time to put on a telephoto lens or you want even more zoom from a. Guide to using dual iso mode on your canon 5d mark iii. At the top of this submenu you will notice hdr bracketing option.
Learn how to shoot and edit hdr video using ml, adobe premiere, and after effects. The new version of magic lantern even supports the 50d. I am still tweaking so if you have advice for let me know. It is not a hack, or a modified firmware, but it runs alongside canons own firmware, booting from the card every time you turn the camera on. Hdr video does not output preprocessed hdr video from the camera, rather you need to blend the alternative high iso low iso frames together in post. Combining magic lantern s dslr hdr video in fcpx with a free plugin. Taking brackets for hdr photos using the magic lantern. Interpolate them to 25fps and use your favorite hdr software to blend the frames. Its hidden in effectssynthetic aperture, in case youre not using.
A simple way to shoot hdr video footage using magic lantern. Step 2 is a mostly automated step where the hdr software looks at all the source pictures and calculates the hdr image. Hdr video extends the latitude of the camera from around 12 to 18 stops and beyond. Useful links build log user guide canon firmware 1. Dual iso is a great feature of magic lantern firmware for canon dslrs that can increase dynamic range of your camera to about 14 ev from original 11 12 ev. Magic lantern is a free firmware addon for canon eos dslr cameras that adds a host of features to assist photographers and videographers. The image shows a screenshot with commonly used ml features enabled. In step 2 a high dynamic range image was generated. We recently wrote about how you could install the highly experimental custom firmware for the 5d mark iii onto the camera so that you could shoot hdr video and expand the dynamic range of the camera to a blistering 14 stops. How to shoot stock footage with canon 5d mark iii cdng raw.
Now a lot of the magic of this firmware, pardon the pun, happens over on the next tab over, and thats gonna be the movie tab. This group is only for sharing true or faux hdr videos. Yes, it provide some of the cool features like hdr video, zebra strips, magic zoom etc but i noticed the following negatives about using it. This tutorial applies to all versions of sony vegas pro. I heartily recommend it to all looking for more control over videophoto on your eos. Ive learned a lot since then, and it turns out an offlineonline, proxybased. Mon option is turned on but when i plug in the cable, the cameras display turns off immediately. This effect is for hdr clips recorded with magic lantern. Magic lantern for hdr extending your cameras bracketing.
Hdr video with canon 60d, 600d, 550d, 50d and 500d new. A magic lantern fan running 5d mark iii, 60d, 85 l ii, 1635 l, 2470 l ii, 24105 l, 70200 2. Did some testing with the magic lantern 60d hdr footage starting to circulate. You can also choose automatic, which tries to determine how many you need from the first photo i prefer to set this myself. For example, if you record 25p, you will get two 12. The additional highlight information from the x frame is added to the a frame in post production to create a flat movie with an extended dynamic range ready for. That means youll get a 3x zoom not the full 5x recording in high quality. For hdr management, magic lantern recommends several postprocessing methods. Raws bypasses the need to convert using raw2dng or rawmagic, which is hugely convenient. Looking forward to capture raw video with magic lantern after i buy that sd card. Second, how was i ever going to be able to edit what id shot.
Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Trying to listen to audio while recording with magic lantern toms. Delete nonconverted images leaving only the converted images. The hdr video feature will only be released with the unified magic lantern distribution for 550d, 600d and 60d cameras theres no indication that it will be rolled back to the 5d mark ii.