My Shooting, Transcoding & Export Settings | BMPCC4K & BMPCC6K / Pro (Davinci FCPX Youtube)

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Chapters:
1:07 - Shooting Settings
4:39 - Transcoding Settings
7:21 - Export Settings

Today’s video is a bit different. I want to talk about my shooting, transcoding and exporting settings when filming with the BMPCCs as it is something I get asked about constantly.

I will share with you my go to settings depending on the camera and type of projects as well as my exporting settings for YouTube and client work.

Let me know if you have any questions :).

Cheers,
Flo

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[OfTwoLands]

Here are my shooting, transcoding and export settings!
I often get asked about this so hopefully you enjoy this video and find it helpful :)

Cheers,
Flo

[abavariannormiepleb]

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[erikhernandez]

Just got a BMPCC 4K. Thanks for all your useful videos!

[BaconMoustache]

Still my favorite BMPCC youtuber! Always love your stuff. I am getting my 6k pro next week and I’m so excited! Thank you for all the knowledge!

[DilsonAbraham]

Thank you for sharing such valuable information. Hope to see much more of such videos covering your shot composing, camera settings with some live hands on project. I know i am asking for too much. But just some thoughts to help novices and budding enthusiasts.

[DesignedbyKirk]

Man another video of yours i've been waiting for! Perfect stuff mate!

[michelangelotorres_filmmaker]

Your workflow makes sense and isn't much different than mine.
Given the high quality of your images, I would never have guessed that you shoot in 12:1 Braw, I generally oscillate between 8:1 and 5:1 but I really think I'll do some comparative tests with 12:1.

If you do all the post production work in FCP, encoding in ProRes 422 is definitely a smart move that I agree with

If, on the other hand, I have to do the color in DaVinci Resolve, I have always been very happy with this type of workflow: proxy files created with the Blackmagic Proxy Generator > Editing in Final Cut Pro > Importing the xml into DaVinci > 'Link Full Resolution Media' . This way I can edit in FCP without losing the flexibility of BRaw.

[connorwagstaff]

Fantastic info Flo! I think I'm going to buy your book! Wondering if it is only available digitally?

[RewDowns]

5:50 - can you explain how this works, so if you re-export a clip with changes you overwrite that file and it updates those changes in Final Cut? You don't have to import them into your project?

[faustoprieto]

Great video! I´ve had my firsts experiences with the BBMC6K... amazing camera. But I´ve seen that it have A LOT of noise in the shadows, or not so bright colours. I don´t know... if someone has a blue tshirt for example it really noisy. What are your solutions to this problem? Do you after-correct on Davinci?

Thx again for the great videos.

[mr.k]

This video has helped me a bunch as Im just a newbie on Youtube. Thank you so much. If you can kindly answer two questions:

1) If Im shooting 6k mini travel documentaries (most are around 10-15 min each) and want them to be the highest quality on Youtube (I hate banding!), can you export them at ProRes 422 or is H264 still make more sense?

2) Have you ever tried to export your 6K work to 8K on YouTube? Ive noticed time and again that things shot/uploaded in 8K look so superior to ordinary 4K uploads when watched on a just a regular large 4k TV. I want my 6K footage to show off some of that higher quality magic and feel cheated dropping it down to 4K after all my hard work....or is 6K to 4K good enough?

Thank you again and hope you have a great week brother.

[abavariannormiepleb]

Do you have a “comfortable” workflow for using BRAW stills in other applications than Resolve? Sometimes I would like to use them like RAW photos from any other camera brand but no third-party software seems to support that format.

[holymabuse]

Hi Flo thanks for the tutorial - on White Balance - do you change the Tint value to Zero ? If I see correclty factory settings is value Tint = 10 ?

[TheBeatleLeafStudio]

Flo, would you need to convert 6k BRAW to Prores if you stick to editing in Da Vinci resolve in a 4K timeline?

[m.i.andersen]

Thanks for a very informative and interesting video. Your videos are a very good example that if you do things the "right way" (based on the experience of professionals), just as you do, you also get the right (best) result. Your always good looking videos are proof of this.

[LaureninGermany]

I‘m just starting out so this is excellent. Thank you so much.
My justification for buying the 6K pro is to film our classical-type concerts. To not have completely white faces on a grainy background. Could you possibly suggest settings and a lens for me? I will set the camera up on a tripod to try to encompass most of the stage. Our performances are usually between 85-120 minutes.
I would really appreciate a few pointers from you for this specially- I bought the bmpcc 6kpro from watching many of your videos.

[LukeMackie]

At 2:48 you talk about shooting in full 6K and when downscaling to 4K this will present better quality, one thing I've been wondering for a while but haven't been able to find answers for is exactly how to do that.. For instance, if you shoot in 6K but create a 4K timeline, does this automatically downscale it for you? Or should you have a 6K timeline and then export in 4K in order to downscale the image?

I'd really appreciate some feedback here

[ChrisFlores]

do you have a video that breaks down or elaborates on the DR to final cut workflow? If i shoot in Pro res raw, i'd have to transcode to cinema dng to get it into DR and then follow your workflow? Any guideance would be awesome. Thanks!

[canalinativo____]

So good to see such beautifull images and know that they were made in 12:1. I am always afraid to use 12:1 but your footage shows there's no problem

[allen_bernardo_jr]

Hello! New to the bmpcc (4k) workflow and b-raw! Normally with other mirrorless cameras it seems that if you shoot strictly on either of the camera's dual native ISO's, that (should) give the best signal to noise ratio/less noise. But if you're shooting in b-raw and technically can change the ISO in post (within the ISO range you shot in), does that mean that it wouldn't matter if you shot at let's say 3200 (I think that's the 4k's second iso) vs. shooting at maybe 2000 ISO and changing it to 3200 in post? Would one give better image quality/less noise than the other?

Also Flo for denoising, do you just do temporal, spatial, or both? Also do you normally change the chroma setting too?

Thank you for any help!