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Hello!
I've got about 80 000 RAW images = 250 timelapse sequences from 10 weeks of photographing in the Western USA and Northern Norway the last three years or so. Unfortunately, I've not had time to do much of the post processing yet, but I've been fiddling around with LRTimelapse trial version and Lightroom for a while.
Until now I've only rendered to 1080p. I've now decided to try to find a good and not extremely time consuming workflow and render those sequences into 4k HDR video, preferably lossless formats for further editing in Premiere Pro or similar.
Does anyone have a good workflow?
I want to do the following:
1. Keyframe and deflicker RAW sequence in LRTimelapse
2. Edit keyframes in Lightroom and make transitions in LRTimelapse
3. On some sequences, I want to use AE Warp Stabilizer - directly on the RAW images (if that is possible? I've tried, but had problems combining Warp Stabilizer with Ken Burns style animated sequences - which I use a lot. Problem is that the resulting frames will differ in size.)
4. Render directly from RAW files to 4k HDR lossless video format (or ProRes). Or via lossless intermediates. But how?
If 4) is not possible, would it be possible to:
5 a) Batch render 3, 5 or 7 lossless intermediate files for each frame, with RAW exposures set to, let's say +2, +1, 0, -1, -2.
5 b) Batch combine files using Tone Mapping in Photomatix Pro, preferably into a intermediate lossless HDR image format (??)
5 c) Render from HDR images to HDR video?
I've used Photomatix for HDR still images, but I am a complete newbie when it comes to HDR video, I don't even know which formats to use...
And I guess the Photomatix workflow would demand a lot of disk space. RAW files are about 2 TB, and I hope to avoid create more than 5 TB of intermediate files.
Final question: Would a LRTimelapse Private licence be ok for my usage, or do I need a Pro licence?
Kind regards,
- Jørn, Trondheim, Norway :-)
I've got about 80 000 RAW images = 250 timelapse sequences from 10 weeks of photographing in the Western USA and Northern Norway the last three years or so. Unfortunately, I've not had time to do much of the post processing yet, but I've been fiddling around with LRTimelapse trial version and Lightroom for a while.
Until now I've only rendered to 1080p. I've now decided to try to find a good and not extremely time consuming workflow and render those sequences into 4k HDR video, preferably lossless formats for further editing in Premiere Pro or similar.
Does anyone have a good workflow?
I want to do the following:
1. Keyframe and deflicker RAW sequence in LRTimelapse
2. Edit keyframes in Lightroom and make transitions in LRTimelapse
3. On some sequences, I want to use AE Warp Stabilizer - directly on the RAW images (if that is possible? I've tried, but had problems combining Warp Stabilizer with Ken Burns style animated sequences - which I use a lot. Problem is that the resulting frames will differ in size.)
4. Render directly from RAW files to 4k HDR lossless video format (or ProRes). Or via lossless intermediates. But how?
If 4) is not possible, would it be possible to:
5 a) Batch render 3, 5 or 7 lossless intermediate files for each frame, with RAW exposures set to, let's say +2, +1, 0, -1, -2.
5 b) Batch combine files using Tone Mapping in Photomatix Pro, preferably into a intermediate lossless HDR image format (??)
5 c) Render from HDR images to HDR video?
I've used Photomatix for HDR still images, but I am a complete newbie when it comes to HDR video, I don't even know which formats to use...
And I guess the Photomatix workflow would demand a lot of disk space. RAW files are about 2 TB, and I hope to avoid create more than 5 TB of intermediate files.
Final question: Would a LRTimelapse Private licence be ok for my usage, or do I need a Pro licence?
Kind regards,
- Jørn, Trondheim, Norway :-)