How do you set up your camera in a dark environment?
There's no direct light inside
I want to use the camera in a dark environment, but I don't know how to set it up
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Hey welcome aboard and thank you for getting in touch!
Since Cinematographer is physically correct, it is really hard to film in very dark scenes, just like in real life.
First off, make sure, you are using physically correct light values, otherwise you will not be able to expose anything. Here is our video tutorial on that.
I don’t know, which cameras you have tried but the high-end cinema camera has a huge sensor, which helps to capture light in dark environments. Couple that with a high-end cinema lens with a wide open aperture and you will get results in very dark environments in high quality.
If that’s not enough, you can try the high-end photography camera, which has an insane ISO. Crank up the ISO and you will be able to see in very dark environments to the detriment of the image quality since ISO increases the ISO grain on the image.
If that’s not what you are looking for, you can cheat the system and either disable the ISO Grain in the feature section of the camera or use a negative number (~-6 - -12) in the ND Filter option, which you can find under Configure Shot->Advanced->ND Filter. But keep in mind that with these to methods the photorealism of your image will decrease drastically, since you are cheating the physically correct nature of Cinematographer.
I hope this information helps!
Hey welcome aboard and thank you for getting in touch!
Since Cinematographer is physically correct, it is really hard to film in very dark scenes, just like in real life.
First off, make sure, you are using physically correct light values, otherwise you will not be able to expose anything. Here is our video tutorial on that.
I don’t know, which cameras you have tried but the high-end cinema camera has a huge sensor, which helps to capture light in dark environments. Couple that with a high-end cinema lens with a wide open aperture and you will get results in very dark environments in high quality.
If that’s not enough, you can try the high-end photography camera, which has an insane ISO. Crank up the ISO and you will be able to see in very dark environments to the detriment of the image quality since ISO increases the ISO grain on the image.
If that’s not what you are looking for, you can cheat the system and either disable the ISO Grain in the feature section of the camera or use a negative number (~-6 - -12) in the ND Filter option, which you can find under Configure Shot->Advanced->ND Filter. But keep in mind that with these to methods the photorealism of your image will decrease drastically, since you are cheating the physically correct nature of Cinematographer.
I hope this information helps!
Thank you for your answer.
It's not the background I created.
The backgrounds purchased in the market are not the right lighting values.
We need to change the lights to the correct values.
Thank you for your answer.
It's not the background I created.
The backgrounds purchased in the market are not the right lighting values.
We need to change the lights to the correct values.
Hey, I’m glad it works.
Sadly that happens quite often that assets are not physically correct lit, even with assets from Epic itself. But I hope that will change in the future!
Hey welcome aboard and thank you for getting in touch!
Since Cinematographer is physically correct, it is really hard to film in very dark scenes, just like in real life.
First off, make sure, you are using physically correct light values, otherwise you will not be able to expose anything. Here is our video tutorial on that.
I don’t know, which cameras you have tried but the high-end cinema camera has a huge sensor, which helps to capture light in dark environments. Couple that with a high-end cinema lens with a wide open aperture and you will get results in very dark environments in high quality.
If that’s not enough, you can try the high-end photography camera, which has an insane ISO. Crank up the ISO and you will be able to see in very dark environments to the detriment of the image quality since ISO increases the ISO grain on the image.
If that’s not what you are looking for, you can cheat the system and either disable the ISO Grain in the feature section of the camera or use a negative number (~-6 - -12) in the ND Filter option, which you can find under Configure Shot->Advanced->ND Filter. But keep in mind that with these to methods the photorealism of your image will decrease drastically, since you are cheating the physically correct nature of Cinematographer.
I hope this information helps!