Baking in look vs Post production.

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Hey everyone.

I’m sure this question has been asked before, but could anyone shed some light on this topic? I feel like there are two camps on either end, one is essentially getting the final look in camera, the other is maintaining enough information to enhance the look in post.

From my understanding, yes, you want to get the look in camera, but there’s a sort of limit? If you were going for a high contrast ratio, or underexposed look, instead of getting the final look on your monitor, you’d get it ‘close enough’, without clipping. That way, when you take it to a grade, there’s an intended base look with to build off?

Hope this makes sense, and hopefully someone can shed some experienced knowledge on this!

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