Just getting into HDR color grading after buying a Ninja V from my GH5S and GH5 cameras. After watching several other videos on this subject I could not figure out how to add the REC.2020 PQ setting and Panasonic Vlog to my footage. At 8:13 you said to go to "Settings" in your menu if our menu did not look like yours. You are the only one that said go to "Settings" to change the menu. Thank You!! Now my footage looks correct!!
It's kind of funny ...if you weren't always teaching us about this ..I probably wouldn't understand. But I can actually keep up now thanks to you. Thanks again my friend !
Thank you! This is a very well edited video that explains multiple difficult concepts efficiently and accurately, with no wasted time. You spent many hours preparing the script and narration and screen shots with highlighted areas. Few people do this, but you do - making my learning fast and efficient. Thank you!
Great explanation and Demo!! I’ve tried this on a few of my vids. On my 4k tv HDR; it looks good but on google chrome even on my 5k iMac monitor, its blown out. And now I see why... should have kept it below 1000nits. Thanks for the share.
HI Al! Thanks for stopping by! Yeah its hard to find information on how to do this. It took me about 6 months of trial and error to figure it out....and technically its not the correct way to do it but it works for RUclips.
Hi Linda! Thanks for stopping by and thank you very much. I am also planning on making a new HDR tutorial for the iPhone 12 Dolby vision after Final Cut gets the Dolby Vision update.
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I learned so much. I came here to just learn how to upload to RUclips in HDR and left knowing how to utilize the luminance waveform! Thank You!
Thanks for the video Ethan, it was very informative. Just tried to edit my first video in FCX recorded in HDR from my IPhone 13 Pro Max. Realised it looked weird and that's when my HDR FCP journey started!
Hi Robert! Thanks for stopping by! I also did a video for HDR from iphones. Its a very similar process but here is the link. ruclips.net/video/cVPeLCj-E80/видео.html
Nice video! Quick question. If I was getting 4K60 HDR footage from my capture card that’s in HEVC, would I use a PQ project or HLG project? The exported video would also be for RUclips. Also, would I still need Compressor??
Hey Techno Dad! Thanks for stopping by! So it depends on what type of HDR footage, the HEVC is just the codec and doesn’t really matter. If your capture card is true 10 bit HDR, then yes you can do it no problem. So your looking for HLG, PQ,LOG record settings on your capture device. If may also state the color space which your lookin for BT 2020, BT 2100. May also say rec. 2020. As far as Fincal cut goes I have had better luck with colors using the PQ project settings. You don’t need compressor if your ok with uploading large exports to RUclips. You only need compressor if you want to export in HEVC from final cut. This will take a HDR pro res 422 file that is 8gigs and make it 1gig. You will need to export in pro res or HEVC for you tube to recognize it as HDR.
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips Thank you for such a quick response. So the capture software isn't so robust. It just states 4K60 HDR or 4K60 without HDR. I would like to use HDR but it seems that FCPx doesn't like the file type. I keep getting "None of the selected files or folders can be imported. Change the selection and try again." So I am capturing gameplay from an Xbox outputting 4K60 HDR. The capture software doesn't give me many options. File type is either H.264 or HEVC and HEVC mode is set to MAIN which is the only option. Other than that, there's not much else. I can capture 4K60 SDR and get it to work in FCPx without issue. I may need to transcode these files, but I wouldn't know how to do that. I heard I could do it in Compressor, so I bought it, but it won't accept the file just like FCPx. It's a very strange situation. If you have any ideas, I'm all ears and email may be a better place for this conversation - technodad55@gmail - hit me up when you have some free time. Thanks, and again, great video!
Hay Ethan, thanks for this Tut, I loved it... I put some Dutch subtitles in it and shared you video in my Dutch FCP group so they can read what you are saying... ;-)
I just got my iPhone12, as a beginner with technology, I have watched a few tutorials now and this is still frustrating as I shouldn't have to go through all these steps to fix the clips, plus I did turn off HDR and I thought I was good to go to record with no problems but it still recorded in HDR!!! Now I have to go back and do another take, I will record with my old iPhoneX or my GoPro 😤
Hey thanks for stopping by! I also made another video about HDR with the iPhone12. Check that one out and see if it helps at all. The steps are similar but a little different for the iPhone 12.
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips Thank you! I still feel that I shouldn't have to go through all the steps to fix it. Did you say it in your video or perhaps another one I watched as I am confused from watching so many tutorials now, 😂 that there isn't an editor software yet that is updated for HDR, if so... why did Apple design a phone with HDR 🤦♀️
@@OUTNABOUTwithYoursTrulyLIZZOC LOL, but know it can be a bit confusing. Final Cut is pretty much updated to handle HDR content no problem. The HDR video the iPhone 12 creates is in a HLG format, which does not require any color space conversion. All you have to do is create a new library in final cut, go to library options and turn on wide gamut, the when you create a new project, select rec 2020 HLG in the color space. You can drop in the HDR clips from the iPhone and edit as normal. Let me know if your still having problems.
Unfortunately unable to view this on Mac in HDR even though in Big Sur on Safari we're supposedly meant to be able to. Looking at the 'Stats For Nerds' section on this video it states it's running in bt709 which I don't believe is HDR is it? It's a shame as would love to see some HDR videos.
Hi Mark! Thanks for stopping by. To view RUclips content in HDR, you need and HDR compatible device, which Mac can display HDR with the Apple XDR display. Most new cell phones can also display HDR. This video is in HDR, you will be able to confirm that when played, the HDR will be displayed next to the resolution under settings. Hope this helps. Let me know if you have more questions.
Do you not find that HDR uploads look worse when viewing in SDR on You Tube compared to uploading native SDR. For those viewers who don’t have HDR display? And is there a way to improve you tubes tone mapping HDR to SDR
Hey I know this was posted two years ago, but it really helped me right now! I was hoping I didn’t have to get an input/output and hdr screen when my m1 pro should be able to do the same thing. Hope you’re doing well!
Awesome, excellent explanation. Does RUclips show an Sdr version if the viewer doesn’t have a hdr display ? Could you share your Compressor settings please ? Looking forward to Hdr workflow, iPhone 12 pro arriving soon 📱😎
Hi Jon! Thank you! Yes YouTue will display an SDR version on non HDR displays. The compressor settings are pretty easy to set up, there is a YT video showing how to do it, I will send the link. As far as the Apple 12 goes, from what I read, it sounds like you will only be able to edit HDR Dolby vision footage on the phone. I hope I’m wrong about that, but there has been no mention of air dropping to MacBook for edit in FinalCut. Being this is Apple to Apple, you would think they would make this happen. Either way this is very exciting for HDR moving forward.
I don't think color space override works like that, but using free davinci resolve can export files in their source resolution from v-log/v-gamut to pq
Hi Eithan, its a nice comprehensive video. Any ideas why HEVC export for HDR takes ages ? I am using M1 mac 16 gb and 30 sec clip takes 30-40 min to export ?
Hi and thanks for stopping by!! Yeah it takes a really long time for 10 bit HEVC even if it’s in HDR or not. If you were to use a 8bit 709 timeline it’s pretty quick. I think it’s bc the older machines are not designed for HEVC, that’s just my guess. I was told the M1 Macs are supposed to be much faster with HEVC but I guess not. You might be better off using ProRes LT.
I am using MacBook Pro M1 chip and the System References looked different than your. So can I skip the calibrate the system? Thank you for your comments
Excellent tutorial Ethan, thank you very much! One question, what setup did you use to screen record your fcpx edit in hdr too? So not only the footage from your camera which was obviously shot in hlg but it looks like also your Mac screen recording was done in a way that allowed you to then publish it as hdr on RUclips.
Hi Alin, thanks for stopping by! I used the built in QuickTime screen recorder and converted it to rec 2020 HLG in final Cut using Color Space override. I also made a video follow up video using the iphone 12 pro max if your interested. ruclips.net/video/cVPeLCj-E80/видео.html
Thanks a lot. It was informative. Quick question, during export, the file size is huge like 600 MB for a 9 seconds video. How do we tackle that? The compressor app resolves that?
I've done everything to make this work, but RUclips ONLY will recognize my HDR footage when i export directly from imovie on ipad. It will not display my HDR footage exported from Final Cut Pro X (EVEN THOUGH I CAN EXPORT FROM FCP AND IT LOOKS GREAT, even shows the HDR symbol on my phone when viewing it there but nope, youtube will not recognize it once uploaded)
It can take up to 3 days for RUclips to process HDR footage. Before Covid it was much faster, less than 24hr but now it takes a long time. It also depends on resolution and length. If its showing HDR on your Apple devices, RUclips should also show HDR after processing.
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips it’s been 3 weeks lol. Can’t understand why it’s not working considering it shows up perfect hdr when playing back from camera roll on iPhone 13
Hi Author! Thanks for stopping by! If you have a newer Mac that handles H265 codecs well I would recommend exporting in H265 using compressor. This will take longer to export but it should upload toy RUclips faster due to the smaller file size.( I also made a video on how to export in Dolby vision if your interested) if you have an older computer and a really good internet connection, export in ProRes LT and upload that. It will export faster in final cut but it will take a while to upload to RUclips.
I was using HLG as export before but RUclips wouldn’t recognize the video as HDR whatsoever, even though it worked just fine on another video I uploaded to a different channel.
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips OMG, I thought I didn't do it right. I did exactly what you did in this video, but got no HDR label. It turned out all I needed to do was to wait for days, Ha!
Hey great video! Appreciate you putting this together. I am currently trying to upload a video to RUclips and it has processed the 4k but its still not showing any HDR options. Is it just a matter of time before the HDR is available? I don't see anything to say that RUclips is working on processing the HDR format but this is all new to me. I used compressor in the HEVC 10 bit HLG format for what its worth. Appreciate any insight.
@@CanoeTheNorth Im having this same issue. Did the video process correctly? I seen elsewhere to just export in HEVC 10 bit instead of HEVC HLG I'm trying that now
@@X27921 I did eventually get everything sorted out. It can take a good 2-3 days sometimes for HDR to process. I’ve had the best luck uploading videos in pro res. Takes the longest to upload as the files are huge but the least amount of time to process the HDR. Hope that helps.
@@CanoeTheNorth For Pro Res video set project to Rendering: Apple ProRes 422 LT codec. Then when exporting use Format for Publishing to: Computer and video Codec: h.264 Best Quality to get ProRes in a smaller format and it should stay in HDR and look good as well my video took over a week to process but it did.
Thanks for the video ! For my editing of 4K Dolby Vision footages, I am deciding whether to buy Macbook M1 Pro instead of M1 Max. Under M1 Pro, would the video editing work for 4K Dolby Vision footages be as smooth as the editing work for normal 4K footages? I hope there is no dropping frames or any other issue during the 4K Dolby Vision video editing/playback. Your feedback would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance for your comment on this matter.
Hi there, Amazing job you did for the community…. I was struggling with adobe…. So since I have seen your video, I’m back to fcpx, my question is : Can I obtain an HDR video from a recording in ProRes 422hq 1080p60fps ? By using your method ? In advance thanks
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips well, sorry to bother you, English is not my mother language, So what do you mean by to be log or hlg ? I should probably tell you that I’m trying to get the files out in ProRes, out of my ninja atomos cast …. That is why, I found out your video great about HDR
@@RBAPRODUCTION your camera should have a natural, log, or HLG color profile. Or if your shooting RAW to the Ninja V the color profile does not matter. Log and HLG will give you the most latitude with color when creating HDR content. ProRes is a type of codec, not color profile. You can use ProRes if you want, very good choice, but use the correct color profile is more important. What camera are you using?
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips thanks for this clear answer, that make completely sense, I’m using the Sony FX3, the A7s2, But by what you said how about the HDMI arriving from my graphic card computer ? ( where it’s connected to my ninja cast to record also the screen computer) Sorry if sounds dummy question….
@@RBAPRODUCTION both those cameras have Slog, which is Sony’s log and they both should have HLG. I assume you mean the display elements like shutter speed and ISO graphics are showing up on the Ninja? If that is the case, your camera should have an option for a “clean” HDMI out. It will be in the settings of the camera.
Hi Ethan; first of all thank you very much for your tutorial. I'm working with an iPhone 12 as well but I found lots of problems to share my HDR videos. I've checked all the passages that you explain but in the end it doesn't works and on RUclips I see just SDR version. I've also tried to share my videos directly form the iPhone, without any modify from the original but, in RUclips, it works in SDR just. I'm sure my videos are in HDR. Do you've any suggestions for me? Thanks a lot.
Can you shoot me an email so I can help you further. BroadReachPro@gmail.com. I’m actually in the middle of creating a tutorial for the iPhone 12. Maybe a few days till it gets posted but I can help you directly.
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips Hi Ethan there is a news: following your tutorial about FCPX and HDR videos it works! The only thing to do is to wait because YT spent lots of time to activate the HDR version of your file (I don't know if it's just for me and my bad connection). However now I've a nice HDR video in my library thanks to you. I'm waiting for your next tutorial
@@84roller84 Awesome! Glad to hear it! It could be the area your in and the location of the RUclips severs. Last year it would take YT about 12 hours to process HDR video but now it only about 2 hours in my location.
great tutorial, thanks for this! do you know if i selected Dlog-M (10bit h265) on my M2P - is that HDR? Or I should have selected the HLG and my footage will never be as good and bright as it would have been HLG in the first place? thanks!
Hi Soma, thanks for stopping by! You can pick either one. Both will work. I personally prefer to use DLog and convert it to what ever format I’m exporting to. I also think HLG is a little easier to color, requires less work to get it looking good, but I think DLog looks better. Just a personal preference though. I will be making a new video soon on this bc all the new updates allow for Dolby vision export.
Hi Jithin, thanks for stopping by! Yes you will be able to edit in HDR on your 2015 MBP in Final Cut. On your phone you will have to use the HDR 10+ setting.
Hi Witele! Thanks for stopping by! Once you add the title/ transition/effect, with the effect highlighted, click on the “I” at the top of the inspectior and go to color space override, and change it to HLG or PQ, which ever format you are using for the project. Then you can change the luminosity for HDR. Some effects or titles may need to be saved as a “new compound clip” before you can change the color space.( right click on the clip, then click, new compound clip). I would also recommend adding effects using an adjustment layer as well, this will allow you to change the color space of the effect itself without effecting the color space of the clip.
@@witele HI Witele, so I just looked into it and you are correct. some of the transitions do not convert to HDR...but I was able to convert the Flash transition into HDR using Apple Motion. It gets to about 800 nits. Shoot me an email and I can send it to you. BroadReachPro@gmail.com
Thank you for sharing. I would like to ask you a question. I want to upload an HDR video to RUclips, 30 minutes long. The master file exceeds 150G, and the Apple format(hevc 10bits) export is about 8G, but there is some loss in image quality. Is there any other way to export HDR video and upload it to RUclips?
Just upload to RUclips as normal. If you follow these steps in final cut, RUclips will automatically recognize the video as HDR and process it accordingly. Lately RUclips can take up to 24hours to process the HDR version of your video.
Thanks for this! I'm editing on a 2021 MacBook Pro. My clips start blowing out at 400 nits. Any thoughts? Does PQ work well on a HDR TV with a lower peak nits value than a phone?
Thank you for your teaching. my friend. I would like to ask you a question, why after I export the HDR video and upload it to YT, the video becomes gray and the saturation is insufficient. If I watch the original video on my mobile phone or computer, there is no problem. I did not use Masterfile, I tried the compressor
Hi Kyoto! Thanks for stopping by! YT has to process the HDR version of the video so it is displayed correctly. Depending on the length and resolution of your upload, this can take some time, days even. Before the pandemic, YT would take approx 24 hours to process a HDR video. Now YT can take days to process a HDR. The last HDR test clip i uploaded last month was 4k and 3min long and it took YT 3 days to process the HDR version. Hope this helps.
Hey ethan do you know how much time can i take for a video to appear in hdr once uploaded? I have followed your steps and still dont see them in HDR its been an hour since the upload
Excellent tutorial but I have one big confusion/problem that while exporting in fxp x when I select RUclips/Facebook option it’s showing warning ⚠️ and even in your video it’s showing warning ⚠️ “using 8 bit codec with HDR content..... FYI my content is recorded using HLG3 Rec 2020 on Sony a7iii please guide thanks
Thanks Khorramshahr! Let’s see, make sure wide gamut is turned on under library, for project settings make sure your using Rec 2020 HLG, and for export use master file, Pro Res 422 LT or better. If you get errors it’s usually bc you still have the view set to proxy, which you will need to switch it to optimized/original. Also Final a cut may not be recognizing your Sony HLG footage as HLG so with the clip selected, click on the information tab and make sure it says HLG. If not, you will need to change the color space to HLg
Also you cannot export using the Facebook/RUclips setting for HDR bc it will export in a H2.64 codec, which Will lot contain the correct metadata for RUclips to recognize as HDR. Hope this helps.
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips Thanks a lot for your timely and very well detailed response yes I’m exporting the Master file but for a little over 3 minutes of video the file size is almost 26GB and I’m trying to upload on RUclips it’s been over 5 hours and it reached at 67%. Yes my library is Wide gamut and project is rec 2020 PQ and I have subscribed and liked your channel 😊
@@khurrammalik5865 another option is to use compressor and export in h.265 but unfortunately at this time exporting 10bit HDR takes hours but it will be a much smaller files in the end which can upload much faster. Unfortunately at the moment, working with HDR is a bit challenging with exports and uploads. If your interested in the apple compressor option I also did a video on that using the iPhone 12 Dolby vision.
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips yes I do have compressor as well but never used it. I will definitely try that and yes I will definitely watch iPhone 12 Dolby Vision video by you. Thanks 🙏 again
High Paul! Thanks for stopping by! Unfortunately the HDR feature on the Anafi is not “True” HDR. It’s an effect to get more dynamic range out of the sensor. Same with the Mavic Air 2, Gopros, Insta360 One R, DJI Osmo action, Skydio 2....etc. You need to shoot in 10 bit color, with Log, HLG, PQ, or Raw. BUT.....I am experimenting with the Anafi’s PLOG to see how it does when stretched into HDR.
This is the best tutorial ever on the subject .. for the first time my ProRes Log footage looks correct on RUclips
Not only is this video informative but it’s also full of beautiful clips.
Bro If you were next to me i would have hugged you so strong ! you are a king !
Just getting into HDR color grading after buying a Ninja V from my GH5S and GH5 cameras. After watching several other videos on this subject I could not figure out how to add the REC.2020 PQ setting and Panasonic Vlog to my footage. At 8:13 you said to go to "Settings" in your menu if our menu did not look like yours. You are the only one that said go to "Settings" to change the menu. Thank You!! Now my footage looks correct!!
Blue Road Media LLC - thanks for stopping by!! Happy to help!
This was super easy to follow. Thank you!
It's kind of funny ...if you weren't always teaching us about this ..I probably wouldn't understand. But I can actually keep up now thanks to you. Thanks again my friend !
Thanks dude!!
Thank you! This is a very well edited video that explains multiple difficult concepts efficiently and accurately, with no wasted time. You spent many hours preparing the script and narration and screen shots with highlighted areas. Few people do this, but you do - making my learning fast and efficient. Thank you!
Excellent. Your explanations are clear and uncluttered.
This video is SO HELPFUL. Underrated!
Thank you so much. Fantastic video.
Without the hue adjustment layer seemed to work better for me.
Great explanation and Demo!! I’ve tried this on a few of my vids. On my 4k tv HDR; it looks good but on google chrome even on my 5k iMac monitor, its blown out. And now I see why... should have kept it below 1000nits. Thanks for the share.
HI Al! Thanks for stopping by! Yeah its hard to find information on how to do this. It took me about 6 months of trial and error to figure it out....and technically its not the correct way to do it but it works for RUclips.
Keep it below 400 nits if you don’t want to blow out your ocean whites
perfect tutorial
Great tutorial Ethan, I'm looking forward to trying this out someday. You really explained the process so well.
finally, a video about exporting HDR to youtube thats ACTUALLY IN HDR! 🤣
Thanks !
Thank you so much for this video. You save me!! Watching from Spain 💕
Hi Linda! Thanks for stopping by and thank you very much. I am also planning on making a new HDR tutorial for the iPhone 12 Dolby vision after Final Cut gets the Dolby Vision update.
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips 🤩 👏🏻👏🏻
A BIG THANK YOU!!!
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I learned so much. I came here to just learn how to upload to RUclips in HDR and left knowing how to utilize the luminance waveform! Thank You!
Thank you for this video!
Thanks for the video Ethan, it was very informative. Just tried to edit my first video in FCX recorded in HDR from my IPhone 13 Pro Max. Realised it looked weird and that's when my HDR FCP journey started!
Hi Robert! Thanks for stopping by! I also did a video for HDR from iphones. Its a very similar process but here is the link. ruclips.net/video/cVPeLCj-E80/видео.html
Nice video! Quick question. If I was getting 4K60 HDR footage from my capture card that’s in HEVC, would I use a PQ project or HLG project? The exported video would also be for RUclips. Also, would I still need Compressor??
Hey Techno Dad! Thanks for stopping by! So it depends on what type of HDR footage, the HEVC is just the codec and doesn’t really matter. If your capture card is true 10 bit HDR, then yes you can do it no problem. So your looking for HLG, PQ,LOG record settings on your capture device. If may also state the color space which your lookin for BT 2020, BT 2100. May also say rec. 2020. As far as Fincal cut goes I have had better luck with colors using the PQ project settings. You don’t need compressor if your ok with uploading large exports to RUclips. You only need compressor if you want to export in HEVC from final cut. This will take a HDR pro res 422 file that is 8gigs and make it 1gig. You will need to export in pro res or HEVC for you tube to recognize it as HDR.
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips Thank you for such a quick response. So the capture software isn't so robust. It just states 4K60 HDR or 4K60 without HDR. I would like to use HDR but it seems that FCPx doesn't like the file type. I keep getting "None of the selected files or folders can be imported. Change the selection and try again." So I am capturing gameplay from an Xbox outputting 4K60 HDR. The capture software doesn't give me many options. File type is either H.264 or HEVC and HEVC mode is set to MAIN which is the only option. Other than that, there's not much else. I can capture 4K60 SDR and get it to work in FCPx without issue. I may need to transcode these files, but I wouldn't know how to do that. I heard I could do it in Compressor, so I bought it, but it won't accept the file just like FCPx. It's a very strange situation. If you have any ideas, I'm all ears and email may be a better place for this conversation - technodad55@gmail - hit me up when you have some free time. Thanks, and again, great video!
Good to see you again Ethan. Thanks for the information. I’m still hanging on to Adobe, but I appreciate knowing about Final Cut Pro.
Thanks man! I know Adobe can do this too, I’m just not familiar with the process.
How can i upload my iphone 13 pro hdr video upload into hdr formt on youtube
Thank you for this! How long does HDR processing usually take for you?
This looks amazing on my HDR capable TV. Nice explanation Ethan, learned a lot!
Thanks man!
Please make an updated if shooting Dolby Visin using iPhone!
brilliant video Thankyou.
Professional and sample way to described, thanks Ethan
clear and concise. you're a great teacher. thank you for sharing!
great video thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
Hay Ethan, thanks for this Tut, I loved it... I put some Dutch subtitles in it and shared you video in my Dutch FCP group so they can read what you are saying... ;-)
Hi Pasto! Thats awesome! Thank you very much! I also have a video on doing this with the new iPhone 12 is you would like to use that one as well.
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips my name is Patrick, I’m already busy with translating
@@PatrickvanderStoop thanks Patrick
Perfectly said
Great video dude. I watched a lot on this topic. You explain it well.
Looks rather complicated, but I will have to try this stuff. I notice that my Parrot Anafi does HDR video, but it doesn't look right after processing.
Good stuff man!! Video looks amazing 😉
Nemo thanks buddy!!
you can export HEVC from quicktime
great video, learned a lot
I just got my iPhone12, as a beginner with technology, I have watched a few tutorials now and this is still frustrating as I shouldn't have to go through all these steps to fix the clips, plus I did turn off HDR and I thought I was good to go to record with no problems but it still recorded in HDR!!! Now I have to go back and do another take, I will record with my old iPhoneX or my GoPro 😤
Hey thanks for stopping by! I also made another video about HDR with the iPhone12. Check that one out and see if it helps at all. The steps are similar but a little different for the iPhone 12.
ruclips.net/video/cVPeLCj-E80/видео.html
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips Thank you! I still feel that I shouldn't have to go through all the steps to fix it. Did you say it in your video or perhaps another one I watched as I am confused from watching so many tutorials now, 😂 that there isn't an editor software yet that is updated for HDR, if so... why did Apple design a phone with HDR 🤦♀️
@@OUTNABOUTwithYoursTrulyLIZZOC LOL, but know it can be a bit confusing. Final Cut is pretty much updated to handle HDR content no problem. The HDR video the iPhone 12 creates is in a HLG format, which does not require any color space conversion. All you have to do is create a new library in final cut, go to library options and turn on wide gamut, the when you create a new project, select rec 2020 HLG in the color space. You can drop in the HDR clips from the iPhone and edit as normal. Let me know if your still having problems.
awsome video but missing table of contents really wanted to swtich to FCPX part immedietly
Great job thanks for sharing cheers
Hi RODPIKER DRONES UK! Thanks for stopping buy and that you very much!
Unfortunately unable to view this on Mac in HDR even though in Big Sur on Safari we're supposedly meant to be able to. Looking at the 'Stats For Nerds' section on this video it states it's running in bt709 which I don't believe is HDR is it? It's a shame as would love to see some HDR videos.
Hi Mark! Thanks for stopping by. To view RUclips content in HDR, you need and HDR compatible device, which Mac can display HDR with the Apple XDR display. Most new cell phones can also display HDR. This video is in HDR, you will be able to confirm that when played, the HDR will be displayed next to the resolution under settings. Hope this helps. Let me know if you have more questions.
Do you not find that HDR uploads look worse when viewing in SDR on You Tube compared to uploading native SDR. For those viewers who don’t have HDR display? And is there a way to improve you tubes tone mapping HDR to SDR
Hey I know this was posted two years ago, but it really helped me right now! I was hoping I didn’t have to get an input/output and hdr screen when my m1 pro should be able to do the same thing.
Hope you’re doing well!
You saved my day man. Great video!
Awesome, excellent explanation. Does RUclips show an Sdr version if the viewer doesn’t have a hdr display ? Could you share your Compressor settings please ? Looking forward to Hdr workflow, iPhone 12 pro arriving soon 📱😎
Hi Jon! Thank you! Yes YouTue will display an SDR version on non HDR displays. The compressor settings are pretty easy to set up, there is a YT video showing how to do it, I will send the link. As far as the Apple 12 goes, from what I read, it sounds like you will only be able to edit HDR Dolby vision footage on the phone. I hope I’m wrong about that, but there has been no mention of air dropping to MacBook for edit in FinalCut. Being this is Apple to Apple, you would think they would make this happen. Either way this is very exciting for HDR moving forward.
what are your compressor settings?
I don't think color space override works like that, but using free davinci resolve can export files in their source resolution from v-log/v-gamut to pq
Hi Eithan, its a nice comprehensive video. Any ideas why HEVC export for HDR takes ages ? I am using M1 mac 16 gb and 30 sec clip takes 30-40 min to export ?
Hi and thanks for stopping by!! Yeah it takes a really long time for 10 bit HEVC even if it’s in HDR or not. If you were to use a 8bit 709 timeline it’s pretty quick. I think it’s bc the older machines are not designed for HEVC, that’s just my guess. I was told the M1 Macs are supposed to be much faster with HEVC but I guess not. You might be better off using ProRes LT.
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips thanks Ethan, btw the colour grading step in your video really helped me so many thanks for that !
I am using MacBook Pro M1 chip and the System References looked different than your. So can I skip the calibrate the system? Thank you for your comments
Yes- the newer macbook pros have the xdr display
Great video. You should have an extra thumbs up for not using the sentence “making it pop”.
Excellent tutorial Ethan, thank you very much! One question, what setup did you use to screen record your fcpx edit in hdr too? So not only the footage from your camera which was obviously shot in hlg but it looks like also your Mac screen recording was done in a way that allowed you to then publish it as hdr on RUclips.
Hi Alin, thanks for stopping by! I used the built in QuickTime screen recorder and converted it to rec 2020 HLG in final Cut using Color Space override. I also made a video follow up video using the iphone 12 pro max if your interested. ruclips.net/video/cVPeLCj-E80/видео.html
Do you include Dolby Vision 8.4 Metadata?
Thanks a lot. It was informative. Quick question, during export, the file size is huge like 600 MB for a 9 seconds video. How do we tackle that? The compressor app resolves that?
amazing tutorial. exactly what I was searching for! you have a new subscriber. why do you advise not to change the framerate in the project settings?
I've done everything to make this work, but RUclips ONLY will recognize my HDR footage when i export directly from imovie on ipad. It will not display my HDR footage exported from Final Cut Pro X (EVEN THOUGH I CAN EXPORT FROM FCP AND IT LOOKS GREAT, even shows the HDR symbol on my phone when viewing it there but nope, youtube will not recognize it once uploaded)
It can take up to 3 days for RUclips to process HDR footage. Before Covid it was much faster, less than 24hr but now it takes a long time. It also depends on resolution and length. If its showing HDR on your Apple devices, RUclips should also show HDR after processing.
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips it’s been 3 weeks lol. Can’t understand why it’s not working considering it shows up perfect hdr when playing back from camera roll on iPhone 13
What are the best settings for exporting an HDR footage that is over one hour long in FCPX? The video is for uploading to RUclips?
Hi Author! Thanks for stopping by! If you have a newer Mac that handles H265 codecs well I would recommend exporting in H265 using compressor. This will take longer to export but it should upload toy RUclips faster due to the smaller file size.( I also made a video on how to export in Dolby vision if your interested) if you have an older computer and a really good internet connection, export in ProRes LT and upload that. It will export faster in final cut but it will take a while to upload to RUclips.
I was using HLG as export before but RUclips wouldn’t recognize the video as HDR whatsoever, even though it worked just fine on another video I uploaded to a different channel.
Is it right, that I can’t upload a HDR Video to RUclips, when I haven’t the compressor App?
No- You can upload HDR content to RUclips without compressor. Both PQ or HLG formats will be displayed as HDR on RUclips.
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips hey, thank you. I just wondered that RUclips take a long time to recognize the HDR.
@@Leo_TV. yes YT takes a really long tine to convert the video to display in HDR. Can take up to 3 days depending on the length and resolution.
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips OMG, I thought I didn't do it right. I did exactly what you did in this video, but got no HDR label. It turned out all I needed to do was to wait for days, Ha!
Hey great video! Appreciate you putting this together. I am currently trying to upload a video to RUclips and it has processed the 4k but its still not showing any HDR options. Is it just a matter of time before the HDR is available? I don't see anything to say that RUclips is working on processing the HDR format but this is all new to me. I used compressor in the HEVC 10 bit HLG format for what its worth. Appreciate any insight.
I my experience, it usually takes YT anywhere from 24-72 hours to process the HDR version of a video depending on the length.
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips awesome. Thanks very much for the response. I appreciate the info a lot.
@@CanoeTheNorth Im having this same issue. Did the video process correctly? I seen elsewhere to just export in HEVC 10 bit instead of HEVC HLG I'm trying that now
@@X27921 I did eventually get everything sorted out. It can take a good 2-3 days sometimes for HDR to process. I’ve had the best luck uploading videos in pro res. Takes the longest to upload as the files are huge but the least amount of time to process the HDR. Hope that helps.
@@CanoeTheNorth For Pro Res video set project to Rendering: Apple ProRes 422 LT codec. Then when exporting use Format for Publishing to: Computer and video Codec: h.264 Best Quality to get ProRes in a smaller format and it should stay in HDR and look good as well my video took over a week to process but it did.
Thanks for the video !
For my editing of 4K Dolby Vision footages, I am deciding whether to buy Macbook M1 Pro instead of M1 Max.
Under M1 Pro, would the video editing work for 4K Dolby Vision footages be as smooth as the editing work for normal 4K footages? I hope there is no dropping frames or any other issue during the 4K Dolby Vision video editing/playback.
Your feedback would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance for your comment on this matter.
Hi there,
Amazing job you did for the community….
I was struggling with adobe….
So since I have seen your video, I’m back to fcpx, my question is :
Can I obtain an HDR video from a recording in ProRes 422hq 1080p60fps ?
By using your method ?
In advance thanks
Yes but it would also have to be Log or HLG.
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips well, sorry to bother you,
English is not my mother language,
So what do you mean by to be log or hlg ?
I should probably tell you that I’m trying to get the files out in ProRes, out of my ninja atomos cast ….
That is why, I found out your video great about HDR
@@RBAPRODUCTION your camera should have a natural, log, or HLG color profile. Or if your shooting RAW to the Ninja V the color profile does not matter. Log and HLG will give you the most latitude with color when creating HDR content. ProRes is a type of codec, not color profile. You can use ProRes if you want, very good choice, but use the correct color profile is more important. What camera are you using?
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips thanks for this clear answer, that make completely sense,
I’m using the Sony FX3, the A7s2,
But by what you said how about the HDMI arriving from my graphic card computer ?
( where it’s connected to my ninja cast to record also the screen computer)
Sorry if sounds dummy question….
@@RBAPRODUCTION both those cameras have Slog, which is Sony’s log and they both should have HLG. I assume you mean the display elements like shutter speed and ISO graphics are showing up on the Ninja? If that is the case, your camera should have an option for a “clean” HDMI out. It will be in the settings of the camera.
Hmm, using setting you proposed my 16min video is 69GB... Might be a trouble for me to upload this to youtube :D Any suggestions?
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any update since?
Hi Ethan; first of all thank you very much for your tutorial. I'm working with an iPhone 12 as well but I found lots of problems to share my HDR videos. I've checked all the passages that you explain but in the end it doesn't works and on RUclips I see just SDR version. I've also tried to share my videos directly form the iPhone, without any modify from the original but, in RUclips, it works in SDR just. I'm sure my videos are in HDR. Do you've any suggestions for me? Thanks a lot.
Can you shoot me an email so I can help you further. BroadReachPro@gmail.com. I’m actually in the middle of creating a tutorial for the iPhone 12. Maybe a few days till it gets posted but I can help you directly.
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips Hi Ethan there is a news: following your tutorial about FCPX and HDR videos it works! The only thing to do is to wait because YT spent lots of time to activate the HDR version of your file (I don't know if it's just for me and my bad connection). However now I've a nice HDR video in my library thanks to you. I'm waiting for your next tutorial
@@84roller84 Awesome! Glad to hear it! It could be the area your in and the location of the RUclips severs. Last year it would take YT about 12 hours to process HDR video but now it only about 2 hours in my location.
"using an 8 bit codec with hdr content may affect video quality "-- Am getting this warning while exporting in final cut pro. Pls help
make sure you convert the individual clips color space to PQ or HLG, then when you export, you have to use pro res.
great tutorial, thanks for this! do you know if i selected Dlog-M (10bit h265) on my M2P - is that HDR? Or I should have selected the HLG and my footage will never be as good and bright as it would have been HLG in the first place? thanks!
Hi Soma, thanks for stopping by! You can pick either one. Both will work. I personally prefer to use DLog and convert it to what ever format I’m exporting to. I also think HLG is a little easier to color, requires less work to get it looking good, but I think DLog looks better. Just a personal preference though. I will be making a new video soon on this bc all the new updates allow for Dolby vision export.
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips thanks Ethan, I just replicated your work steps and yeah, it is working! :) thanks a lot you made my day!
@@shomci nice! Happy to help
Hi, i have note 20 ultra and can i edit hdr video on my 2015 macbook pro with fcp
Hi Jithin, thanks for stopping by! Yes you will be able to edit in HDR on your 2015 MBP in Final Cut. On your phone you will have to use the HDR 10+ setting.
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips hi, i have recorded some video clips in hdr but in fcp i cant change color profile to hdr
@@JithinPv did you swich the Library to Wide Gamut?
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips this option is not displayed
@@JithinPv Do you have the latest update of Final Cut Pro? Time Stamp 6:24 in this video shows how to set up the Library. It should be there for you.
how do you do with the title / effects / transition, so that they are not gray or too dark?
Hi Witele! Thanks for stopping by! Once you add the title/ transition/effect, with the effect highlighted, click on the “I” at the top of the inspectior and go to color space override, and change it to HLG or PQ, which ever format you are using for the project. Then you can change the luminosity for HDR. Some effects or titles may need to be saved as a “new compound clip” before you can change the color space.( right click on the clip, then click, new compound clip). I would also recommend adding effects using an adjustment layer as well, this will allow you to change the color space of the effect itself without effecting the color space of the clip.
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips unfortunately, this technique does not work with transitions
@@witele what transitions are you using? The ones that come with Final cut or other plug ins?
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips a bit of everything, example the "flash". white is 100nits in PQ and like 50% in HLG
@@witele HI Witele, so I just looked into it and you are correct. some of the transitions do not convert to HDR...but I was able to convert the Flash transition into HDR using Apple Motion. It gets to about 800 nits. Shoot me an email and I can send it to you. BroadReachPro@gmail.com
Thank you for sharing. I would like to ask you a question. I want to upload an HDR video to RUclips, 30 minutes long. The master file exceeds 150G, and the Apple format(hevc 10bits) export is about 8G, but there is some loss in image quality. Is there any other way to export HDR video and upload it to RUclips?
but how do we upload it to youtube in HDR???
Just upload to RUclips as normal. If you follow these steps in final cut, RUclips will automatically recognize the video as HDR and process it accordingly. Lately RUclips can take up to 24hours to process the HDR version of your video.
Thanks for this! I'm editing on a 2021 MacBook Pro. My clips start blowing out at 400 nits. Any thoughts? Does PQ work well on a HDR TV with a lower peak nits value than a phone?
Wjat color space was your clip shot with?
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips Clog3
I followed it step by step and still can't is the HDR sign on RUclips
After covid, It can now take YT up to 36 hours to process HDR uploads so they will be displayed in HDR.
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips I literally tried over 10th times to see the hdr by 4K resolution.
Anyways great clip. amazing tutorials. I’m subscribed.
@@losttravellerLTTL send me the link to your video
Thank you for your teaching. my friend. I would like to ask you a question, why after I export the HDR video and upload it to YT, the video becomes gray and the saturation is insufficient. If I watch the original video on my mobile phone or computer, there is no problem. I did not use Masterfile, I tried the compressor
Hi Kyoto! Thanks for stopping by! YT has to process the HDR version of the video so it is displayed correctly. Depending on the length and resolution of your upload, this can take some time, days even. Before the pandemic, YT would take approx 24 hours to process a HDR video. Now YT can take days to process a HDR. The last HDR test clip i uploaded last month was 4k and 3min long and it took YT 3 days to process the HDR version. Hope this helps.
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips thank you ❤️
Hey ethan do you know how much time can i take for a video to appear in hdr once uploaded? I have followed your steps and still dont see them in HDR its been an hour since the upload
It can take up to 2 days depending on how long your video is. Before Covid hit YT would take about 24 hours but now its much longer.
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips your knowledge is very well appreciated! 🙏
Bro, show this in davinci please
Excellent tutorial but I have one big confusion/problem that while exporting in fxp x when I select RUclips/Facebook option it’s showing warning ⚠️ and even in your video it’s showing warning ⚠️ “using 8 bit codec with HDR content..... FYI my content is recorded using HLG3 Rec 2020 on Sony a7iii please guide thanks
Thanks Khorramshahr! Let’s see, make sure wide gamut is turned on under library, for project settings make sure your using Rec 2020 HLG, and for export use master file, Pro Res 422 LT or better. If you get errors it’s usually bc you still have the view set to proxy, which you will need to switch it to optimized/original. Also Final a cut may not be recognizing your Sony HLG footage as HLG so with the clip selected, click on the information tab and make sure it says HLG. If not, you will need to change the color space to HLg
Also you cannot export using the Facebook/RUclips setting for HDR bc it will export in a H2.64 codec, which Will lot contain the correct metadata for RUclips to recognize as HDR. Hope this helps.
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips Thanks a lot for your timely and very well detailed response yes I’m exporting the Master file but for a little over 3 minutes of video the file size is almost 26GB and I’m trying to upload on RUclips it’s been over 5 hours and it reached at 67%.
Yes my library is Wide gamut and project is rec 2020 PQ and I have subscribed and liked your channel 😊
@@khurrammalik5865 another option is to use compressor and export in h.265 but unfortunately at this time exporting 10bit HDR takes hours but it will be a much smaller files in the end which can upload much faster. Unfortunately at the moment, working with HDR is a bit challenging with exports and uploads. If your interested in the apple compressor option I also did a video on that using the iPhone 12 Dolby vision.
@@EthanMitchell_RUclips yes I do have compressor as well but never used it. I will definitely try that and yes I will definitely watch iPhone 12 Dolby Vision video by you. Thanks 🙏 again
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Looks rather complicated, but I will have to try this stuff. I notice that my Parrot Anafi does HDR video, but it doesn't look right after processing.
High Paul! Thanks for stopping by! Unfortunately the HDR feature on the Anafi is not “True” HDR. It’s an effect to get more dynamic range out of the sensor. Same with the Mavic Air 2, Gopros, Insta360 One R, DJI Osmo action, Skydio 2....etc. You need to shoot in 10 bit color, with Log, HLG, PQ, or Raw.
BUT.....I am experimenting with the Anafi’s PLOG to see how it does when stretched into HDR.