- Hi it's Justin Brown here from Primal Video.
Recently we've run out quite a few videos
on the topic of the best camera apps
on both iOS and on Android.
Now I'll put some links up in the cards now
if you've missed them.
But probably the most popular manual camera app
or after market camera app
on both android and iOS is Filmic Pro.
So in this video, we're going to take you through
step-by-step how you can set up Filmic Pro
for the best results for your videos.
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Now Filmic Pro is one of the first apps
to give you manual controls, controls over your phone camera
that mimic what you would find on your DSLR
or on your video camera.
So this led then to people using Filmic Pro on their Iphones
to create documentaries and create indie films
and even use them in some feature films as well.
So it was really a game-changer when it came to filming
and creating videos with your smartphones.
So in this video,
we're going to take you through step-by-step
how you can set up Filmic Pro
for the best results with video.
Alright so here we are in Filmic Pro.
The first thing we're gonna do is
to configure all our settings.
We'll start by selecting Settings
and we'll go up to Resolution
and we're going to max out our resolution first.
So depending on the phone that you've got
and the quality that you're able to record in
which is based off the built-in camera
you can choose here 4K for us we're on a Google Pixel XL.
We can choose 2K,
1080p
or 720.
So I'd suggest that you max this out now
to get the best quality.
Record using the best quality settings you have available.
Below that we've got the bit rate
which is the quality of the video
which is measured in megabits per second.
So the higher the number, the higher the quality
but the larger the file size.
So we can see here that 100 is the highest option
we've got available on Filmic Pro on this device.
We can drop it to 75
to 50.
Personally I would suggest not to set this below 50.
For best results here, you wanna be setting at least 50
but if you've got the option, go to 75 or 100
but it will take up more storage space on your phone
so you may need to delete any photos or videos
or clean up some of the storage on your phone.
Now if we scroll down below that,
I'd suggest that you leave your Video Codec to Auto
and your keyframing to the default of two seconds
there as well.
And next, we'll look at the frame rate.
So depending on the region that you're filming in
if you're in Australia or the U.K.,
you wanna be using 25 frames per second.
If you're in the U.S.
then you wanna be using 30 frames per second.
So we'll pick 25 here now.
Now you can see here,
you also get the choice of higher frame rates.
We've got 48, 50, 60, 120 and 240.
And again depending on the phone
and even the resolution we've set previously,
you'll have access to different frame rates
but those higher frame rates
are essentially your slow motion frame rates.
So if you're looking to do slow motion,
then you wanna pick one of the higher frame rates.
So we'll scroll down now and next up is audio.
So we've got the choice here
of 48,000 Hertz OR 41,000 Hertz.
Unless you specifically need to pick one or the other
then I'd suggest to leave it on the default,
which was 48,000.
Next up is your microphone,
which microphone you're gonna be using.
Default will just let the phone pick
whether you're using an external microphone
or the camera microphone but as we cycle through these now
you can see Camera Mic or Default.
It's cause I don't have an external mic plugged in
so default will be fine in this case.
But if you are going to be using an external microphone
and you plug one in, then I would suggest you come in here
and set this to external microphone.
So there's no chance of you recording the wrong audio.
So if we move on down from here now,
you can see that if you don't want audio recorded at all,
then you can turn, so it's video only.
But we'll turn it off.
We will want audio.
And you can also enable headphone monitoring,
So if you're going to use a plugged in headset
just to monitor the audio
then you can turn that on there as well.
Now there's heaps and heaps of settings in here
that you can really tailor off
and personalize this camera app to work for you.
If we just take a quick look here into 'Device'
then you've got things like your Storage location
that you can change.
You can change your file name.
You can give your project a name.
You can even name your scenes, your takes.
You can lock the orientation of the camera
so it's not gonna rotate as you rotate your phone.
So it's lots of settings in here
that I'd suggest that you come in
and have a play around with to really tailor it up for you
and for what you're after with your shooting
but for this video,
we're just running through the essentials.
Alright so those are all the critical settings for now.
So we'll press the Settings button here to hide that.
Next up, we're going to look at the actual shot.
So we'll start off here
by clicking this arrow in the top corner
and it will give us an additional menu there.
And you wanna then select whether you're using
the front-facing or the rear-facing camera,
using the button here.
If your phone supports it,
you can also turn on Rough Image Stabilization
using this button here and you can also adjust the volume.
You can see there we've got some audio
coming through down the bottom here.
We can also adjust the volume levels up or down
by clicking on the volume here.
And then it's just a matter of adjusting the sliders here
up and down and you can see that changing down the bottom
as I make those changes.
So as I boost this up here,
you can see that the volume is now getting much louder.
So that's where you adjust your volume.
I'll bring that back down now.
Now tap on the screen to get out of that.
So now in regards to our actual shot.
We've got these three primary buttons at the bottom here
which are gonna give us all the control we need.
So we'll start off with the first one here
which is our Shutter or our Exposure.
So we'll press and hold on that button
and then it'll bring up our manual settings
for our exposure.
So you can see here, straight out,
we've got the option of ISO
and if we press the other one here
then this will give us our shutter speed.
So if we pick up the shutter speed adjustment here
and we move it around you can see that
as we adjust the shutter speed
the shot gets brighter and darker.
So where I'd suggest you start with this,
is if you're in Australia or the UK
that you set this to 1/50,
if you're in the US then just set it to 1/60.
So that's when you're matching your shutter speed
to the lights that you're using in your scene.
So that way, you're really reducing any chances
of having any flickering or stuttering in your videos.
So if you're in Australia, 1/50
if you're in the U.S., 1/60.
Now you can also set your camera
to a multiple of this as well.
So again, depending on your region,
if you're in Australia, you can double the number,
so you can go 1/100 to darken the shot down a little bit
and don't worry about the focus adjustment there,
we haven't done focus yet.
You can see this shot's a little bit darker here
and likewise in the States, you can double 60 and use 1/120.
But for the purposes of this,
we'll lock our shot here into 1/50
and this is a really fiddly adjustment here.
Alright so once we've locked down our shutter speed,
it's time to adjust the brightness
and the darkness of the shot using the ISO.
So press on that one there.
Now again we've got ISO down the bottom here.
So if we lower that down,
the lowest we can go on this camera app is 50.
So you can see that's darkened our shot.
If we wanna brighten our shot now, we can increase this.
So the higher the number, the brighter the shot.
So you can see, we can get
some crazy brightness levels there.
So, where I'd suggest is the lowest point
where the shot looks good
and this is really going to depend on your scene
and what it is that you're actually filming.
So if for example, you're filming outdoors
so you're not using any additional lights
that might be flickering and your shot is really bright
then I would suggest that you come down here
and lower your ISO right down to the lowest point
which is 50 in this case.
Come over to your shutter speed
then you can increase your shutter speed above the 100
or even the 120 in order to darken your shot.
So really you can go as high as you want here
as long as you're not using any lights
that are plugged into power
that may give you flickering in your videos.
So again, we'll bring us back down to 50 here
because we are indoors.
Come back over to ISO
and brighten that back up now for this shot.
So that's all you need to do to lock down your exposure
or the brightness of the shot.
And you can see that we've actually locked it down here
that it's not going to change
because it's highlighted in red.
Next up, we're going to lock down the focus.
So what we're going to do here is to pick up this little box
and we can choose where we want the focus point to be
and our phone will adjust the focus to make sure
that whatever we've selected in that box is in focus.
So if we pick up the box and drop it on my hand here
then you can see that the focus is locked down on my hand.
And if we want to lock our focus to that point,
then we just touch again on the square
and it goes red to lock that off at that point.
Now the same as the exposure setting,
if we long press on this button down the bottom here
then we can manually adjust,
let me bring my hand back in now,
the focus point using this slider again.
So you can see that as we adjust the slider here
we're able to adjust the focus of our shot
and when we let go,
our focus would be locked in that position.
Touch on the screen to get back.
So we've locked down our exposure and our focus
the last thing we need to do here
is to lock down our white balance,
which is down with the third button in the corner here.
So if we long press on that,
we're given two options here
once again down the bottom.
With the first one is our actual color temperature.
So you can see that as we pick up the little icon here
and we slide it down, we're changing the color.
So we're getting more blue at this end of the scale
and as we go up, we're adding more yellow or orange
and creating a warmer look.
Here it's about moving this around
until you either match the color temperature of the lights
in your scene
or until your shot looks the way that you want it.
Your other option for adjusting the color in your shot
is down the bottom here, which is the tint.
So again as we pick this up and slide it up
we're adding more pink in our shot
and then back the other way, we'll be adding more green.
So you can refine the look of your shot
to get it how you like it in camera or in your video file
before you actually get to the point of color grading
in your editing software.
And once again, when you're happy with it,
just tap on the screen to get back
and you can see that we've now
locked in our color temperature,
we've locked in our focus
and we've got our exposure all locked down
because they're all red.
Now remember that these settings are the same
whether you're on iOS or on Android
and before you actually press record to record your videos
I'd suggest that you record a quick 15-20 second clip
as a test to make sure the audio is right
to make sure that your shot
actually looks the way that you want it
once you're actually recording.
And then it's just a matter of
pressing this big Record button and you're away.
So that's how you can set up Filmic Pro
to get the best results with your videos.
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