Check out this video of Mavis Co-Founder, Dr Phil, as he dives into the Monitor Tools (including False Color) inside Mavis Camera:
The false colour visualisation is a tool to assist with exposure. Raw pixel values are converted into a colour palette that shows their luminance values. In general, blues and purples are underexposed whereas reds and yellows are over exposed. False Colour can be set in one of three modes; standard, ranges and blue channel.
- Standard mode is designed to show the entire range of luminance values.
- Ranges is designed to show specific bands of luminance values.
- Blue channel shows the luminance of just the blue values
In general the false colour visualisation is designed to make it easy to see small peaks or troughs in luminance.
Further settings can be found by tap and holding down the False Color icon or accessed via settings menu.
False Color Representation
The image below shows the color representation for the standard False Color mode. 0% luminance is represented with the color blue, 25% luminance with cyan, 50% luminance with green, 75% luminance with yellow and 100% luminance with red. The colors in between these major points are a blend.
False Color Ranges Representation
The image below shows the color representation for False Color Ranges mode. 0-2.5% luminance is represented with the color purple, 2.5-4% luminance with blue, 38-42% luminance with green, 52-56% luminance with pink, 97-99% luminance with yellow and 100% luminance with red. The colors in between this major points are a grey scale.
These bands match up to specific ranges that are important when filmmaking. 0-2.5% is underexposed and clipping has occurred. 2.5-4% is in danger of being underexposed and you may loose details in the darkest parts of the image. 38-42% is equivalent to 18% neutral grey. 52-56% is useful for exposing skin tones. 97-99% is in danger of being overexposed and you may loose details in the brightest parts of the image. 99-100% is overexposed and clipping has occurred.
