Shoot Great Video with your Canon DSLR Camera (DVD)

sometimes you simply can't avoid video compression there are steps you can take to work with compression and create great-looking video the key is to get the video as close as possible to presentation quality before it's recorded first it helps if you can afford to do a little legwork scout out your location in advance try to visit about the same time of day as your plan to shoot look at the lighting think about how you will set the cameras white balance for example consider setting the white balance for a colder bluer color cast if you select a low Kelvin temperature the camera will push the colors toward blue or use white balance shift to add a blue color cast alternatively you can select a higher color temperature to create a warm glow the camera will push the colors toward amber see how this creates a different feeling than the same video shot with a low kelvin temperature test out