Take charge of the image you are outputting by downloading Technicolor’s CineStyle. Watch the video below for a step-by-step guide to getting the software onto your Canon DSLR 5D, 7D, and 60D.

What’s so great about CineStyle and why should you bother downloading it? Technicolor created CineStyle to allow you to shoot a flatter picture. This means that you retain more color information in your image so that you can have more control in post-production instead of using a baked-in look Canon created that has lost information. With CineStyle, your dark grays remain dark grey and do not automatically go black, so you have more gradation of tones to work with. CineStyle is as close to shooting “raw” as we can with the Canon 5D and 7D.

CineStyle

Faithful

Canon’s preset look, Faithful, throws away much of the color information to make the image a beautifully colored, contrasted look. Notice that in CineStyle, the blinds in the background retain much of the tone gradation. We can clearly see the lines of the blinds, whereas in Faithful, the blacks of the blinds have been crushed so there is no detail. This means that you could never get the details back after shooting with the Faithful preset. CineStyle, however, gives you the chance to work with these details if you wish. You can also judge the difference in gradation for yourself by looking at the grey scale my reluctant model is holding.

Since you are getting such a flat look from CineStyle, I would recommend using it only if you can spend time on color correction. CineStyle, in its rawness, is not an aesthetic look; some time must be spent to massage it into its full potential. It gives you the opportunity to sculpt the look that you want by retaining details in tone that would have been overridden by Canon’s preset Picture Styles.

To install Technicolor’s CineStyle, first, make sure that you have the latest version of Canon EOS Utility, which you can find here.

You can download CineStyle to your computer by going to Technicolor’s site.

Below is a step-by-step video to help you: