Too perfect skin on some live shows

klaatu wrote:
On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:28:00 -0700, sharon wrote:

I have been noticing that on some live HD shows, such as Jay Leno and
news broadcasts shot in high definition, the facial skin of the
newscasters, Jay Leno, etc. looks too perfect.....flawless actually. On
most other high definition shows the skin looks more real. I have been
noticing this on both of our HD TVs. To they have a way of touching up
the skin somehow for the broadcasts? I'm curious since these show are
supposed to be live, but the skin just looks to perfect to be real.
They are using filters on a lot of shows. CSI Miami is very obvious.

You are probably right. While doing a search I found this information:

"To flatter their stars, cameramen on sitcoms and dramas can use a
feature called "skin detail" on their lens, and it's getting more of a
workout with HDTV. It involves an adjustable setting that blurs flesh
tones but keeps the rest of the scene in focus."

That a lot of make up would explain the "too perfect" skin I guess. On
some shows though I think they need to tone it down a bit. Sometimes the
skin looks almost blurred.

Here's a link on the skin detail feature on a camera.

http://www.cinematography.net/Pages%...t%20advice.htm