All language subtitles for 03 - Focus Assist - To Ensure the Shot is Never Soft

Focus Assist, also
known as focus peaking.

It's a setting in the
camera that helps

photographers and
videographers easily

find and maintain focus by

outlining the edges in an
image in a bright color.

This is a setting that's only

needed when using manual focus.

The camera looks for
sharp edges within

the image by analyzing
the contrast.

If there's a hard edge,

which only happens when
something is in focus,

there will be a higher contrast.

When the camera sees
enough contrast,

it will outline the
edges in a chosen color.

Usually you can choose red,

green, blue, and yellow.

Let's look at this example.

This stack of books is
obviously out-of-focus,

causing the edges to be

blurry and fade into
the background.

And because there's
no hard edge,

there's not enough contrast
to achieve the focus assist.

But as we adjust the focus

and the edges of the books
become more defined.

So too does the contrast

between the books
and the background.

Until eventually there's
enough contrast that

the focus peaking appears
and outlines the books.

And the stronger the contrast,

the more bold the lines will be.

Meaning, the more in
focus the object is.

Right here, the
outlines are thinner,

meaning the image is
slightly in focus,

whereas now the
lines are thicker.

Meaning it's in sharper focus.

And depending on
what's in the image,

you'll notice more objects
may become outlined,

the more in focus the image is.

This may vary a bit
from camera to camera.

For this part, we
will discuss some of

the different settings within
the focus to assist tool.

First, colors.

It may not seem that important,

but there are different colors

to choose from for a reason.

Even though the focused
assist is working.

Yellow outlines may be hard
for us to see on our screen

or monitor when filming
in sunny locations.

Blue is more difficult
to see in dark scenes,

and green will be difficult
to see in a forest.

As a default, I always
have mindset to read.

But on occasion that won't work

if there are lots of red
tones within the scene,

making it harder to tell

the outlines and
the objects apart.

In which case one of the other
colors will work better.

Next is the
sensitivity or level.

And this determines how
much is highlighted.

Most cameras have two levels,

high and low, and some cameras

like mine have a mid
sensitivity as well.

Low-level will highlight
only the sharpest areas

with thinner lines in turn,

obscuring less of the image.

High-level will highlight
more of what's in focus,

and we'll use thicker lines in

turn covering more of the image.

Lastly, and although
this is not a setting,

It's something that just makes
life a little bit easier.

You may want to be able to
turn Focus Assist on and off

regularly on for finding
focus and off when filming,

since it can be a
bit distracting.

So it's helpful to
program this tool as

a quick menu option or
as a custom button.

This way, you don't need to
waste time scrolling back and

forth between different menus

every time you want
to find your focus.