SuNight

User guide

From RAW import to the final video. An illustrated version of every click is coming to this page very soon.

Before you start

  1. Install SuNight (download). If Windows shows "Windows protected your PC", click More info then Run anyway.
  2. In Lightroom Classic: Edit › Catalog Settings, Metadata tab, tick "Automatically write changes into XMP".
  3. Keep all the photos of the sequence in a single folder, without renaming them.

1. Edit the keyframes in Lightroom Classic

  1. Import the folder using Add (files stay where they are).
  2. Pick 2 to 4 reference photos: the first one, one at dusk, the last one. Develop them freely (exposure, white balance, contrast, curves…).
  3. Give them 4 stars (key 4). The other photos must stay below 4 stars.
  4. Tip: edit the first photo, copy its settings to all the others (Ctrl+Shift+C then Ctrl+Shift+V) so that every photo has an XMP file, then refine the other keyframes.

2. Analyse and write with SuNight

  1. Open SuNight. In 1 · RAW folder, click Open…, choose the RAW folder, then Analyze.
  2. SuNight measures the light of each photo (progress bar), finds the keyframes and draws the curve: grey for the real light, amber for the final result.
  3. In 2 · Settings between keyframes, adjust Deflicker (100% by default) and Trend smoothing if needed. Click the curve to preview the matching photo.
  4. Click Write XMP files. XMP files are backed up before any change; Undo last write reverts it.

3. Read back and export in Lightroom Classic

  1. Select all photos (Ctrl+A), then Metadata › Read Metadata from Files. Thumbnails update.
  2. Export to JPEG (quality 90–100, sRGB, original size or 3840 px wide) into a new folder.

4. Build the video in SuNight

  1. In 3 · Video, choose the frame rate (Frames/s, 25 or 30), the format (ProRes 422 HQ for editing, H.264 for sharing) and the resolution (4K or Full HD).
  2. Click Assemble exported photos…, choose the JPEG folder, then the video file name.

Activate a license

Click Activate a license… at the top right of SuNight, paste the key received by email (SN-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX) and confirm. To switch computers, first click Release this PC.

Any question? contact@enocdigital.fr