On 5/18/2021 at 10:24 AM, Jamie Neale said:

Hadn't noticed that when using Nobe Display but I'll double check.

On 5/18/2021 at 10:24 AM, Jamie Neale said:

Hadn't noticed that when using Nobe Display but I'll double check.

How are you going with Nobe, Jamie?

I found zoom to be desat and flat as well. However, I wasn't able to access the higher Res HD version. 

15 minutes ago, Jacob McKee said:

Oh nice, yeah before I had the Decklink Card I had a spare studio monitor thunderbolt to HDMI converter laying around and I popped that in to spoof a third monitor basically. I found the screen share to be pretty taxing on the CPU though.

 

And since I pay for Zoom and host the sessions I don't think there's any limitations there. It's pretty cheap a month. I kinda hate Zoom and their security practices so definitely not advocating for it, but it's working for now. And it's just receiving that SDI signal Resolve is outputting like it would send to a monitor or the Teranex. I'm outputting 1080p from the card and I've attached a screenshot of the options Zoom gives for the "camera feed" aka the input signal from the Decklink. I just use the 8bit 1080p 23.98 option. In Blackmagic's Desktop Video Setup app you can assign the SDI ports on the card In or Out functions. I'm not sure if Zoom has to do any post processing or transcoding of the camera feed to make them work for their app but the color accuracy seems good enough to work for our uses.

 

Also my internet upload speed is very limited where I live and pretty garbage (30mbps) so I'd assume my feed is choked by that. I work with some folks who screen share their GUI from zoom and just crop in to the viewer and they say it looks good on their end. When I park on a frame everything looks good and color accurate when I check my iPad but when I hit play it starts to get a bit funky and pixelated until it catches up. Again, it works when paired with stills and postings. Or maybe with a better upload speed it would be better!

 

Gonna give this Discord thing a shot though to see how that goes.

Ive just used the Live Feed out of Resolve. I haven't messed with converters and what not. CPU is fine this way and seems to do the trick just fine. *poor man's remote:) 

I have a 3rd monitor (dell UltraSharp) I use for a live feed out of Resolve and screenshare that. I tried the above recommendation for discord, which I find has better color quality. However, if you upgrade to nitro, you can output HD. Downside, Client needs to upgrade as well to actually view in HD. 

With the deck link, are the clients able to view the higher rez or they are seeing the mpg version of it. I guess it depends if they are using the paid Zoom, no? 

How did you go, Emily? 

I used it 6 years ago with a Baselight. I thought it was great, and only a 1 sec delay at the very most. I haven't tested it recently, though. 

Maybe this? 

https://livestream.com/producer/software

37 minutes ago, Bruno Mansi said:

Is this a problem for all glasses with anti-glare coatings?

It's only that lenses have anti-glare coatings, and I would have expected them not to alter the spectral response - or do they have an extra element in the lens to correct for this?

Anti glare is a film they put on the outside of glasses. Although, most will not notice, as a colorist, the slight shift is percievable. You can see a slight green or magenta reflected in  glasses at an angle. This also drives me crazy watch period features taking place earlier than the 80's and I can see the antiglare on the actors glasses. 

3 hours ago, Nico Wieseneder said:

Also a really great source for Colorist: https://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/products/emily-noyes-vanderpoel-color-problems
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Great, I just spent $38 for shipping to Mexico.  *Im a sucker for books* Thanks for that!

Hello!  In case you don't already know, your eye glasses that have anti-glare do cause a slight color shift.  To see this easily, look at something bright or white and raise your glasses back and forth.  I use glasses without antiglare to grade, however it helps when grading with clients who don't know and they seem to see everything with a green or magenta bias.  Just a heads up:)

I second "If it's purple someone's gonna die"

Not psychology, but an interesting read...

"Color: A Natural History of the Palette" -Victoria Finlay