Tom Evans

Maybe DaVinci doesn't want to recognize RED files anymore. Maybe I have deleted the codecs without knowing it? Is that possible?

The same thing happened to me today. All my clips suddenly went offline. The folder names with the clips are not changed and when trying to reimport the clips they appear offline. Any idea?

Marc, would you prefer the client to shot for B/W in color because of the monochrome mixer benefits?

ENR and Bleach Bypass are two different processes. On the movie Evita the lab retained only about 38% of the silver (ENR process = Variable process from 0% silver to 100% silver) and they did a complete bypass in Seven (they left 100% of the silver in the print). The look depends on other factors as well. Different stocks, exposure etc. On Seven they flashed the negative (to soften the contrast by darkening the highlights and leaving the blacks very dark) and pushed the 5283 stock one stop. So, "Bleach Bypass" can be quite different. The technique discussed above gets you close. Then, fine-tune until you get something you like or that is close to your references.

Avid Media Composer 8.7 is out! Read about the new features here. 

Color space HDR update:

• All references to  AribB-67 have been changed to HybridLogGamma across the editing application. This change is seen in the color space selection, as well as color transformations in the Source Settings.

Have you thought about running your footage through a VHS player? This plugin could also be useful http://www.redgiant.com/universe-tools/vhs/ 

2 hours ago, Bruno Mansi said:

Interestingly, these scenes were not pure black-and-white, but had a magenterish-blue hue to them. I've attached some screen grabs with histograms to illustrate the point. I did a check on some daylight scenes and they all showed identical RGB values.

The human brain fills in colors of B/W images, according to an fMRI study from the University of Tübingen. Don't know if that theory applies here  Would be interesting to know why they went for the magenta hue.

The original spelling was actually “photochrom” and was developed in Switzerland. Once the process was introduced in America, the “e” was added to aid pronunciation.

Thank you for your clarifications Daniele!

Great, looking forward to see what you have come up with!

On 10/17/2016 at 11:39 AM, Andreas Brueckl said:

Usually I grade trailers and teasers more like commercials, too. So more contrast and especially brighter.

A small digression, is it a common perception that features should have less contrast?

Is grading HDR particularly hard on the eyes?

Bruno, you are a lexicon of technical knowledge. Great to have you here!

All the nifty things that are necessary because of Apple's limitations.

Disabling the card in the preference menu worked! Not a good solution for the long run though, but I hope this is fixed in the next build. Thank you Nicolas.

Thank you! I didn't realize that checking the monochrome button gives you access to the color information behind the non-color representation of the image.

I have checked preserve luminance and monochrome but when I move the slider in the RGB mixer, it doesn't have any affect on the images. This is confimed by the scopes. It's probably a small thing that I've been missing?

I have imported some R3D clips (probably from a newer RED camera) into DaVinci 12.5 but the media is offline. Do I need a later version than 12.5 to read these files? 

What do you think about this new slick Creative workhorse? 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/devices/surface-studio/surface-studio

Restrict their access the first months to density controls and RGB offsets only.

A bird whispered in my ear that Lowepost is searching the market for instructors that can host a fundamental online class. It will probably take a while before it's up an running, but no doubt these guys deliver. 

Make a skin key selection, bump the highlights and add some blur. It will get you there without using blending modes.

On 1.10.2016 at 1:59 PM, Bruno Mansi said:

I did once try grading with a pair of sunglasses

Priceless!

41 minutes ago, Andy Minuth said:

I use Truelight Colour Spaces (the colour framework within Baselight) and Truelight (standalone color management tool). 

Is the Trulight standalone tool ment to be used to manage color on other color correction platforms, or as a tool to ensure a consistent color pipeline across departments, studios and systems?