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Part I: The State of HDR Film Emulation LUTs Part II: Moving Beyond Traditional Film Print Emulation Part III: CineD Review of Dehancer Pro Part IV: Dehancer Print Film Profiles Part V: Negative and Print Clarified https://youtu.be/4Iq0m5s_0ew What’s new in Dehancer 5.0.0? DEHANCER PRO * Print profiles with Target White setting* Kodak Vision 2383 Color... Continue Reading →
Let’s hope this is a sign of things to come. https://youtu.be/_2un1aU7mT0
Get yours here. https://youtu.be/0Zt8LYD7GRs
There's just something so immensely satisfying about watching Bad Derek's videos, possibly the very first YouTuber whose talking head HDR videos don't make us want to puke. It looks like he's owned practically every camera ever made. No joke. https://youtu.be/2B08gMUqbGU https://youtu.be/IGDvJqsKLZM https://youtu.be/x1jeulER7Dg
A reader over at CineD (where else? hehe) took offense when we said 11.5 stops of dynamic range was insufficient for professional use, writing: Sorry to have to be the ones to break the news to you Barry, but 11.5 stops is woefully inadequate for HDR and additional stops of dynamic range are never irrelevant.... Continue Reading →
In his review of the Ronin 4D, Caleb Pike finds the colors remarkably similar to those of the Sony a7s III.
While Dehancer 5.1 failed to deliver on its promise of double the performance over version 5.0, Dehancer 5.2.0 brings it on with a new quality selector, allowing the user to choose between normal-fast/high-slow settings, each of which offers significant improvements in playback speed. On our 16" 32 core M1 Max MacBook Pro (late 2021) with... Continue Reading →
Concerning an often asked question regarding the appearance of HDR scopes in your NLE, one significant difference is that in SDR, the signal can ordinarily fill out the scopes, say, from 0-1023, while in HDR PQ, the bulk of the signal will usually be bunched up toward the bottom end of the waveform, from 0-100... Continue Reading →
Cullen Kelly has just announced the release of a new LUT pack that is compatible with an HDR workflow. From his website: Create studio-grade cinematic looksTailor to your visionUse for HDR, SDR, and everything in between 9 LUTs, 45 possible looks, endless customization. The Core Elements Creative LUT pack contains four tone LUTs for creative... Continue Reading →
Although Dehancer OFX ver. 5.1.0 promises up to twice the performance with the new Apple Silicon Macs, playback speeds are identical to what we measured prior to the update - around 14 fps with grain enabled. CineD reached out to the developers informing them that several readers were not seeing the promised performance gains and... Continue Reading →
The Daejeon Chronicles 