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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 →
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 →
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 During an episode of Grade School, a weekly YouTube Live session where he answers questions on all things color grading,... Continue Reading →
This is absolutely massive! Cullen Kelly has released a FREE Kodak 2383 print film emulation LUT that works in both ACES and in DaVinci Wide Gamut as well as in SDR or HDR. We tried it on some clips and it’s the real deal! Head on over to his website and pick yours up now. https://youtu.be/-RDIfpD_0nQ
Of the countless unique characteristics of traditional film, color contrast must surely rank as among the most distinctive. We're talking here not about the orange/teal blockbuster look, but blue in the shadows and red tones in the mids and highlights. The Prokudin-Gorsky 1906 profile is just one of many in Dehancer Pro that displays this... Continue Reading →
Just a glimpse of a few of the settings we're using to make videos with the Dehancer Pro film emulation plugin. https://youtu.be/hZspd1g--VQ Before/after Konica Impresa 50 film emulation Checking WB with the X-Rite ColorChecker Passport Video Color correction using the X-Rite ColorChecker and Hue Vs. Hue curves Global contrast curve. For ETTR clips, pull curve... Continue Reading →
What’s new in Dehancer 5.0.0? DEHANCER PRO * Print profiles with Target White setting* Kodak Vision 2383 Color Print Film profile* Kodak Professional Endura Glossy Color paper profile* Cineon Film Log support* DWG/Rec.709 source input* Source white balance (Temperature and Tint compensation)* Optimizations DEHANCER LITE * Source white balance (Temperature and Tint compensation)* Optimizations What’s... Continue Reading →
What’s new in Dehancer 5.0.0? DEHANCER PRO * Print profiles with Target White setting* Kodak Vision 2383 Color Print Film profile* Kodak Professional Endura Glossy Color paper profile* Cineon Film Log support* DWG/Rec.709 source input* Source white balance (Temperature and Tint compensation)* Optimizations DEHANCER LITE * Source white balance (Temperature and Tint compensation)* Optimizations What’s... Continue Reading →
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