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Not sure how this is even possible, but Alister Chapman writes: “In addition Black Magic design have just released the public beta of DaVinci Resolve 18.5. With this update you can now use the Raw controls in the Grading room to control the ISO/White Balance/Tint etc of S-Log3 footage from the FX series cameras. This... Continue Reading →
According to Omdia, Apple will be completely phasing out LCDs and miniLEDs from its mobile devices by 2026. source
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“Arbitrarily placing the HDR peak intensity white at L=100 grossly distorts the Lightness curve, and would not be a good Lightness predictor.” Chris Lilley, W3C, 2020 Charles Poynton and David A. LeHoty argue that the color volume metrics used to calculate gamut rings are flawed, greatly overestimating actual coverage, allowing manufacturers to make exaggerated claims... Continue Reading →
The luminance just falls off a cliff beyond the 10% window on this display, so it must be useless for grading HDR, right? Actually, it's still used to this day by LA-based post-production houses and around the world for mastering shows for Amazon, Netflix, Disney et al. Read on. Photo: Brian Florian
From Sony’s press release: Sony Electronics Inc. is announcing a new Virtual Production Tool Set to help improve pre-production and on-set workflows. The new tool set works with the Sony VENICE, Crystal LED and other HDR-enabled LED walls to improve performance and help solve common virtual production challenges such as color matching and moiré to... Continue Reading →
It’s been a while since the bad old days when we used to binge-watch Netflix shows till the early morning hours, first on an LG C7, then on an LG CX, but we began re-watching the gritty French crime series Ganglands last night in order to see whether we couldn’t formulate a more coherent argument as to... Continue Reading →
Season 1 of Sex Education was shot with the OG Sony Venice and the working color space was S-Log3/S-Gamut3. For season 2, it was decided to use ACES. Moderator Debra Kaufman asks the production and post-production team how working in ACES changed their workflow. Three of the four panelists were new to ACES. Of particular interest to... Continue Reading →
We still ETTR with the Komodo, but not nearly as much as we used to do in our early days with the Sony a7s III. For years, there’s never been a clip that we didn’t expose to avoid important shadow detail falling in the noise floor, and then some! Interestingly enough, some shots with the... Continue Reading →
The following is from a presentation in Poland last month entitled “Protect your Creative Intent with ACES”, but it pertains equally well to those who are into DaVinci Wide Gamut as their working color space: if anything other than the log of the hero camera is going to be your working color space, it's essential... Continue Reading →
According to Vincent Teoh of HDTVTest fame, LG has changed the service menu interface on its 2023 OLED TVs, including the C3 and G3, and not for the better. Consequently, it is no longer possible to disable the TPC and GSR auto-dimming algorithms. TPC gradually dims down the picture on static scenes and scenes where... Continue Reading →
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The free tutorials over at Jonas Westling’s LearnHDRvideo are a great resource for anyone just starting out.
At the very end of his article on why S-Log3 no longer needs to be exposed to the right with Sony’s current generation of sensors, Alister Chapman makes a great point: “And one last thing: I don’t like the use of the term “over exposing” to describe shooting a bit brighter to help eliminate noise.... Continue Reading →
We really enjoyed the first season of Ganglands on Netflix, but nothing prepared us for the striking visuals of season 2. Not only the daring camera work and lighting that often immersed characters in inky black shadow, but the bold grading as well. So we just had to reach out to Charles Fréville, a highly... Continue Reading →
The video of Ha at the restaurant shot with the Komdo on the DJI RS3 Pro looked a bit shaky, so we might have a go at stabilizing the footage with Gyroflow and share the results. Since the trial version of Assimilate Player Pro Studio has unlocked CinemaDNG, we may test it out with some... Continue Reading →
We love us some gritty French action crime drama, and Julien Leclercq's Ganglands (Netflix) doesn't disappoint. The HDR presentation is very effective but, like too many HDR shows, the blacks are crushed, which doesn't bother us at all in this series, but it might annoy some. In season 2, there are countless shots where the actors’ faces... Continue Reading →
According to reporting by the Financial Review, employees at Atomos confirmed the existence of a drug culture at the tech company, writing: "Atomos agreed to pay out $60,000 to a staff member who alleged a former employee sexually harassed her and expected her to make cocaine and cannabis available to staff, amplifying the troubled tech... Continue Reading →
Cullen Kelly's free chart includes 14 different tone curves, including ACES, Arri, Slog3, Log3G10 and DaVinci Intermediate. And here's a tutorial on how to use the exposure chart.
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