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AE CS5 to AlexaLogCv3 dpx
Hey all, I’m having a problem that I can’t seem to figure out. I’m working in AE CS5 and the client is asking that we deliver AlexaLogcV3 DPX files. I’ve used DPX files in the past but I’m not familiar with AlexaLogcV3 and can’t find a whole lot of information about it. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks!
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Are you delivering video or titles or what?
Alexa footage’s native color space is LogC. If you aren’t doing any color correction and anything composited into a LogC image should also be considered LogC.
https://www.arri.com/camera/digital_cameras/tools/lut_generator/lut_generator.html Go to advanced, select video as your input and set destination to logC if you’ve done titles or something that is more difficult to match. LUT should get you most of the way there.
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Thanks for the quick reply!
All content was generated originally in AE with default settings. We are not compositing anything into footage. I generated a LUT from the Arri site and it made my project look washed out. Then I applied the LUT provided to us to bring the footage back to how they will view it and it didn’t match up. Would a solution be to apply the LUT from the Arri site first, then adjust levels so when we apply the LUT provided that it matches closer? Thanks for the help!
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What are you doing for these people? Titles? Full frame content? Or plates/overlays that someone else will composite?
Lets assume you’re titles or whatever you’re working on look good on your monitor. It’s Rec 709 (my assumption as very few people work with a P3 monitor).
You use the LogC LUT to brink your work to near the same curve/color response as Arri LogC footage. It will look washed out
Don’t worry about a transform back matching, these transforms are fairly destructive.
Generally, this transformation is requested on material that will be composited. If this is material like title cards…. makes me think the Producer is taking a shortcut and will just slap a single look?LUT over the entire program and call it a day.
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https://thepostlab.com/pitch-perfect-takes-advantage-of-a-dci-p3-color-workflow/ This is additional reading.
Color space is basically an arbitrary mapping of the color values in a file. If it looks good on a Rec 709 monitor then it’s in Rec 709 space. If it looks good on top of LogC footage, then it’s LogC space. LUTS are just transforms that get you 90% of the way there.
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Thanks for the reply!
We’re creating title cards so all content is created by us. We aren’t using any footage at all. Just to make sure I understand correctly, I apply the LUT to bring my color into LogC and make adjustments so that when I apply their LUT it looks right. Then I should just be able to give them a render without their LUT on and it’ll work?
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That would work, correct. The longC conversion is “burned in” with small adjustments as needed.
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