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    .r3d source to DCP workflow (color space) question

    Posted by Bart Stevens on October 12, 2011 at 4:23 pm

    I currently working on a project in AE CS 5.5 that uses mostly R3D files and some DPX sequences. My final edit will exported into a DPX sequence in the digital cinema color space DCDM xyz.

    I would like to do my grade/CC in AE with the native r3d files.
    I have been reading about different techniques online and testing different methods but having mixed results.
    I currently have my workspace set up in the Universal Camera Film Printing Density (linear) settings (float 32), and I interpret the r3d files in this profile in the color management settings. I also select “more options” in the main interpret dialog box where I select (as shot) and have RedColor2 selected as my color space. I usually bring the exposure down a stop and work from there.
    This gives me a very saturated and contrasted look, and my whites are sometimes blown. I’ve Color corrected it with some success, but not quite getting the look I want.
    When I interpret the footage as REC709, it looks very washed out and desaturated ( the opposite of the Universal Camera Printing Density)
    I’m definitely a beginner working with RED footage and the complexity of color space so any recommendation on workflow would be greatly appreciated.
    Thanks

    Bart Stevens replied 14 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Tudor “ted” jelescu

    October 14, 2011 at 7:07 am

    I am by no means an expert in color grading Red footage, but I had good results working under Rec709. Do a search on this forum for threads on this issue- if I remember well there are quite a few discussions on the issue.

    Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
    Senior VFX Artist

  • Bart Stevens

    October 14, 2011 at 3:27 pm

    Thanks for the feedback Ted,
    I have the luxury of being able to test on a D.C server and through some trial and error, I found a successful workflow:

    Project working space:
    Universal Camera Film Printing Density
    16 or 32(float) color depth
    Linearize working space
    compensate for scene-referred profiles

    import dpx sequences as REC709 (if exported from non- DCDM-colorspace environment)
    import dpx sequence as DCDM xyz ( if exported in that format in previous render)

    import .R3d as REC709 (embedded rgb)

    Export DPX sequence in the DCDM xyz gamma 2.6 5900K

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