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settings to grade a Movie in Davinci
I have some questions regarding to grading a movie in devinci
I use a Monitor Zunzheng AM420 that offers the possibility to switch the colorspaces. I normally use rec709 but for the movie my intention is to switch it to DCI-P3 colorspace.
In the Color Management in Davinci i was also gonna switch the Timeline color space from Rec.709 Gamma 2.4 to DCI-P3
To export i was gonna use the easy DCP optionQuestions:
1) Is it enough to switch the monitor from 709 to DCI-P3? Or am I suppose to calibrate it again once its already in DCI-P3?
2) Switching the Timeline color space to DCI-P3 is correct? Or should I change it to DCI- XYZ?
3) Exporting easy DCP in the delivery page is correct?
Thanks!!!!!!
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6 Replies
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[Laura Fernandez] ” but for the movie my intention is to switch it to DCI-P3 colorspace.”
Why?
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becasue as far as I know (and i might be completly wrong) the DCI-P3 is the color space I “should” use to grade a movie that is gona be released…. but i might be wrong… thats why I ask ☺
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[Laura Fernandez] ” the DCI-P3 is the color space I “should” use to grade a movie that is gona be released…. “
Nope. The end result needs to be in DCI XYZ when you make a DCP. There are a lot of features that are graded in Rec709 and then converted when it’s done. The thing about DCI-P3 grading is that it should be done with a projector in a proper DI theater. You can’t emulate projector reflectance on a monitor.
Unless you really know what you’re doing you’d probably be better off by grading in Rec709.
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If you want to work from a colorspace that lends itself to various export standards, then that is what the ACES color management approach offers.
You will not be working, strictly speaking, in any specific release format — what you will be doing is monitoring in the colorspace currently selected. Picking 709 under that system is perfectly acceptable if you are monitoring the output on a 709-calibrated display. The same would be true if you picked P3 and you were working in a projected P3 environment. That’s how it is supposed to work.
To learn more, search for “Display-referred” color management practices.
jPo, CSI
“I always pass on free advice — its never of any use to me” Oscar Wilde.
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So that means i better work in 709 and then the easy DCP will do the proper conversion to DCI-P3 XYZ ?
Thanks for the answer!
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Noted. Thanks!
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