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Jim Bachalo started the discussion ACEs workflows for UnrealEngine content in the forum DaVinci Resolve

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:04:09 +0000

Huge caveat in that I am sharing a poor quality screen grab but am trying to figure out why there is such a huge difference between ACEScg and ACESct encoded renders from UnrealEngine.

In particular highights seem exaggerated with fireflies? in the cg version.

Will repeat to confirm but was hoping some ACEs experts could chiime in. CSC is of course…

Jim Bachalo started the discussion Grading in HDR in the forum DaVinci Resolve

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 10:04:41 +0000

Grading in HDR

Seems self evident but thought I’d ask.

Do you need an HDR monitor to grade or use any HDR tools in DR?

Jim Bachalo started the discussion Enabling masking operations for multiple masks on Color Page in the forum DaVinci Resolve

Thu, 16 Feb 2023 21:59:18 +0000

Enabling masking operations for multiple masks on Color Page

Masking issue on Color Page.
I’ve created and tracked 3 rectangle masks. I believe the masking operations are correct. ie the 2nd 2 smaller masks should be subtracting the larger first mask.
But 2 questions remain
1 – Why can’t I see the result of the masking operation when I connect to the alpha out node?
2- How do I apply a simple OFX effect to this…

Jim Bachalo started the discussion Color Management for VFX pipelines in the forum DaVinci Resolve

Thu, 16 Feb 2023 19:42:59 +0000

Color Management for VFX pipelines

For linear exrs rendered from Unreal, what is the best color management workflow?

I have been using William Faucher’s non-ACEs linear exr workflow

In Unreal disable tone curve before render and then

Color science > ACEScct

ACES Input Transform > none

ACES Output Transform > Rec.709

And then right clicking clips > ACES…

Jim Bachalo started the discussion ACES cct vs Davinci yRGB Color Managed in the forum DaVinci Resolve

Fri, 25 Nov 2022 16:07:00 +0000

ACES cct vs Davinci yRGB Color Managed

I’m using Resolve primarilly for an Unreal Engine authoring workflow.
Various tutorials suggest to decide between an ACES or Linear sRGB workflow.
But in setting up Resolve am confused by which Color Science to be using as both are recommended.
ACES cct vs Davinci yRGB Color Managed ? What is the difference? If you are using a non ACES workflow (ie…

Jim Bachalo started the discussion Converting 30 fps video to 24 fps results in slight stutter in the forum Adobe Media Encoder

Sat, 10 Sep 2022 01:38:43 +0000

Converting 30 fps video to 24 fps results in slight stutter

I have a 30 fps Prores video that I am encoding to 24fps NotchLC.
The problem is that on playback on a 24 fps timeline (TouchDeisgner) there is a slight but noticeable regular stutter.
Can someone explain this and is there a way of getting perfectly smooth 24 fps playback from a 30 fps video?

Jim Bachalo started the discussion Color Management- ACEs vs HDR (Davinci Wide Gamut) in the forum DaVinci Resolve

Mon, 28 Mar 2022 20:26:34 +0000

Color Management- ACEs vs HDR (Davinci Wide Gamut)

Would love to hear from any color management experts.
For normal SDR footage and linear .exr image sequences is there any advantage in color correcting in HDR or Davinci’s Wide Gamut color space instead of using ACEs?

In my case the content is primarily sfx and sequence renders from Houdini and Unreal Engine.
Does it matter if your source .exrs are…

Jim Bachalo started the discussion Masked wipe transitions in the forum DaVinci Resolve

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:59:21 +0000

Masked wipe transitions

Could anyone explain or point me to a tutorial on creating masked wipes inside Resolve commonly used in VFX breakdowns like this?

Thanks!

Jim Bachalo started the discussion Creating masked wipes in the forum Adobe Premiere Pro

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 13:59:28 +0000

Creating masked wipes

Could anyone explain or point me to a tutorial on creating masked wipes inside PPro commonly used in VFX breakdowns like this?