Category: Nerd stuff
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Photoshop & ACES
Photoshop and ACES are not easy to bring together. Photoshop is a display referred tool while the ACES framework uses a scene referred approach. On many projects I am using Photoshop for retouch and cleanup work of still images while the comp is happening in ACES with Nuke or Flame. A convenient way is to…
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Resolve Studio HDR tests
Why can’t I see a proper HDR preview on an iMac2020/MBP2018 UI screen? In FCPX this is possible. For some time now I am testing with HDR content in FCPX and Resolve Studio. FCPX works best for me with Alexa LogC material in HDR/WideGamut projects. In Resolve I set the project to ACES 1.1 and…
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Blender Sky Texture ACES test
Quick test of the new Blender 2.9 sky-shader “Nishita” in ACES on the updated the page Blender & ACES Limitations.
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H(DR)ello
Here are some Quicklinks to the articles that are most important to me at the moment. Everything else you can find here by scrolling down or checking the menu in the upper right corner: Panicpost – commercial break
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The “lazy” compositor
Use the “winner” HDRI from the previous article and render a car with “no” compositing effort. The previous article was already a bit long, so I split it up into two parts. Here it now the second part. I go over the preparation of the footage, render a car model and place it in the…
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Theta Z1 vs. Canon 7D
A direct comparison, shooting brackets back to back on a parking lot. It’s been a while that I wrote the last article in the color chart series. Actually it was January this year, but like it feels like years ago. This time I stick to my “best” workflow using CaptureOne for the RAW to TIFF…
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Unfair grading comparisons
Too many times you can this on social media: I took a look at what each step means in a new article:Flat vs. Graded = Wow?
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Apply 3D-LUTs in Flame and Nuke in ACES
Just some days ago I found a question in the facebook Logik group about how to apply a preview look LUT in flame when working in ACES. I had to do this already sometimes, so I could help out amongst others, but for sure I will forget about it in the next weeks and won’t…
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Understand Resolve color management
with some help from Nuke. A look at Resolve and what the basic controls do to your image: without color management, when using a 3D-LUT and what changes when Resolve is switched to ACES. 2.5.3. Understanding Resolve Color Management with Nuke
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HDR content – first tests and my HDR experience
B-Log: My HDR experience Read the full article about my first HDR experience. Looking for feedback! I found out that I can link a HDR-Vimeo video here on the website and watch this HDR content on a iPhone (X or 11Pro) directly on the page when viewed with Safari. I don’t even have to be…