NukeControl - Color grading iPad controller for Nuke

[Kwan Khan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE6kFWwOvP8

iPad as control surface for color correction?
The real power of a control surface is that I dont have to look at it to alter color values so I can concentrate on the image on broadcast monitor or projection.

Nothing going to be better than the organic way (working with trackballs, rings and knobs).

 

[Gavin Greenwalt]

While tactility is nice, the real advantage in my opinion is multiple simultaneous corrections.

Being able to adjust highlights and shadows concurrently is an advantage over the mouse and pointer.

 

[andrewhake]

While tactility is nice, the real advantage in my opinion is multiple simultaneous corrections.

Being able to adjust highlights and shadows concurrently is an advantage over the mouse and pointer.

This does exactly that. iPad should easily allow multiple inputs at a time, more than 10 actually. For your friends with extra digits. As far as tactile feedback is concerned, I agree some what, but unless you are very uncoordinated it is quite easy to place your hands on a surface and look at a screen. Definitely hard to beat a proper color correction control surface but pretty fantastic either way. Jog shuttle control should be nice as well.

The point is not to provide a better solution than the best out there, but having another solution for people who's primary focus is not color correction.

 

[Hrvoje Simic]

This does exactly that. iPad should easily allow multiple inputs at a time, more than 10 actually.

Sounds cool but I don't see a point for color work purposes.

As far as tactile feedback is concerned, I agree some what, but unless you are very uncoordinated it is quite easy to place your hands on a surface and look at a screen.

If you place your hands on a surface and look at the screen nothing happens.

While actually doing something glass surface doesn't give your brain feedback it needs and your concentration is not directed to where it should be.

Although it looks cool and seems like fun, it is a very limiting solution and a wrong route, especially taking lag and poor precision into account.

The point is not to provide a better solution than the best out there, but having another solution for people who's primary focus is not color correction.

So what would be the primary focus when using a surface for color correction ?

 

[Gavin Greenwalt]

Yeah but this would be nice on set or for someone like me who can't justify a hardware control surface.

It's a good intermediate option between tactile control surface and point and click.

Also cool is that since it's wireless you can hand the control surface to a client and let them just play.

 

[Tom.Wong]

for other software this might be semi useful for DIT based purposes for on set one lights. Sometimes you have to try to be as low profile as you can, having huge setups to lug around and find a place for yourself can be difficult. A mobile device like this that most people are using for dailies and other uses, for a bit of color work and not having to bring an expensive control surface might be worthwhile. That is if the works for enough color grading applications. Storm, (i believe there is a speedgrade app already), color, redcine x, etc.