Color Checker and IPP2 Issues

[Stacey Spears]

hopefully the folks at Blackmagic will add proper support soon. More importantly I hope it's added in the color checker window settings too.

Blackmagic needs to wait for Red to release an IPP2 SDK first. I would also advise against using the auto color checker feature in Resolve. The most important thing is a good white balance, so have a proper test chart in frame. DSC Labs makes the best test charts. The ChromaCineX has all the colors needed on it and a nice 18% gray stripe to white balance with.

 

[Hrvoje Simic]

Now that belongs on a t-shirt

: )

 

[Aris_Gavriilidis]

Truly appreciate the input guys, my color grading skills at the moment are very basic that's why I was hoping the color matching tools in Resolve would help a little, but it seems my best bet is to become competent with making manual adjustments with the different scopes, considering I'm not using a purpose-built calibrated monitor.

 

[Hrvoje Simic]

Truly appreciate the input guys, my color grading skills at the moment are very basic that's why I was hoping the color matching tools in Resolve would help a little, but it seems my best bet is to become competent with making manual adjustments with the different scopes, considering I'm not using a purpose-built calibrated monitor.

Yes, that is a smarter route.

Even if that feature was actually reliable it would only rob you from understanding basics. First light and primary correction is a basic image manipulation skill and if you bypass that step you will bypass understanding fundamental principles of color theory and image manipulation and fiddle with creative part doing repetitive mistakes. Avoid the shortcuts and learn from the start, it makes a huge difference in the long run. What seems as an obstacle now becomes an easy intuitive process later.

Shortcuts avoid paths. Paths bring experience. Experience brings understanding.
It's not just about the finish line, it's about the fruits you gather on the way.

 

[Joshua Cadmium]

1) Digital colour values of the chart are ideal values, of a "perfectly" light controlled and lit shot without any casts.
In a real life scene light values vary based on nature of light and its effect on the environment, the environment which does not tend to be grey.

Not just that, but cameras in general do not capture perfect color: https://www.provideocoalition.com/what-is-correct-color/

I think the best approach would be to learn how to manually white balance using a waveform scope and a accurate white (like the greyscale squares on your Color Checker) and go from there.

 

[Jay Friesen]

I've shot and graded tons of stuff in IPP2 recently- Dragon and M-X. No issues- but LUTs in grading tend to cause more problems than not. Get your monitor set to the color space (P3, Rec709 etc.) you're grading in and manually grade to where you want.

 

[Marc Wielage]

I've shot and graded tons of stuff in IPP2 recently- Dragon and M-X. No issues- but LUTs in grading tend to cause more problems than not. Get your monitor set to the color space (P3, Rec709 etc.) you're grading in and manually grade to where you want.

This is very wise advice.

 

[Hrvoje Simic]

LUTs in grading tend to cause more problems than not.

LUT is a table of transformation values and whether it leads to a problem or solution depends on what it actually contains and how it is used.