Color Checker Workflow.

[Asher Vast]

Does anyone have a workflow they recommend for doing color correction in RedCineX using a Color Checker? I'm using the Xrite Color Checker Passport and I'd love to complete my color correction in RedCineX without having to roudtrip to Resolve. Thanks in advance!

 

[Marc Wielage]

My advice would be to do it in Resolve or any other comparable color-correction software with scopes, plus a calibrated monitor.

 

[Roger Singh]

I have the same color checker. The most I do with it in red cine is just a quick one light by using the WB picker on one of the neutral greys.

You will get a lot more out of the checker in Resolve.

That being said, I do recommend getting the video version of the color checker. One of my AC's owns one and I find it to be much more useful than standard photo one (the one you and I own).

 

[Marc Wielage]

That being said, I do recommend getting the video version of the color checker. One of my AC's owns one and I find it to be much more useful than standard photo one (the one you and I own).

Yes, the Color Checker Video is OK and at least is a lot bigger than the pocket-sized one:

The problem is that the chroma saturation levels are kind of bogus, not really calibrated. But they are ballpark-ish. I think the DSC charts (like the OneShot) are a lot more believable.

Note that we worked for decades on film projects, often with no charts at all, and we just had to basically go with our gut instinct and experience and make the pictures look reasonable. I generally asked for a grayscale chart in lieu of a Macbeth color chart, because at least then I could balance the image and make decent blacks and whites and figure out a gamma curve using the scopes. Many, many thousands of feature films and TV shows were done this way.