Color Space for HD finish

[Tommy]

I have a color space question... In my case going from Redcine- Camera RGB, Redlog- export Prores HQ. When I grade in Color do I need to use a LUT or overide color space in order to color correct for a HDCAM/SR finish? My understanding is that if I use Redlog to preserve the latitude of the image and color grade on a HD monitor without ever using LUTs or changing color space I'll naturally be in the proper color space (Rec.709) for a HD finish. Am I correct, or is there something I'm missing?

 

[Shawn Booth]

I believe REDLog and REC709 are 2 different things?

 

[Tommy]

Working in Redcine you can choose Camera RGB as your color space and Redlog as your gamma but a HDTV has a Rec. 709 color space. So, if I'm color correcting and using a HDTV as one of my displays I'm making adjustments to a Camera RGB/Redlog image in a Rec. 709 color space, right? That's why I'm wondering if I need to make any adjustments in Color in order to see what is really going on. I believe everything should work as long as I properly calibrate my monitors and finish in HD rather then film but I'm curious if there are any color space issues I should be aware of.

 

[Tommy]

Here is a link to someone asking a similar question...

http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=12197