HDR Waveform Nit Scale

[Brian Bradley]

I recorded all my footage in REC2020. When I take my footage into Premiere and turn on the HDR settings in the Master EFX tab. When I then open the Lumetri Scopes tab and turn the settings from 8bit to HDR. The scale on RGB Parade increase from 100 nits to 10,000 nits. However none of the color corrections I make go over 100 nits. Any increases I make to the Highlights max out and clip at 100 nits. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks, Brian

 

[Craig Allan]

Hi Brian

From what I have researched your problem is Premier. From the post I have attached below (written by Mystery Box), it appears as though Premier is incapable of successfully processing HDR content UNLESS it is already HEVC encoded HDR.

https://www.mysterybox.us/blog/2016/11/17/adobe-premiere-cc-2017-real-world-feature-review

For what it's worth I use the free version of Resolve and it handles it all very well.

Just on Mystery Box, they have a lot of good information on HDR. I am currently using their conversion LUT - SDR TO HDR and am pretty happy with the results. Certainly is a good step towards HDR deliverable without the cost of a good HDR scope and HDR monitor.

Hope this helps,

Blessings
Craig

 

[Brian Bradley]

thanks