SimonBjork
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Once again, I have another question about the linear setting in RedcineX (or other programs that open R3D files).
When doing VFX I prefer to work with a linear gamma setting. If I get log files, I convert them to linear (within the application) and so on. Sometimes I get linear EXRs and they work really good.
Now, in RedcineX you have the option to render EXRs (with linear gamma). If I import this into my VFX application (AE or Nuke) I get a very dark image. Even when viewing it with an sRGB lut, it's very dark. Impossible to work with. So what I do is add an exposure effect and boost the exposure (linear) a couple of stops till I get a normal looking image. Then I work with it without any problems.
But for output, I don't know what to do. Normally I would like to output my VFX to something that matches the no-vfx shots, so it would be nice to render out as Redlog for example. But that doesn't work. If I apply a lin2redlog node (custom in AE, built in to Nuke) my image gets destroyd. It seems like Redlog can't hande the values. Whish is strange becuse I don't have any overbright in the scene, just normal values. Outputting to a normal log curve seems to work most of the time. Why is this, why can't I output to Redlog?
Is it wrong to boost the exposure? I determine how much exposure to add by rendering out a redlog file from RedcineX and the linerizing it. Now I have a good looking linear image. Then I adjust the exposure on the EXR to match that.
What am I doing wrong?
When doing VFX I prefer to work with a linear gamma setting. If I get log files, I convert them to linear (within the application) and so on. Sometimes I get linear EXRs and they work really good.
Now, in RedcineX you have the option to render EXRs (with linear gamma). If I import this into my VFX application (AE or Nuke) I get a very dark image. Even when viewing it with an sRGB lut, it's very dark. Impossible to work with. So what I do is add an exposure effect and boost the exposure (linear) a couple of stops till I get a normal looking image. Then I work with it without any problems.
But for output, I don't know what to do. Normally I would like to output my VFX to something that matches the no-vfx shots, so it would be nice to render out as Redlog for example. But that doesn't work. If I apply a lin2redlog node (custom in AE, built in to Nuke) my image gets destroyd. It seems like Redlog can't hande the values. Whish is strange becuse I don't have any overbright in the scene, just normal values. Outputting to a normal log curve seems to work most of the time. Why is this, why can't I output to Redlog?
Is it wrong to boost the exposure? I determine how much exposure to add by rendering out a redlog file from RedcineX and the linerizing it. Now I have a good looking linear image. Then I adjust the exposure on the EXR to match that.
What am I doing wrong?