Low Color Saturation

[James Brundige]

My RAW files look very dull in color. I need to crank (sometimes double) the saturation in Red Alert to get the scene to look as it did when I shot it.

Is this normal? Comments, suggestions?

Shooting ISO 320, Redcode 28 and 36, various frame rates and shutter speeds.

 

[hunterrichards]

Try getting your contrast & curves where you want first. Than saturate to taste.

 

[Rick Darge]

Yes its normal.

 

[I Bloom]

Saturation is created by a high ratio between one channel and the other two channels. Since a raw image is compressing all of it's wide latitude of values onto you display, it will look low contrast and low saturation.

Try adding a knee and a should to the curve on the image. Then add a tiny bit of saturation. You'll see, it's all just information their for you to use.

IBloom

 

[Anders Holck]

RED alert defaults to the Cameras color space, try changing it to REC709 in the settings menu and you get the saturated look back....if you want it.

 

[Dylan Macleod CSC]

laptop monitors?

laptop monitors?

Do people find that the laptop LCD appears less saturated then a desktop with a dedicated monitor?

Dylan Macleod
Cinematographer
Toronto, Canada
www.dylanmacleod.com