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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Some MONSTRO mixed lowlight impressions .....

"Disruptor"


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[/url]Disruptor by rand thompson, on Flickr[/IMG]
 
The thread died a long time ago, so just think of my post as a"place holder" for any new Monstro Mixed lowlight footage .You care to provide any new footage so that we can the thread back on track?
 
Thank "you" Tobi!!! I would have never had such an excellent subject from which to derive all of these images if it had not been for you!!!
 
Noah Yuan-Vogel said:
Rand, what's with all the posts?
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rand thompson said:
The thread died a long time ago, so just think of my post as a"place holder" for any new Monstro Mixed lowlight footage.
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I came into this post not wanting to overstep, but then I went back and counted your posts Rand... I think you just did 47-ish separate posts (on this page alone with my current settings) with the same image with various hue variations. The grades don't have any commercial value that we can discuss, but are rather your artistic vision in endless variation. Why not just post one representative image and then say that you have 46 more for our viewing pleasure on your Flickr? Then people who like this could go to YOUR space and you could have an exchange there?

It's awesome that you take such please in creating these versions, but I frankly think it's a bit too much.

I'm open to hearing your motivation for posting so many variations if you feel it's in our common interest to scroll through them.
 
Funny thing is there's no way of knowing what people are even seeing when it comes to posting pics online.

Was reminded just the other day how Firefox and Internet Explorer give me different looking versions of some of the pictures, as does downloading the pictures and viewing them in a separate photo-viewer app, as does viewing them on a different computer/monitor setup. Colour, contrast, brightness and saturation all varying, sometimes to the point of making things look like total crap.

Not a total waste of time imo, but not something I'd invest a lot of time in.
 
What's Up Les!! I hadn't heard from you in a while, what's been going on?

You're right about not knowing what people are actually seeing when we view each others pics or footage online. My images look one way on my Tablet and another way on my computer not to mention, as you stated, the way the different browsers portray the images. The images I've posted are just artistic exercises to see how far I can push Resolve, Redcine-X, and 3Dlut creator pro. By finding out what they can't do, I can better utilize them in the areas for which they do well. And as for the images they are a bit excessive, but when I start doing something I like to see it to its end. So maybe a few more, unless the Mods tell me to quit, and I'm done and this thread will go into "old thread purgatory" unless new footage is posted to assess and or grade.
 
Heya Rand, been away for a bit.

I totally get the motivation for the over-posting 'thing', but I'd also suggest just showing a couple of 'proof of concept' or 'test result' frames and leaving it at that. Or maybe gif the multiple variations if you think people should see them.

It's not a problem for me personally, just saying.

And if anyone's interested, here's a few seconds of Fabricio's test shots, going in three steps from lighter to darker -

 
Les,

Ok then , hopefully it was a pleasant trip. The sample video of Fabricio's looked great from dark to light! I hear what you are saying about the images and I think I will let the "artistic" image from last night be the last one.
 
Les Hillis said:
Funny thing is there's no way of knowing what people are even seeing when it comes to posting pics online.

Was reminded just the other day how Firefox and Internet Explorer give me different looking versions of some of the pictures, as does downloading the pictures and viewing them in a separate photo-viewer app, as does viewing them on a different computer/monitor setup. Colour, contrast, brightness and saturation all varying, sometimes to the point of making things look like total crap.

Not a total waste of time imo, but not something I'd invest a lot of time in.
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Proper color management can't be stressed enough. I've been using Chrome and with one of their recent updates, things went wonky.

My monitor is calibrated via DisplayCal and a Spyder 5. To get Chrome to display color properly I had to go to chrome://flags and force the color profile to sRGB. For some reason, "Default" was giving me weird green banding and lifted blacks.

Now things look identical from Resolve out to my browser. That said, I have no idea how others are viewing my images. You can only control so much of the chain... :(
 
Aaron,

All you can do is grade on a calibrated monitor, use your vectorscope to properly align skin tones and to make sure you have no "out of gamut" color issues. Make sure your scene is properly exposed, especially the talent, don't blowout your highlights, don't completely crush your black ,unless it's a grading decision, and get the best white balance point you can. Everything else you have limited control over.
 
Slightly better version

I left a little more Tungsten color both on the streets and surrounding cement with better skin tones for both the women and guy.


less green 2+ by rand thompson, on Flickr
 
Aaron Lochert said:
Proper color management can't be stressed enough. I've been using Chrome and with one of their recent updates, things went wonky.

My monitor is calibrated via DisplayCal and a Spyder 5. To get Chrome to display color properly I had to go to chrome://flags and force the color profile to sRGB. For some reason, "Default" was giving me weird green banding and lifted blacks.

Now things look identical from Resolve out to my browser. That said, I have no idea how others are viewing my images. You can only control so much of the chain... :(
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I'm also using a calibrated system that gives me the same results from Resolve (and RCX) to Firefox & Internet Explorer, but I'm still getting weirdness like this with some pics -



On the left is the image downloaded from the browser (looks normal enough to me) and on the right is the same image as viewed in the browser (desaturated, with blacks lifted into a blotchy mess)...while the same browser on another computer will show a different result...

Probably going a bit too off topic now, just giving an example of how out of whack things can get.
 
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