Which Color Space and Gamma Space is best?

[JR Monteiro]

Can someone please explain to me the difference between Red Color 1, 2, & 3 and Red Gamma 1, 2, & 3. I have no idea of when or why to use one or another but I do see a difference in the final output.

 

[Gunleik Groven]

What makes your images look the way you want them?

God startingpoint...

You should also explore RedLogFilm and RedLog as startingpoints (in that order)

Cheers!

G

 

[Marc Wielage]

All of them!

Do tests and see what works for you. I have used both RedLogFilm and RedColor3 for different projects, and both can work fine. And I've also had projects where we threw that out and just created a custom LUT. There's lots of different ways to get to the finish line.

 

[Matthew Scott]

The differences are that each manipulates the "raw" data in different ways, BEFORE you play with it. The redgamma 1,2 and 3s were designed to make footage look "good" straight out of the box and are applying different gamma curves. The redlog spaces are designed to give you the most flexibility to create your own "good", so technically, redlog film and redlog are the "best" to start with because they offer you more choices, but, they require more work.

The redcolor's are reds incremental phases of how colour should be displayed, the third instalment technically being their best attempt and the therefore the "best" choice.

So which is best?

I would stick with red color 3, for everything. As for the gamma curves, use redgamma 3 for results that require little tweaking and redlog (or redlogfilm) if you want to put some work into a look and want to start from the ground up.

 

[JR Monteiro]

So you are saying that by manipulating the curves, lift, gamma, gain etc. in Red Cine I can create any look from any other look. I am not actually changing the "color space" which the "looks" fit into? In other words I am not limiting the color range in any given setting if I go with Red Log Film for example.

 

[Nick Shaw]

So you are saying that by manipulating the curves, lift, gamma, gain etc. in Red Cine I can create any look from any other look. I am not actually changing the "color space" which the "looks" fit into? In other words I am not limiting the color ganges in any given setting if I go with Red Log Film for example.

In theory you could convert between REDlogFilm and the various REDgammas using the curves in RCX, as those are all essentially preset curves. You cold not convert between REDcolor 1, 2 & 3, as those are colour-space transforms which are beyond what the controls in RCX are able to do.