Gabriel Wilson Posted April 21, 2017 Posted April 21, 2017 Struggling to find any information online about grading a 16mm black and white transfer. I have done grading work but would love some tips on grading 16mm transfer specifically black and white. Any resources would be appreciated.
Stuart Brereton Posted April 21, 2017 Posted April 21, 2017 Are you talking about timing photochemically, or a digital grade?
Premium Member Satsuki Murashige Posted April 21, 2017 Premium Member Posted April 21, 2017 I don't think there's anything you need to do differently when digitally grading B&W originated film. If anything, it should be easier as you only have to worry about contrast. The only complication I can think of would be dealing with the inherent contrast in 7266 Tri-X reversal stock, but that's not a problem specific to B&W or 16mm.
Site Sponsor Robert Houllahan Posted April 22, 2017 Site Sponsor Posted April 22, 2017 In telecine on the Spirit I usually set the hilites to the top and set the shadows so they are just about clipping and then adjust the gamma to suit the content and face tone.
Gabriel Wilson Posted April 27, 2017 Author Posted April 27, 2017 Should I still be desaturating the Image? I am getting an RGB color cast. The director is asking me to take it out. Not sure if this is normal or a mistake in the processing?
Premium Member Satsuki Murashige Posted April 27, 2017 Premium Member Posted April 27, 2017 Well, that's odd. Not sure how it could be the film itself if you shot B&W film stock. I would think just taking the saturation down to 0 would be the quickest fix. When I've had B&W film scanned in the past, it came back as Prores 4444 with only the Y-channel (luminance). So there was no RGB at all in the Resolve scopes.
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