Marc Roessler Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 (edited) Hi guys, I'm currently struggling with Resolve Lite.. my input is 10 bit log DPX from a 16mm film scan. The film has been over-exposed 1 stop (old stock, EXR100) to compensate for elevated base fog. I want to go to rec709 using Resolve.. but the results I get from Resolve look unbelievably ugly. For comparison, I opened the DPX sequence using an old version of Pomfort Silverstack (that was still tailored towards DPX), using the Silverstack integrated Log-Lin 1.8 Gamma LUT. I use the R/G/B settings to "print the neg down" again to normal exposure. It looks very nice (see attached image). Now I'm trying to pipe this through Resolve.. no matter what I do, the image always looks harsh and very un-organic (see attached image.. strange colors, apparent grain, strange highlight handling). It almost looks like a partly ENR'ed (bleach bypass) print! I tried using several different LUTs (the integrated ones as well as the print LUTs LC3DL_Kodak2383_log2hd_*.cube LUTS available here http://cbkmrks.blogspot.de/2013/01/download-free-davinci-resolve-film.html ..). I tried go get better results by spending lots of time grading the material, but I get nowhere near what I get from Silverstack out of the box (plus R/G/B adjustment), as you can see from the attached image. Unfortunately, their LUTs are not known. How do you other guys approach this? Kind regards, Marc Edited August 22, 2014 by Marc Roessler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Burditt Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Marc,I know this is from a long while ago, I ended up stumbling upon this.Here is my guess as to what is happening here. It all boils down to interpretation.No matter if its resolve, nuke or AE, with a dpx, it first needs to be interpreted with the right dpx settings before applying any LUT, for rec709 and sRGB you shouldn’t have to apply any LUT unless you have a certain look you are going for outside of what was scanned to dpx. It should be interpreted with proper dpx curve to a rec709 or sRGB workflow. If you intended it for web or broadcast output. -JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Raffaele Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Have you tried coloring without the lut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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