Samuel Berger Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 I've just received some 4K scanned Super 8 film from Cinelab. I don't know how to make it look normal, it's a flat scan. Can anyone with Resolve give me a hint? Here's a sample DPX: http://www.classichenshin.com/bmpcc/sample.dpx I thought it would be as easy as opening it up and throwing a LUT. Well there aren't any LUTs for actual film in the menu.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted February 19, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted February 19, 2018 Is that a bit underexposed, or does all Super8 look like that? I've made an Adobe curves file which makes (what I consider to be) a reasonable job of the colour rendering, though it's abominably grainy. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Berger Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 Thanks Phil, that is how I'd like it to look. I've been trying for hours but I'm probably going to give it a rest. I use DaVinci Resolve without knowing how to use it. I shot that on a Canon 814XL-S and it was a pain to focus in low light. Is there a way to apply that curves file on Resolve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Berger Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 By the way, it was shot wide open at 1.4. I needed at least 1.0 under those lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted February 20, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted February 20, 2018 No idea. I've attached it, anyway - though I had to rename it to .txt because the forum won't let me upload .amp files. (It's a mnemonic for "arbitrary map.") I have a tool somewhere that'll render various LUT formats from .amp files, I can look it out if it's any good to you, but really it's not complex. It's just that gamma curve to somewhat normalise the contrast, and I sampled the white stripe on the camera-left side of the frontmost girl's jacket to take the blue cast out. That's why the RGB curves aren't completely linear, but it's very minor. P super8.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Connolly Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 There is a curves tool in resolve, that would do the job in a similar way. On resolve 12 the curves tab is the 6th one along in the colour workspace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Greene Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 I've just received some 4K scanned Super 8 film from Cinelab. I don't know how to make it look normal, it's a flat scan. Can anyone with Resolve give me a hint? Here's a sample DPX: http://www.classichenshin.com/bmpcc/sample.dpx I thought it would be as easy as opening it up and throwing a LUT. Well there aren't any LUTs for actual film in the menu.... Actually, there are both curves and film emulation LUTs in Resolve. You can start with the film emulation LUT, something like "Kodak 2383 - REC709" and it will emulate a film print. The curve is built into the LUT. I think you're going to need to read that big Resolve manual :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Berger Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 Done, here's the result: http://www.cinematography.com/index.php?showtopic=76045&do=findComment&comment=493343 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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