"TrueColor" Scene File Tests

Paolo Ciccone · May 2nd, 2006, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Earl Thurston

Thanks for the update Paolo (and all the initial hard work as well!) It almost seems counter-intuitive that lowering the blue would make the red go more magenta. You'd think it should be the other way around (i.e. more blue = more magenta). I'll have to give it a try.

By the way, "red happy" seems to be the only major concern from people using the "TrueColor" file. Since red gain is set to 3, what have you found happens/goes wrong when that is lowered to 1 or 2?

Yes, I was too expecting the red gain to be directly responsible fot tha but after spending a few minutes with the red gain it was obvious that that was not going to yeld the expected result. The blue does it and I think that you'll be able to verify it easily. The reason why the red is at that level is that it places it at the right spot in the Vscope. Initially I gave more emphasis to correct position o f red and yellow as they are the major components of skintone. In fact pretty much everybody reacted postively to the skin tones of my configuration. Version 3 is an attempt to adjust it a little bit based on "real world" situations.

Paolo Ciccone · May 2nd, 2006, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Stephen L. Noe

I though you were going to write something like
"if anyone read the above posting before 6:10pm tonight" You get a prize.

Gimme the prize! ;)

Paolo Ciccone · May 2nd, 2006, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve Mullen

Perhaps the name "True..." creates a naming problem.

Can't claim I have come up with the name. It was part of the subject line that Tim D posted as a reference to my article. Then the name stuck. I'm not complaining :)

Bill Edmunds · July 31st, 2006, 07:01 AM

This post is really late in getting to the discussion but... have any of these tests been performed using a person as a subject to look at skin tones?

John Yamamoto · August 1st, 2006, 07:05 AM

Hi i ve been using Paolo's TCV2 and now on TCv3 but i didn't set the color as he suggested, from my montior it's a bit too cold/bluish.

may be we separate the color from tone. as a matter of fact i never do color balance , but just set the either day light or tungsten. this is easier for me to make a plug in( i m using vegas) to correct the color in one shot.

my main concern is dynamic range as i realy want to creat a Digital "negative" to squeeze in more detail on both highlight and shadow.

both gurus are great , it will be even better if can work on a super dynamic raneg to go beyond 8 stops. i m from old school of Great Ansel Adams. so i guess 8 stops is just enough for me to work. -4 stops for shadows and +3 stop for high light.

does anyone try to use ultra contrast /digi-con filter to make acheive this?

JY

John Yamamoto · August 5th, 2006, 08:36 AM

Hi after i test all 3 , i tend to like "widlat2" becos the black seems to be smoother insetad of some darkess back is become very dark compare to deep gray
and i like the shadow area has more detail.

anyways this will give more room for em to do tone adjust at post.
color wise i think set as u like is OK, as i think different camera may be different.

JY

August 1st, 2006, 07:05 AM	#20
John Yamamoto Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 94	dynamic range issue Hi i ve been using Paolo's TCV2 and now on TCv3 but i didn't set the color as he suggested, from my montior it's a bit too cold/bluish. may be we separate the color from tone. as a matter of fact i never do color balance , but just set the either day light or tungsten. this is easier for me to make a plug in( i m using vegas) to correct the color in one shot. my main concern is dynamic range as i realy want to creat a Digital "negative" to squeeze in more detail on both highlight and shadow. both gurus are great , it will be even better if can work on a super dynamic raneg to go beyond 8 stops. i m from old school of Great Ansel Adams. so i guess 8 stops is just enough for me to work. -4 stops for shadows and +3 stop for high light. does anyone try to use ultra contrast /digi-con filter to make acheive this? JY

August 5th, 2006, 08:36 AM	#21
John Yamamoto Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 94	tested 3 scenes set up Hi after i test all 3 , i tend to like "widlat2" becos the black seems to be smoother insetad of some darkess back is become very dark compare to deep gray and i like the shadow area has more detail. anyways this will give more room for em to do tone adjust at post. color wise i think set as u like is OK, as i think different camera may be different. JY

July 31st, 2006, 07:01 AM	#19
Bill Edmunds Major Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Conway, NH Posts: 574	This post is really late in getting to the discussion but... have any of these tests been performed using a person as a subject to look at skin tones?