I think you're right about that Bill. We're at a point of convergence with digital video and still images, and frequently view both on the same computer displays. Photoshop can output simple animations and video cameras can output raw frames that can be processed in photo software. What is video but a sequence of stills?
Especially as we move beyond Rec 709, it would be good to have images able to also show a gamut beyond sRGB.
Anyway, back in the land of color in the year 2020, competitor Final Cut Pro does appear to read metadata for video and ICCs for stills and it lets you output video in either the Rec 709 or Rec 2020 gamuts.
"Final Cut Pro uses macOS ColorSync technology to match the known color space of video or stills to the color space of an Apple display, according to the display’s ICC profile. This display profile can be set in the Displays pane of System Preferences."
"Shooting, editing, and delivering video with a wider color gamut and higher dynamic range is a great way to create projects that can be repurposed for many years. You’ll be able to return to the higher-quality master file for different delivery options. In the future, more broadcasters and websites will support transmission or streaming of wide-gamut HDR programming, and more televisions and mobile devices will support the display of wide-gamut HDR video. With a catalogue of material that stands out as visually distinctive, you’ll be well positioned to take advantage of the emerging technology changes in the film and video industries."
https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/docs/HDR_WideColor.pdf
It looks like any ICC Profile, stock or custom, can be saved as a 3D LUT and loaded in Vegas if one desires.
https://photographylife.com/the-basics-of-monitor-calibration#3d-lut-calibration
Good observation. That article seems to talk more about 3-D LUTs for monitors or graphics cards that support them, so a monitor can be calibrated for color matching and gamut. The principle could certainly apply to a LUT-driven video FX applied to an image, though.
I imagine it's possible to write a Vegas script that extracts the ICC profile of a .jpg in the timeline or media bin, generates a LUT file (or converts it from a LUT-based profile) and applies it in a 3rd party LUT-based video FX to the event.
I'd much rather that process were built in to Vegas though. I assume when a LUT is applied to a video event it's applied on every frame. For an image, just apply it immediately one time before any pan-crop or FX.
I like this idea.
