VP17 grading - support for X-Rite ColorChecker?

Vincent-Mesman wrote on 8/6/2019, 12:25 AM

Does VP17 support automatic color calibration by using color references like X-Rite ColorChecker or any other brand?

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RogerS wrote on 8/6/2019, 1:19 AM

No, I haven't seen any functionality like that. The colorchecker is useful for manually doing corrections, though.

fr0sty wrote on 8/6/2019, 1:22 AM

It's a good idea for a future feature.

Vincent-Mesman wrote on 8/6/2019, 2:01 AM

Ok, thanks.

And yes, it would be a great new feature (and I guess it wouldn't be extremely difficult to add it to the new grading tool). I've been using this method in other software and I must admit that it's surprisingly fast to finetune your clips to a neutral standard.

Is is correct to assume that grading becomes more important with HDR, the same way my AF became more important with UHD?

fr0sty wrote on 8/6/2019, 2:03 AM

That would be correct, much more dynamic range/shades of color to work with. You don't necessarily have to grade it more than SDR to make it look good, but you have far more options.