Wide Gamut LCD and color management in Vegas 8

stephenv2 wrote on 3/26/2008, 11:24 AM
Okay, just about to retire my two aging 22" CRTs and trying to decide if I should buy a wide gamut LCD that display more than the sRGB colorspace.

I'm going to working on projects in After Effects using ProPhoto RGB colorspace but will also use the monitor for preview in Vegas. (I will be keeping my old 17" JVC Broadcast monitor but HD and Film rez previews are difficult on it).

AE CS3 allows it to work with monitor profiles. Vegas 8 seems to offer this capability as well but has anyone tested and verified how it works with profiles?

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GlennChan wrote on 3/26/2008, 11:48 PM
Changing the profiles in Vegas doesn't really seem to do anything... even with very extreme profiles.

I've just assumed it doesn't really do anything. (Ok, that might be a bad assumption.)

2- Unless you do filmout work, it's probably better to get a monitor with a color gamut very close to sRGB. Then the primaries (the exact color of red, green, blue; this determines color gamut) doesn't need any compensation/color management... they will be correct.
stephenv2 wrote on 3/27/2008, 12:07 AM
That makes no sense - I wonder why they profile choices are there?

I am doing a digital film out (to 12-bit TIFF file). I have no info yet on what colorspace DCI specs are - no reference to color space in current DCI specs, just "12-bit TIFF" in a 16-bit wrapper with 4-bits all zeros.
GlennChan wrote on 3/27/2008, 12:29 AM
DCI colorspace is X'Y'Z' (it can represent all visible colors). You might choose to work in P3 colorspace, since that is what current projectors are capable of. There's not much point in creating colors current audiences can't see (because current projectors can't reproduce those colors).

That's the theory anyways. In practice, you're better off talking to a company that does this kind of thing since they'd be able to put together the DCI package (not doable with commodity/normal software as far as I know... and you'll need a DCI setup to test everything).
stephenv2 wrote on 3/27/2008, 11:19 AM
I do have inquiry with a IMAX film out company but have heard nothing yet.

I can find very little on P3 Colorspace and there appears no way to get a Windows ICC profile for it. I can't even find specs or gamut map on what it entails.
stephenv2 wrote on 3/27/2008, 11:23 AM
BTW, Glenn, I just wanted to thank you for all your informative color information in Vegas. I've used your web-based info numerous times with color issues in Vegas.