Color Space from Photoshop exported files

Get answers to your questions about color grading, editing and finishing with DaVinci Resolve.
  • Author
  • Message
Offline

AndreasOberg

  • Posts: 452
  • Joined: Wed Sep 25, 2013 9:09 am

Color Space from Photoshop exported files

PostWed Sep 12, 2018 5:17 pm

Hiya,

I graded a few still images in Photoshop and put them in Davinci. What color profile should I work with to make sure that this works? I put in a file and noticed it looked a bit different than intended.
Normally in Photoshop I work in either Adobe RGB or ProPhoto color space.

/Andreas
VFX Director - Visual Forest Ltd
Offline
User avatar

dariobigi

  • Posts: 566
  • Joined: Thu Aug 23, 2012 4:52 am
  • Location: New York City

Re: Color Space from Photoshop exported files

PostWed Sep 12, 2018 6:37 pm

Choose your preset under video and film and choose Rec. 709. This goes for after effects as well. And then in resolve you should be choosing that color space to work with


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Dario Bigi, Colorist
http://dariobigi.com
New York
C: 1-646-436-4600

HPz840 - 2x 14 Core 2.6GHz - 64GB RAM
Windows 10 Pro 21H2
2x RTX 2080Ti (SD 472.84)
Resolve Studio 17.4.6
Decklink 4K Extreme (12.2.2)
FSI CM250
Panasonic FZ1000
Mini Panel
Offline
User avatar

Igor Riđanović

  • Posts: 1656
  • Joined: Thu Jul 02, 2015 5:11 am
  • Location: Los Angeles, Calif.

Re: Color Space from Photoshop exported files

PostWed Sep 12, 2018 7:58 pm

You can do what Dario says. Or if your Resolve project is using a wider color space than Rec. 709 like P3 for example, you can do that too. As long as color space the image is tagged with matches your input color space in Resolve you should be fine.
www.metafide.com - DaVinci Resolve™ Apps
Offline
User avatar

dariobigi

  • Posts: 566
  • Joined: Thu Aug 23, 2012 4:52 am
  • Location: New York City

Re: Color Space from Photoshop exported files

PostWed Sep 12, 2018 8:25 pm

Agreed Igor. Nice addition. Always ask your client what color space are they working in or what is the final deliverable. (if you’re lucky you get the right answer.)


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Dario Bigi, Colorist
http://dariobigi.com
New York
C: 1-646-436-4600

HPz840 - 2x 14 Core 2.6GHz - 64GB RAM
Windows 10 Pro 21H2
2x RTX 2080Ti (SD 472.84)
Resolve Studio 17.4.6
Decklink 4K Extreme (12.2.2)
FSI CM250
Panasonic FZ1000
Mini Panel
Offline
User avatar

Craig Marshall

  • Posts: 955
  • Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2013 4:49 am
  • Location: Blue Mountains, Australia

Re: Color Space from Photoshop exported files

PostWed Sep 12, 2018 8:39 pm

We work with a lot of 'stills for video' and prefer to grade them in DaVinci Rec.709 rather than Photoshop or Lightroom. Our cameras shoot various flavours of RAW so we always batch convert them first to 16bit Tiffs then bring them into Resolve's 4K video timeline where the 6-8K Tiff images offer excellent grading latitude plus a bit of re-positioning too.
4K SDI Post Studio, Freelance Filmmaker, Media Writer
Win11/Lightworks/Resolve 19/X-Keys 68 Jog-Shuttle/OxygenTec ProPanel
12G SDI Decklink 4K Pro/Calibrated 10bit IPS SDI Monitor
HDvideo4K.com
Offline

AndreasOberg

  • Posts: 452
  • Joined: Wed Sep 25, 2013 9:09 am

Re: Color Space from Photoshop exported files

PostThu Sep 13, 2018 10:23 am

Craig Marshall wrote:We work with a lot of 'stills for video' and prefer to grade them in DaVinci Rec.709 rather than Photoshop or Lightroom. Our cameras shoot various flavours of RAW so we always batch convert them first to 16bit Tiffs then bring them into Resolve's 4K video timeline where the 6-8K Tiff images offer excellent grading latitude plus a bit of re-positioning too.


That is a good idea. Sometimes I do changes that needs more painting and then Davinci is not so suitable. But I have done experiments with grading the whole thing in Davinci. The color tools in Photoshop are difficult to work with I think.
/Andreas
VFX Director - Visual Forest Ltd
Offline

Sam Steti

  • Posts: 3170
  • Joined: Tue Jun 17, 2014 7:29 am
  • Location: France

Re: Color Space from Photoshop exported files

PostThu Sep 13, 2018 2:33 pm

Hey,

I confess I usually "file > export for the web" in PS, which results in RGB graphics I can change after if needed. The intermediate panel in PS lets you choose quite a few options that can help too.
*MacMini M1 16 Go - Sonoma - Ext nvme SSDs on TB3 - 14 To HD in 2 x 4 disks USB3 towers
*Legacy MacPro 8core Xeons, 32 Go ram, 2 x gtx 980 ti, 3SSDs including RAID
*Resolve Studio everywhere, Fusion Studio too
*https://www.buymeacoffee.com/videorhin
Offline
User avatar

Craig Marshall

  • Posts: 955
  • Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2013 4:49 am
  • Location: Blue Mountains, Australia

Re: Color Space from Photoshop exported files

PostThu Sep 13, 2018 9:26 pm

AndreasOberg wrote:... Sometimes I do changes that needs more painting and then Davinci is not so suitable....
The Paint/Clone tools in Fusion DR15 are quite advanced.
4K SDI Post Studio, Freelance Filmmaker, Media Writer
Win11/Lightworks/Resolve 19/X-Keys 68 Jog-Shuttle/OxygenTec ProPanel
12G SDI Decklink 4K Pro/Calibrated 10bit IPS SDI Monitor
HDvideo4K.com

Return to DaVinci Resolve

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Jacek Kropinski, Jean-Jacques Dumonceau, panos_mts and 280 guests