Color question on stills

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Color question on stills

PostFri Jan 28, 2022 6:46 pm

I'm importing some PNG's made in color managed photoshop. When I import them into Resolve they're look blue in the mid-tones and shadows. I've tried every which way and cannot yet find a solution. Any thoughts appreciated.
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Re: Color question on stills

PostFri Jan 28, 2022 8:38 pm

You will right click on them on the color tab and select bypass color management.

it was my experience that resolve 'forgets' this and will again later screw up the colors, so you will have to select bypass again.

As you have seen, the color management system is really only half baked. I switched to just using CST nodes because of this.
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Re: Color question on stills

PostFri Jan 28, 2022 10:17 pm

ZRGARDNE wrote:You will right click on them on the color tab and select bypass color management.

it was my experience that resolve 'forgets' this and will again later screw up the colors, so you will have to select bypass again.

As you have seen, the color management system is really only half baked. I switched to just using CST nodes because of this.
Good call Zeb, but it didn't do anything. So weird... on the same system, same monitors even, in Photoshop the images looks neutral. In Resolve the contrast is increased dramatically and blue is added in the mid tones and shadows. Thanks for your help.
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Re: Color question on stills

PostSat Jan 29, 2022 1:07 am

If the contrast is drastically increased, try to interpret them as studio levels.
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Re: Color question on stills

PostSat Jan 29, 2022 7:46 am

I'd avoid using colour management or using any colourspace other than sRGB in Photoshop for images to be used in Resolve. I'm not aware that Resolve can read tags in images.
What colourspace did you work in?

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Re: Color question on stills

PostSat Jan 29, 2022 10:34 am

to ensure the color accuracy of images in an NLE,
it has always been necessary to switch off the
color management of images in the image processing programs.
unless a complete adjustment is available.
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Re: Color question on stills

PostSat Jan 29, 2022 7:30 pm

Mario Kalogjera wrote:I'd avoid using colour management or using any colourspace other than sRGB in Photoshop for images to be used in Resolve. I'm not aware that Resolve can read tags in images.
What colourspace did you work in?

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I've tried sRGB and Adobe98. Same results in both cases with color management turned off and on in Resolve. I can work around it but would like to figure out what's happening.
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Re: Color question on stills

PostSat Jan 29, 2022 7:31 pm

Mario Kalogjera wrote:I'd avoid using colour management or using any colourspace other than sRGB in Photoshop for images to be used in Resolve. I'm not aware that Resolve can read tags in images.
What colourspace did you work in?

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Tried it both ways same results every time.
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Re: Color question on stills

PostSun Jan 30, 2022 2:51 pm

Marshall Harrington wrote:I've tried sRGB and Adobe98. Same results in both cases with color management turned off and on in Resolve. I can work around it but would like to figure out what's happening.


you should off the color managment in photoshop before export.
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Re: Color question on stills

PostSun Jan 30, 2022 8:40 pm

Marshall Harrington wrote:I'm importing some PNG's made in color managed photoshop. When I import them into Resolve they're look blue in the mid-tones and shadows. I've tried every which way and cannot yet find a solution. Any thoughts appreciated.


If you haven't found a solution upload a PNG somewhere & I can try importing it for you.
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