Feature request / Resolve Beta / ACES workflow
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 3:45 pmHi all,
We have run into an issue and want to see if this is something that can be addressed in the future release.
When using ACES color management Resolve does not directly support OCIO, and as such does not allow for specific additions or modifications to various IDT/ODT that are studio or project specific.
In this recent case we have a client that requires a specific color of white background, and for sRGB textures to pass through unchanged. With the current implementation of ACES in Resolve ALL of the available ODT's have the included ACES filmic tonemap (1.0 mapped to .82) This causes white to never truly reach "white" without using values that are significantly higher then generally expected (pure white maps to 16).
The solution is to move to a device referred comp space (rather then scene referred as per ACES) and as such use an ODT that does not have this tonemap built in (we are using specifically Utility - sRGB) which allows us to pass the client provided texture directly through the pipeline unchanged.
The REQUEST we are making - Is it possible to allow a CUSTOM option in the ODT drop down where we can refer to a DCTL/LUT/etc of our own choosing rather then a fixed list? this would allow for users to adapt the ACES environment as needed for each use case.
Ideally this would also be an option in the IDT panel as well.
We are aware that you can apply DCTL's or LUTs in the Lookup table panel, and set the ACES Output Device Transform to No Output Transform. But this seems both counter intuitive as well as we are unsure the exact image pathway using this option.
It seems the more intuitive option would be to allow for DCTL/LUT in the ACES Output Device Transform or Input Device Transform drop down.
thanks
We have run into an issue and want to see if this is something that can be addressed in the future release.
When using ACES color management Resolve does not directly support OCIO, and as such does not allow for specific additions or modifications to various IDT/ODT that are studio or project specific.
In this recent case we have a client that requires a specific color of white background, and for sRGB textures to pass through unchanged. With the current implementation of ACES in Resolve ALL of the available ODT's have the included ACES filmic tonemap (1.0 mapped to .82) This causes white to never truly reach "white" without using values that are significantly higher then generally expected (pure white maps to 16).
The solution is to move to a device referred comp space (rather then scene referred as per ACES) and as such use an ODT that does not have this tonemap built in (we are using specifically Utility - sRGB) which allows us to pass the client provided texture directly through the pipeline unchanged.
The REQUEST we are making - Is it possible to allow a CUSTOM option in the ODT drop down where we can refer to a DCTL/LUT/etc of our own choosing rather then a fixed list? this would allow for users to adapt the ACES environment as needed for each use case.
Ideally this would also be an option in the IDT panel as well.
We are aware that you can apply DCTL's or LUTs in the Lookup table panel, and set the ACES Output Device Transform to No Output Transform. But this seems both counter intuitive as well as we are unsure the exact image pathway using this option.
It seems the more intuitive option would be to allow for DCTL/LUT in the ACES Output Device Transform or Input Device Transform drop down.
thanks