JonPais wrote:So it's not a fact - thanks for the clarification.
No, in general, everything I say here is just an opinion. If I quote from the manual, it's a fact "according to Blackmagic."
Hendrik Proosa wrote:Let me put it this way: reference monitor is not used for convincing (most) clients. It is used for convincing yourself. For clients, ”reference” doesn’t mean the same thing in a lot of cases. For them, their ”reference ground truth” can easily be the iPhone screen. There are just two ways around it as far as I can see: a) educate the client or b) give them what they think they want without steering too far off the cliff.
Noted calibration expert Steve Shaw gives a good explanation at this link on "Why Should We Master on a Calibrated Display" at this link:
https://www.lightillusion.com/grading_displays.html
Also, read page 2515 of the Resolve 17 manual, "Limitations When Grading With the Viewer on a Computer Display." This goes into detail in explaining why if you need to see accurate color, you really need a color-managed output with a Blackmagic display device, plus a calibrated display. Without that, you can be lead down a perilous road of pain and suffering. This has been a challenge in post for at least 42 years that I know of (and actually more than that).
It also explains why trying to judge grades in something like an iPhone is a bad idea. And that's according to Blackmagic and everybody I know in post-production.
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