Hello,
I recently shot RAW on Canon 5d Mark iii for the first time and I don't have a ton of experience color correcting/grading. I'm using DaVinci to edit my project, and right now the settings are: Decode using project, Color space rec.709, and Gamma sRGB, which is pretty accurate to how it looked when we shot. Can I keep it this way or is it best to set the color space and gamma at BMD and color correct/grade from there? I wonder if I'm losing information/giving myself less of a dynamic range to work with by setting it at rec.709 from the start.
Another question: I did try setting it at BMD and applying Hunter's LUT, which was recommended for the Alexa rec.709 look, but it looks absolutely terrible when applied to my footage. I white balanced before applying and the shot is well-exposed, so I'm not sure what happened there.
Thanks!
I recently shot RAW on Canon 5d Mark iii for the first time and I don't have a ton of experience color correcting/grading. I'm using DaVinci to edit my project, and right now the settings are: Decode using project, Color space rec.709, and Gamma sRGB, which is pretty accurate to how it looked when we shot. Can I keep it this way or is it best to set the color space and gamma at BMD and color correct/grade from there? I wonder if I'm losing information/giving myself less of a dynamic range to work with by setting it at rec.709 from the start.
Another question: I did try setting it at BMD and applying Hunter's LUT, which was recommended for the Alexa rec.709 look, but it looks absolutely terrible when applied to my footage. I white balanced before applying and the shot is well-exposed, so I'm not sure what happened there.
Thanks!