Happy new year everyone!
Thanks for the very useful advice on archiving @2blackbar @cmh @IDA_ML @yokashin @Ottoga. It was so nice to read. I think I'll get a big SSD just for copying stuff until it gets close to full. And then I will use the M DISCs for more permanent storage, after reading about it I realise they are amazing. I don't like the idea of tape with the stretching. Cloud is also an interesting thing I've never really considered.
Please watch carefully! In MLVApp v. 1.10, the "Transcode and Import" option is the 9-th from top in the File menu.
Can we rename it to "Transcode and Import non-MLV Raw" so it is more noticable?
Gotchya! Wow, I wonder how they got away with actually calling it RAW. Anyway, thanks for the awesome work you guys do with MLV App. It has really, really improved over time thanks to the team/developers like yourself. As a further possibility for MLV App, perhaps a Rec 709 Luma Waveform to adjust exposure more accurately..just a suggestion. Cheers and a Happy New Year!
Blackmagic say it's partially debayered, but megapolis (fastcinemadng guy on this forum) found a way to decode it, finding that it's not really partially debayered. It's probably a way of speaking to avoid being sued by
rEd. Eventually a open source way to decode it will be created (I hope).
I can also confirm that MLVApp is now so mature and powerful that I am absolutely certain that this is the best RAW processing tool that is available worldwide, at least to my knowledge. I have been using it not only for video but also for photo (with raw2mlv) lately and I get better results compared to ACR on a regular basis. Moreover, there are two functions that are of crucial importance to my workflow and are not available in ACR:
1) Dual ISO that I use quite a lot for landscape work and
2) Skin tone white balance that solves the natural skin tone problem on a mouse click.
My workflow is now entirely based on MLVApp and all this I owe to the genious work and skills of our developers. Thank you, guys and keep up this fantastic work also in the New Year and the years to come.
Thank you IDA_ML this is really nice to hear. I agree in some ways. But we still need to sort out camera colour conversion, it's too basic right now.
I have been analyzing the processing a bit more. The whole colour gamut converted with MLV App processing (Y=0.15, Y=0.5, Y=1.0):

They are all supposed to be very even and smooth, but they are not, especially in the blue/violet region. Once it looks smooth, MLV App will be perfect (at least for colours).
And who recognises that light blue colour on the third one
