poita said:
I might need a better image to start with, the blacks look really crushed on that preview.
I'll check out the linked image and see how it looks, they might not be as crushed as they look on the forum.
It might be a week or so before I can get to it, I am pretty snowed.
Check out Davinci Resolve 10 lite, it is completely free for anything up to UHD resolution, is available for OSX, Linux and Windows, and allows you much more control than most programs. The lite version is basically the complete version apart from resolutions above 3184x2160 and the ability to use more than one GPU.
The blacks don't look crushed to me, all the shadow detail is clearly visible, at least on my screen. The blacks have been brightnened a fair bit compared to the blu-ray already, I don't want to be increasing the brightness of the blacks any more than I already have. There does seem to be a little wiggle space in the highlights though before they start getting blown out. I'll see if I can get a little more punchiness out of the frames by boosting highlights without blowing them out while maintaining the black levels where they are.
I have done all my semi-specialised versions with all edits, colour grading and encoding using the program I'm using now. I'm sure Davinci Resolve 10 lite is a good program but I'm very happy with what i'm using right now and have all the project files using this program so I see no reason to change.