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I know I can load the LUTs into Resolve but it would just be more efficient as a plug-in.  You need to make the LUT and then put it into the LUT folder and then re-open Resolve.

A plug-in would be a great next step.  But an amazing job never the less.  Fantastic work. 

Star Wars has truly inspired so many technological advances in our industry.  For better or worse.  I do feel as though we are starting to get over the shitty hump.  I think we are all learning how to use digital to make things better.  I recently saw the new Dolby projection system in NY and it's amazing.  The Revenant looks absolutely stunning on that screen.  I feel as though digital is finally surpassing film in substantial ways. 

I'm against most trailers these days.  They give waaaaay too much information.  But so far the Abrams camp is doing it right.  I think they need to not show one more trailer.  Maybe a hint of Luke in a new one.  Nothing else.  I'm sold.  I'm going.   But they show me something stupid or give too much info I will not see that opening week. 

Ha ha ha ha.  Oh Frink.  You nut....NEVER!!!!

I think you need to figure out how to make a plug-in for Resolve.   You sell that and make a bunch of dough.  Resolve 12 has a new match tool but this works soooo much better.  How you get it to work for a GPU I don't know but make yourself some cash.   You earned it.

Not sure where to post this yet but the trailer looked pretty good.  Maybe JJ is better at Star Wars than Star Trek.

Brilliant!  I love you nerds.

Nice.  How did you figure out how to make the LUTs?

Glad to hear you are home.  You are a vital part of this community.  I appreciate and respect your knowledge and most of all your attitude and professionalism.  Get well soon.

DrDre said:

thorr said:

I think you nailed it!  How does it look when applying to other scenes?

Also, can you repost the tool.  I went to download it but it is expired.  Thanks!

 It looks oke, but the colors in the bluray are very inconsistent, so each shot definitely needs separate regrading. 

I'm nearly done with v1.3 of the tool. It should be up by tomorrow, and will allow you to export a LUT for use in programs like Nuke and Resolve. 

 Nice!  How are you making the LUTs?  In MathLab?

Yeah.  Especially with all that grain.

Nice job.

I'm betting on IP.

What if it's not from the negatives?

pittrek said:

OK, so I'll be the critical one.

The colours look pretty good, but the whole video is so dark... even the blacks look crushed.

The motion is "weird". There's even some motion smearing, I hope that's the correct term. It's nowhere as bad as the GOUT but it's pretty annoying. And I didn't notice it in further scenes.

Owen and the stuff behind his back - what's going on ? In some shots it appears like Owen's stable, but the background behind him is "dancing", in other shots the background looks almost like a static painting. In the "he doesn't exist anymore" shot  the whole picture is "weaving", just like in the shot where Luke wants to go to the academy.

The shot of the two suns the white sun is shaking. It's extremely annoying.

The rest is pretty much great.

 Maybe Team -1 should put timecode on their clips?  The community could provide an invaluable QC process.  

Can the falloff on the blacks and the highlights be less linear?  I typically isolate highlights and try and recover them as much as possible during grading.  As long as it looks natural.

If you make a LUT and download DaVinci Resolve you can grade in real-time through the LUT.  Placing a grade before the LUT will allow you to save clipped blacks and highlights.  Then you can then render an entire film in real-time.

If you have some $$$$ you can use this to make a LUT:

http://www.lightillusion.com/lut_image.html

There is probably a cheaper way to do it though.

Interesting!  I wonder if someone can figure out how to turn the grade into a Truelight LUT!

Most impressive!

I pretty much agree with everything Poita said on Verta's thread.

Posting here isn't as much fun as posting on Mike's forumn! :)

Also some really great television is being made now.  So a lot of talent is moving in that direction.  A film just can't contain the type of storytelling you can have with 4 seasons of 10 one hours shows.  The original trilogy was like getting 6 to 7 episodes of a single season of what you would get in a television show nowadays.  Then there is Pixar who has had a few speed bumps but consistently makes great solid work.  

DrDre said:

I'm not so sure there is less craft now than before. Working in the field of finance has thought me there's such a thing as a survivorship bias. We tend to forget the failures of the past, and remember the things that have lasted. In terms of filmmaking we remember the classics, but if I were to ask you what the worst films were of 1952, 1963 or 1977, I doubt anyone will remember. When we ask people about the great ones I'm sure most people could name a few. As we look further to the past, the ratio of good films over bad or mediocre films we remember tends to increase, giving us a false idea that there were relatively more great films during those days than there are now.

Exactly.  Like life we tend to forget the bad memories.  Otherwise we would all be a mess.

A lot of older people said Star Wars was bunk remember?  Even Sir Alec Guinness did not quite understand it.  It's not like all of a sudden story telling died there is just a lot more of it now and we gotta go looking for it.  There Will Be Blood is an amazing movie but I think it takes a more refined palette to enjoy it.  I do think that movie is amazing.

It's easier to believe in magic when you are 10.  Your emotions run high and memories are first made.  Many things are going to have an impact on you.  I still think Aliens is the perfect movie.

The mentorship thing is kind of gone away though but it's being replaced by an online community willing to share and teach.  These kids are going to be making some amazing cool films in the future.  I think as this younger generation grows up they are going to reject the super hero stuff and make something new and awesome.  But we all being old fogies might just see it as old stories told new but that's all Star Wars was too.  Old stories with a new twist.  People might say "Millennials" are lazy but the old generation has been saying this about the younger generation since the dawn of time.   

Now they will not understand the cultural significance of Star Wars but we will.  Every single piece of software and new tech has been ushered into this world a little faster because of that movie.  For better or worse it's helped make the film industry what it is today.

Do you ever think though that we are just old fogies and have trouble accepting something new as good?

In 30 years today's kids might grown up and and really love this new Star Wars film that is coming out.  These same kids that will like Iron Man and Avengers.  

Once everyone gets to the Death Star in Star Wars the film turns into a video game.  It's flawed but you kind of ignore it because you fell in love with it when you were 12.  

A lot of schlock was made for years.  The cream rises.  Genres change along with our taste and expectations. 

I as well!

To come after you guys Disney would probably get a lot of bad press.  I'm sure they will wait until after the new film to come after you all.