Happy Birthday! Thank you so much for creating this, it is something I intend to learn to create, and suddenly you released a better version and it's free. Good job!!!
Skin tones can be different between different people, different parts of the world and just different lightning. As such the DCTL allows you to calibrate/center the skin tone indicator to the exact hue you're after so you can match to it shot after shot.
The DCTL supports V-Log, so as long as you put it before the LUT, it'll work. It's anyways a good idea to have the log>709 LUT as the very last thing in your node tree. Does that answer your question?
@@KaurH Yes exactly that was my question. I thought it needed Davinci Wide Intermediate in order to work. In the future i want to switch my workflow to DWG but for now i am only doing my own stuff and want to have a simple fast workflow, which is using Phantom Luts.
@@Milan-cf1xe If the LUTs give you satisfactory results and don't break the image - go for it! My tools support quite a long list of different transfer functions (aka "gammas")
Thank you Kaur! I looked at the PDF manual. There is no reference card showing the +/- f-stop values of the false color display. Do you have one available?
What are you looking for exactly? The guide to which color corresponds to how many stop from middle gray is built in to the DCTL itself as an on-screen overlay.
Can the false color option in the KH Corrector v1.40 monitor HLG/PQ footage too? As of now it seems its designed only for log footage being converted to Rec709. Trying the demo pack rest of the controls exposure, WB, works but monitoring the HDR footage with false color on HDR monitor shows +2 Over exposed which in Reality is not over exposed. Same happens with -2 being represented as under exposed where as in HDR it hold good amount of details.
I should've made it more clear, but false color doesn't display stops when used on a display referred image. That's because at that point the image has passed through picture formation and can no longer be transformed into scene linear.
This is amazing, currently using this on a project. I just don't understand the skin vector. I mean: my skin should land in a fixed skin indicator in the vectorscope. The skin vector shift the skin indicator line towards yellow or red? Why should I do that? Thanks in advance
The demo pack includes almost all of my DCTLs, but with a watermark. This allows you to test them out on your own footage before purchasing. The False Color DCTL is a 9-band customizable stops-based false color. For each band, you can set the range in stops relative to middle gray and the HSL color it'll be displayed as. For example -1 stops to +1 stops, display as green.
@@KaurH Thank you for your reply. I purchased the False Color DCTL v.1.1.1 $29.99 from your website yesterday and it's working great. I have a couple of questions: 1) Is there a way to add the scale of stops (-6 to +6) in the display in Davinci? Like your False Color in your KH Checkers v.1.0.1, that show you that scale in stops. 2) Can I convert that False Color DCTL v.1.1.1 into LUT for my BMCC 6K Full Frame? Thank you.
@@pablozea2023 1. I haven't implemented the display because the false color DCTLs has ranges of stops, which wouldn't fit nicely on the display 2. Sure you can
DCTLs can be exported as LUTs since Resolve 18.5, but as I haven't tested this workflow myself, I can't say for certain if 33-point LUTs have enough precision for false color.
This is great! Thanks. Is there a difference between putting it before the ODT in davinci wide gamut or after the ODT in rec 709? When its after the ODT doesn't that include the final image or does it not matter?
Anything going after the ODT cannot, by definition, be scene referred, meaning accurate in stops. As such, I recommend placing this DCTL before the ODT if you plan on using the false color or middle gray checkers. Skin tone checking works both before or after the ODT, given that you calibrate it to your color pipline and target skin tones.
I find it quite useful for matching exposure between similar shots. But you are correct with the fact that everyone's skin is different from hue to brightness and as such there is no single target to hit.
@@KaurH Yes, it is usefull sometimes, but 18% grey target, light meter or an expodisc are better solutions for setting the consistant exposure. In the high end productions it is well proven approach. And the second best tool is a colorchecker.
2 stops above and 2 stops below will cover pretty much any skin luminance from pretty much any human. With film the ratio is the most important thing - them it will scale to fit any exposure. The idea of 1/2 stops is to dial it in with the false color viewing.
Think of them like scopes. They are visuals to help in guidance for things like skin and exposure. Even a DP or cinematographer will use a light meter.
April 2nd - Happy Birthday Kaur. Great work on this. Very generous to give others a present on your birthday. Cheers.
Yes, there's only one thing better than getting gifts - giving them! Hope this tool will find use in many colorists' workflows!
Happy Birthday! Thank you so much for creating this, it is something I intend to learn to create, and suddenly you released a better version and it's free. Good job!!!
Thank you! Yeah, I was creating these checkers for the corrector DCTL and then thought that every colorist should have these in their toolkit!
Wow this is awesome man! Thanks a lot for this tool!
I always felt like the skin tone line left me unsure.
Look forward to giving this a shot
Hope you find it useful!
Awesome tools as always Kaur. Thanks for this
Excellent plugin! Thank you for sharing it for free. As an amateur videographer, I really appreciate it!
Wow, must try these! Thank you so much Kaur!
Thanks so much Kaur, these are fantastic! Really appreciate the hard work you've put into them.
oh my god thank you for making these
Enjoy, Neil!
Dope work as always
Great stuff! 👏🏻
Thanks, Alex! 🙌
Many times entered my e-mail address but not a single time download link was mailed to me.
@@VinayKumarSpecial Hey, I'm really sorry to hear that! Please get in contact with PixelTools support directly: info@pixeltoolspost.com
Amazing work, thank you for sharing it !
Happy Birthday🎉🎉
Thank you, Jens!!
That's so cool!
thank you so much, really appreciate it
thankyou
Thank you!
Big Thanks
Thank you! a link for the refarence ARRI image?
You are genius.
Amazing stuff!
*Can someone explain the purpose of the skintone vector?
Skin tones can be different between different people, different parts of the world and just different lightning. As such the DCTL allows you to calibrate/center the skin tone indicator to the exact hue you're after so you can match to it shot after shot.
@@KaurH Ahh I see, that makes sense! Thanks Kaur!
I can't install it on my Davinci Resolve 17, it only works for newest Davinci or what?
Tbh, I haven't tested in v17. Could you send me your log file? support@kaurh.com
Does it have to be a color managed workflow in order to work? I know its not the right way, but i often use a conversion lut from v-log to rec 709.
The DCTL supports V-Log, so as long as you put it before the LUT, it'll work. It's anyways a good idea to have the log>709 LUT as the very last thing in your node tree.
Does that answer your question?
@@KaurH Yes exactly that was my question. I thought it needed Davinci Wide Intermediate in order to work. In the future i want to switch my workflow to DWG but for now i am only doing my own stuff and want to have a simple fast workflow, which is using Phantom Luts.
@@Milan-cf1xe If the LUTs give you satisfactory results and don't break the image - go for it!
My tools support quite a long list of different transfer functions (aka "gammas")
Thank you Kaur! I looked at the PDF manual. There is no reference card showing the +/- f-stop values of the false color display. Do you have one available?
What are you looking for exactly? The guide to which color corresponds to how many stop from middle gray is built in to the DCTL itself as an on-screen overlay.
@@KaurH Thanks Kaur. I must have switched the Checker Guides off. This is a great tool, will try with Corrector.
No worries! And if you have any feature suggestions, I'm all ears!@@vivoices
Can the false color option in the KH Corrector v1.40 monitor HLG/PQ footage too?
As of now it seems its designed only for log footage being converted to Rec709. Trying the demo pack rest of the controls exposure, WB, works but monitoring the HDR footage with false color on HDR monitor shows +2 Over exposed which in Reality is not over exposed. Same happens with -2 being represented as under exposed where as in HDR it hold good amount of details.
I should've made it more clear, but false color doesn't display stops when used on a display referred image. That's because at that point the image has passed through picture formation and can no longer be transformed into scene linear.
Giving the basic checkers away for free? Thank you sir 😇
Link to Checkers doesn't work, it's stuck at Processing... did you remove it? can't find it in your store page
Hey, my bad! It's currently unavailable as I'm merging my store with PixelTools. It'll be available on PixelTools in a week or two.
This is amazing, currently using this on a project. I just don't understand the skin vector. I mean: my skin should land in a fixed skin indicator in the vectorscope. The skin vector shift the skin indicator line towards yellow or red? Why should I do that? Thanks in advance
Different skin tones can be slightly different and also different ODTs (color management) can affect them as well.
Hi Kaur. Thank you for your wonderful tools. What's the difference between the free demo pack vs your False Color DCTL v.1.1.1 $29,99 USD?
The demo pack includes almost all of my DCTLs, but with a watermark. This allows you to test them out on your own footage before purchasing.
The False Color DCTL is a 9-band customizable stops-based false color. For each band, you can set the range in stops relative to middle gray and the HSL color it'll be displayed as.
For example -1 stops to +1 stops, display as green.
@@KaurH Thank you for your reply. I purchased the False Color DCTL v.1.1.1 $29.99 from your website yesterday and it's working great. I have a couple of questions: 1) Is there a way to add the scale of stops (-6 to +6) in the display in Davinci? Like your False Color in your KH Checkers v.1.0.1, that show you that scale in stops. 2) Can I convert that False Color DCTL v.1.1.1 into LUT for my BMCC 6K Full Frame? Thank you.
@@pablozea2023 1. I haven't implemented the display because the false color DCTLs has ranges of stops, which wouldn't fit nicely on the display
2. Sure you can
@@KaurH Thank you.
where can I get those checkers? I downloaded the free stuff but it's not there...
I've recently started merging with PixelTools. The Checkers DCTL now lives in the PixelTools free toolkit, link also in the description.
@@KaurH I did download that, but it's different from your tool... anyways i've figured our how to use a different skin checker tool now.
@foxyvisionsvideographer The Checkers on PixelTools is the same tool. The only major addition since making this video is the negatives checker.
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hello, it seem very nice. but where must i install the "PowerGrades" folder with the png and drx files?
The DCTL goes into the LUTs folder, PowerGrades are dragged into the Stills Gallery on the color page.
Do you know where a DCTL is locatet in the Imagepipline, that is addet in the Edit Page?
Between Pre-Clip Grade and Clip Grade.
Source: Reference Manual page 3168 "Overall Image Processing"
@@KaurH Thank you very much.
Amazing. Thanks a lot.
Is it possible to export these DCTL'S as a LUT and use them on an external monitor to create custom monitoring tools ?
Or is that a silly idea 0.0
DCTLs can be exported as LUTs since Resolve 18.5, but as I haven't tested this workflow myself, I can't say for certain if 33-point LUTs have enough precision for false color.
do you put powergrade folder into lut folder too thanks
Just drag one of the power grade files into your still gallery
@@KaurH thank you
This is great! Thanks. Is there a difference between putting it before the ODT in davinci wide gamut or after the ODT in rec 709? When its after the ODT doesn't that include the final image or does it not matter?
Anything going after the ODT cannot, by definition, be scene referred, meaning accurate in stops. As such, I recommend placing this DCTL before the ODT if you plan on using the false color or middle gray checkers.
Skin tone checking works both before or after the ODT, given that you calibrate it to your color pipline and target skin tones.
Skin false color is useless because every human has its own skin tone and skin brightness. You won't get a consistant exposure with it.
I find it quite useful for matching exposure between similar shots. But you are correct with the fact that everyone's skin is different from hue to brightness and as such there is no single target to hit.
@@KaurH Yes, it is usefull sometimes, but 18% grey target, light meter or an expodisc are better solutions for setting the consistant exposure. In the high end productions it is well proven approach. And the second best tool is a colorchecker.
2 stops above and 2 stops below will cover pretty much any skin luminance from pretty much any human. With film the ratio is the most important thing - them it will scale to fit any exposure.
The idea of 1/2 stops is to dial it in with the false color viewing.
So you are saying that without this dctl I can’t achieve perfect skin tone and exposure 😂😂😂😂😂😂 you people are making me laugh.
No one said you can't... but it can help beginners 😉
Think of them like scopes. They are visuals to help in guidance for things like skin and exposure. Even a DP or cinematographer will use a light meter.
You know people sell these for actual money and this dude is giving it out for free right?