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June 12, 2021
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ProRes RAW footage - very red tonemapping

  • June 12, 2021
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Hi everyone! I am shooting with an A7S III, recording ProRes RAW on a Ninja V. When I import this footage into Premiere Pro, it is incredibly red. I tried every combo below:

  • Setting the Source Colour space in Premiere Prores RAW settings to BT709 and Slog3Cine

  • Applying the official Sony Slog3 to Rec709 LUTs on the clip

  • Changing sequence colour management between Rec709 and HLG and PQ

 

All I get are different amounts of red, and completely unusable footage.

 

When shooting, I monitor the footage on the Ninja using one of the Sony Slog3/Cine to Rec 709 LUTs, and it looks perfect. The LUT is not burned in, and the footage looks like regular washed out raw without the LUT. The footage is also output perfectly fine to an Atomos Sumo and a Blackmagic Video Assist, no redness with or without LUT applied.

 

In fact, I can re-record the footage from the Ninja on any other monitor, in Prores 422 or whatever "normal" codec, and it's fine.

 

I have loaded the footage into Assimilate Scratch and it looks fine. SLog3 footage recorded internally using the camera's XAVC codecs look fine, as does Prores 422 recording.

 

So the problem must be between ProRes RAW and Premiere. It is simply a tonemapping issue. Has anybody come across a problem like this? Any solution?

 

I am using latest version of Premiere Pro, on Windows 10.

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chrisw44157881
Inspiring
November 12, 2022

i saw another thread that if you disable the onboard igpu, it forces premiere to use your exernal graphics card. also, do you have color management setup correctly and cuda enabled in renderer?

R Neil Haugen
Legend
June 12, 2021

There's an Apple ProRes RAW file/app you need to download/install on Windows to get it playing correctly.

 

Neil

 

Everyone's mileage always varies ...
ablfilmsAuthor
Participant
June 12, 2021

Hi Neil, that's already downbloaded. The one that enables Prores RAW settings in the Source file effects control, right?

R Neil Haugen
Legend
June 12, 2021

Yea. Wonder what's broken on yours? I was just into some P-R RAW media yesterday, it was fine on my Win machine.

 

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...