Premiere Pro 22, Sony MXF, color change between versions

Their new CM defaults are ... intriguiging ... ahem.

We need panel to set defaults and overrides in. A SINGLE panel to do this.

With this S-log-3 Gamut-3 MXF clip if you simply drop this clip on a sequence, set the scopes to HLG color space and the scale (right side lower corner) to HDR ... you'll see the following image:

They are clearly showing that file with a brightness range from 0 to somewhere around 4,000 to 6,000 nits! The full dynamic range possible from the file.

And you can actually get that within a Rec.709 view by pulling the Basic Tab Exposure slider way down, and get the file displayed without clipping. Not what I would recommend, but possible.

The wiser choice will be to select in the bin and do the Modify/Interpret Footage/override to "normal" Rec.709. That brings this in as a LOG image, like this:

And you can either manually or via LUT transform to display properly in Rec.709 as below. This was with the Basic Contrast lifted, then a small amount of Exposure 'up' and Shadows 'down' to normalize the image. This could be saved as a Lumetri Preset in the Effects panel that you can apply either to clips in the bin (goes on their Source settings tab) or on a sequence, to one or all selected clips.

Or of course, as a 'transform' type of LUT also. If as a LUT, I always recommend parking them in the Creative folder LUTs as then you can apply the LUT to any clip, and for proper trimming that clip's exposure/contrast/saturation through the LUT, use the Basic tab controls to 'trim' the view of the image.

And again ... for LUTs, never ever put any LUTs into the Premiere program folder LUT folder! Always use the chart below, and you'll have to add one or more folders of the 'tree' to get to the full folder tree listing, which works perfectly.

Neil

by the way its the same on 22.1.1 BETA