Importing MXF files into Premiere CC without overexposing footage

[maximumdesigninc]

Does anyone have a workaround for importing .MXF files in Premiere CC without the results coming out over-exposed?

[Meg The Dog]

Can you post a small portion of the problematic source file somewhere public so it can be downloaded?

Or show a screen shot of the problem?

MtD

[maximumdesigninc]

When the MXF file is imported it looks like this. I am also copying the .xml info below if that helps.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>

<NonRealTimeMeta lastUpdate="2017-07-17T14:23:35-05:00" xmlns="urn:schemas-professionalDisc:nonRealTimeMeta:ver.2.00" xmlns:lib="urn:schemas-professionalDisc:lib:ver.2.00" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<TargetMaterial umidRef="060A2B340101010501010D4313000000B00340A9817605DC0800460201323399"/>

<Duration value="608"/>

<LtcChangeTable halfStep="false" tcFps="24">

<LtcChange frameCount="0" status="increment" value="04355216"/>

<LtcChange frameCount="607" status="end" value="11005316"/>

</LtcChangeTable>

<CreationDate value="2016-10-20T10:52:01-05:00"/>

<TypicalUbit value="0000000000000000"/>

<KlvPacketTable>

<KlvPacket frameCount="0" key="060E2B34010101050301020A02000000" lengthValue="095F5265635374617274" status="spot"/>

</KlvPacketTable>

<VideoFormat>

<VideoRecPort port="DIRECT"/>

<VideoFrame captureFps="23.98p" formatFps="23.98p" videoCodec="F55RAWSQ_4096_2160"/>

<VideoLayout aspectRatio="256:135" numOfVerticalLine="2160" pixel="4096" pixelAspect="1:1"/>

</VideoFormat>

<AudioFormat numOfChannel="4">

<AudioRecPort audioCodec="LPCM24" port="ANALOG" samplingRate="48000" trackDst="CH1"/>

<AudioRecPort audioCodec="LPCM24" port="ANALOG" samplingRate="48000" trackDst="CH2"/>

</AudioFormat>

<Device manufacturer="Sony" modelName="AXS-R5" serialNo="00013209">

</Device>

<Camera manufacturer="Sony" modelName="PMW-F5" serialNo="100925"/>

<RecordingMode cacheRec="false" type="normal"/>

<AcquisitionRecord>

<Group name="LensUnitMetadataSet">

<Item name="LensAttributes" value="Unknown"/>

</Group>

<Group name="CameraUnitMetadataSet">

<Item name="ExposureIndexOfPhotoMeter" value="2000"/>

<Item name="NeutralDensityFilterWheelSetting" value="64"/>

<Item name="ImageSensorReadoutMode" value="ProgressiveFrame"/>

<Item name="ShutterSpeedAngle" value="21600"/>

<Item name="ISOSensitivity" value="2000"/>

<Item name="WhiteBalance" value="5500"/>

<Item name="CaptureGammaEquation" value="SceneLinear"/>

<Item name="GammaForCDL" value="R709Video"/>

<Item name="CameraAttributes" value="F5  100925"/>

</Group>

<Group name="SonyF65CameraMetadataSet">

<Item name="EffectiveMarkerCoverage" value="4096/4096"/>

<Item name="EffectiveMarkerAspectRatio" value="4096:2160"/>

<Item name="CameraProcessDiscriminationCode" value="201"/>

<Item name="RawBlackCodeValue" value="512"/>

<Item name="RawGrayCodeValue" value="1504"/>

<Item name="RawWhiteCodeValue" value="5472"/>

<Item name="MonitoringBaseCurve" value="R709 800%"/>

<Item name="MonitoringDescriptions" value="R709 800%"/>

</Group>

</AcquisitionRecord>

<RelevantFiles>

<RelatedTo rel="subStream" umid="060A2B340101010501010D4313000000F63B3BA9817605DD08004602026A8A3D"/>

</RelevantFiles>

<UserDescriptiveMetadata>

<Meta content="" name="Circle"/>

<Meta content="" name="Project"/>

<Meta content="" name="DirectorName"/>

<Meta content="" name="DirectorOfPhotographyName"/>

<Meta content="" name="Production"/>

<Meta content="A" name="CameraIndex"/>

<Meta content="030" name="Reel"/>

<Meta content="" name="Scene"/>

<Meta content="" name="Cut"/>

<Meta content="" name="Take"/>

<Meta content="001" name="Shot"/>

<Meta content="" name="MarkIn"/>

<Meta content="" name="MarkOut"/>

</UserDescriptiveMetadata>

<ExtendedContents>

<cdl:ColorCorrectionCollection xmlns:cdl="urn:ASC:CDL:v1.01">

<cdl:ColorCorrection id="PMW-F5:cdl:cc0001">

   <cdl:SOPNode>

   <cdl:Slope>1.0000 1.0000 1.0000</cdl:Slope>

   <cdl:Offset>0.0000 0.0000 0.0000</cdl:Offset>

   <cdl:Power>1.0000 1.0000 1.0000</cdl:Power>

</cdl:SOPNode>

   <cdl:SatNode>

   <cdl:Saturation>1.0000</cdl:Saturation>

</cdl:SatNode>

</cdl:ColorCorrection>

</cdl:ColorCorrectionCollection>

</ExtendedContents>

</NonRealTimeMeta>

[R Neil Haugen]

There's all sorts of things that could be at issue here.

First, do you have a fully calibrated monitor set to Rec709, and calibrated with a puck-style unit? If not, do so. NO computer monitor is trustable out of the box ... unless perhaps say some of the Flanders Scientific rigs for several grand each, but even the colorists I know using those run them out of BlackMagic/AJA/Kona external boxes with calibration LUTs applied.

Second, what do the Lumetri scopes show? The RGB Parade or Waveform (RGB or Color) will show the media's underlying nature for exposure data, and the Vectorscope YUV for saturation.

Include a screen grab of the scopes, and it will show us if the media is overexposed and if so how much, or if the media is fine and that monitor is out of whack.

Neil

[maximumdesigninc]

Here is the Lumetri scope.  I unfortunately do not have a puck-calibrated model. I understand the need for one, but in this instance I am on site without access to one, but I can tell from another video I received from the guy who shot this footage that it is overexposed. I am including other "final" footage below the lumetri scope.

Final footage received.

[Meg The Dog]

I'm not a colorist, but it looks like it needs the appropriate LUT applied.

MtD

[R Neil Haugen]

Possible ... I wonder what the media is, what the settings for codec/format were in the camera ... is this a log-type format or what ... hope the OP can give us this.

Neil