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Lukasz R
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March 25, 2022
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Dolby Vision export in Premiere Pro

  • March 25, 2022
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Hi,

Is there or will there be an option to export materials from Iphone 12/13 pro in Dolby Vision format? The only thing I can currently do is export to HDR (hlg). However, I care about a typical DV. Am I doing something wrong, or does PremierePro not have Dolby Vision export option yet? Thanks.

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Premiere Pro does not have Dolby Vision export, and considering Adobe dropped other Dolby licenses (like Dolby Audio) in 2018, I don't particularly expect Adobe to add Dolby Vision support anytime soon, but hey, you never know.

 

Per your post, keep in mind Dolby Vision isn't fully equatable to HLG. One is an HDR format (DV), the other is a gamma transfer function (HLG). For now in Premiere, you'd be limited to the HDR10 format.

 

While I admittedly don't work with HDR content myslf, Dolby Vision, to the best of my knowledge, uses PQ gamma (which Premiere does also support). So, while you wouldn't have the specific Dolby Vision format and metadata, you could make an export in the HDR10 format export that uses the Rec 2100 PQ color space.

 

HDR workflows have a bunch of considerations, this is a decent (albeit a bit dated) article on that for Premiere: https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/hdr-workflows.html

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March 25, 2022

Premiere Pro does not have Dolby Vision export, and considering Adobe dropped other Dolby licenses (like Dolby Audio) in 2018, I don't particularly expect Adobe to add Dolby Vision support anytime soon, but hey, you never know.

 

Per your post, keep in mind Dolby Vision isn't fully equatable to HLG. One is an HDR format (DV), the other is a gamma transfer function (HLG). For now in Premiere, you'd be limited to the HDR10 format.

 

While I admittedly don't work with HDR content myslf, Dolby Vision, to the best of my knowledge, uses PQ gamma (which Premiere does also support). So, while you wouldn't have the specific Dolby Vision format and metadata, you could make an export in the HDR10 format export that uses the Rec 2100 PQ color space.

 

HDR workflows have a bunch of considerations, this is a decent (albeit a bit dated) article on that for Premiere: https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/hdr-workflows.html

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    Lukasz RAuthor
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    March 25, 2022

    Yes I thought DV does not exist in Premiere Pro 😞
    Currently, I know a lot about working in typical HDR, but I miss DolbyVision. Imports files from iPhone 13 pro automatically 2100 HLG and Apple ProRes 422 HQ codec. After editing, I export to HEVC, HLG of course with maximum rendering deepth. Nits at 203 (75%HLG, 58%PQ), but I don't see a difference when selecting HDR10 metadata. What does HDR10 metadata visually give you? Maybe I'm blind 🙂

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    Lukasz RAuthor
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    March 25, 2022

    Premeire can work rather decently now (once you've figured it out!) in both HLG and PQ in Rec.2100. But no, it can't actually work in DolbyVision. And from what I've seen on the Web, FCPx is like Premiere ... it can work with and export PQ and HLG, but not actual DolbyVision.

     

    Most apps can't. I'm a contributing author over at the MixingLight site, and their founders were the team that Dolby Labs hired to create the in-house DolbyVision training vids/tutorials. So I've been around a lot of D-V training and discussions.

     

    Full D-V work involves creating a ton of data for the exported file's llinked metadata. Resolve can do it "internally" for a base-level D-V project, but a full streaming output typically takes the addition of the DolbyVision external box connected to your computer. That device then does the final prep to get all the data needed for a full export of D-V data packaged with the file itself.

     

    And it ain't cheap ...

     

    Neil


    So what's the point in the fact that apple gave DV in movies with the iPhone 12 / 13pro, since it cannot be exported after editing in the same format? Pity. So it will slow down with ordinary HDR, HDR10 and HLG. Thank you.

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