Color Setup should be project based not sequence based

[Andrew C. Brinsmead]

I'm starting to use the improved color management tools, but I've found that making the color setup a sequence based rather than a project (or production based) option is frustrating.

First of all, who (or why) would anyone want to have a project where they mix color setup workflows? I can't think of a reason why this would be needed. Perhaps there might be a small number of situations where mixing color setups in the same project is appropriate, overall, I think most people only need to work in one color setup workflow (the various rec 709 options or the various wide gamut options).

As I'm editing a project and I've changed my color management workflow midway through editing, I'm having to reset the color setup of about 80'ish story sequences (all of my multicam clips, then all of my edited story sequences, and then my compiles of edited sequences…🙄) and convert them all from standard rec 709 to Wide Gamut (Tone Mapped); to get them all into the same wide gamut tone mapped color setup, instead of checking one switch to switch everything over in my project to the Wide Gamut color setup.

In future, my basic sequence settings will be set to Wide Gamut by default (as part of my template sequence settings); but I think it would be better to implement the working color space option at a project (or production level)

[R Neil Haugen]

The color management options start with the project wide settings, and work down to sequence specific settings. So I'm struggling to understand the trouble ... ?

In these days it is not at all unusual to have clips that one wants to work in both HDR and SDR deliverables. So the current setup, which easily fits either all HDR, all SDR, or mixed use, seems rather utilitarian to me.

[Andrew C. Brinsmead]

the trouble is that all of the sequence color setup settings for all of your sequences (including multicam clips & nested sequences) have to be manually reconfigured when you decide to use change which color setup you use (rec 709 or wide gamut).

Yes occasionally you may have both HDR & SDR deliverables, but to accommodate an occasional situation, does the entire workflow need to be predicated on what might be required occasionally? 


Perhaps there is already a project wide way to reset the color setup of all sequences between Rec 709 & Wide Gamut that I've missed; if there is, could you point it out to me?

[Sumeet Kumar Choubey]

Hi Andrew C. Brinsmead,

There is a project-wise color setting in Premiere Pro to adjust a few options (HDR Graphics White, 3D LUT Interpolation & Viewer Gamma). However, there is no way to bulk change the Color Setup (Color Spaces & Tone Mapping) for multiple sequences in a project. Currently, the Color Setup can only be changed on a sequence basis. Thank you for sharing this feature request so other users can vote for it if they are interested.

Regards,
Sumeet

[R Neil Haugen]

Many users routinely do both HDR and SDR ... and that is easily done without issue that I've noted.  Any say log media can be used in both an SDR and an HDR sequence in the same project without any issues, as far as my testing has been.

What is the specific problem you are running into?