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estarkey
estarkey
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June 11, 2018
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Match colors to color chart in Premiere Pro CC 2018

  • June 11, 2018
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The new color match feature in Premiere Pro CC 2018 is fantastic! But how do you ensure you are getting accurate color? I'd like to auto correct by matching to a color chart. Is this feature possible in the current Premiere Pro?

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Correct answer Kevin-Monahan

Hi estarkey,

Sorry, no. What you are looking for is not yet available for Premiere Pro. Please make a feature request (see below)

In the interim, this article may be of some assistance: The ColorChecker Video Workflow - Premiere, FCPX and Resolve - X-Rite Photo Blog

Two feature requests to up vote:

Hope that helps.

Thanks,
Kevin

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Kevin-Monahan
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Kevin-MonahanCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
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June 27, 2018

Hi estarkey,

Sorry, no. What you are looking for is not yet available for Premiere Pro. Please make a feature request (see below)

In the interim, this article may be of some assistance: The ColorChecker Video Workflow - Premiere, FCPX and Resolve - X-Rite Photo Blog

Two feature requests to up vote:

Hope that helps.

Thanks,
Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
R Neil Haugen
R Neil Haugen
Legend
June 11, 2018

The technical way to ensure accurate color is to use an external box by AJA, Kona, or BMD using calibration LUTs to control a broadcast quality pro monitor that itself is heavily calibrated.

Professionally.

Short of that, you need to have a computer monitor capable of 100% of the sRGB color space as it's native design and at 2.2 for gamma. Also calibrated with a good quality puck & software system.

It's not perfect but can be useful, especially if you have someone who has a professional broadcast setup that is known to pass QC checks, maybe a colorist or other editor. Get them to load some clips you've exported into their system and see what it appears like on their system, and especially what their scopes show.

A color chart on a non-color managed system won't do much.

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...
estarkey
estarkeyAuthor
Known Participant
June 12, 2018

Color management is a given. But I'm not working in a REC-709 color space, so sRGB won't cut it, as I'm in REC-2020 as this is an HDR export. I'm not even certain if Premiere Pro can output anything other than REC-709 to the display? My camera does true 10-bit recording and my graphics card and display support 10-bit output (graphics card is AMD Vega Frontier Edition, and display supports DCI-P3 color).

I was hoping that the tools could detect a color chart, and adjust the color to match the card, but I'll guess I'll have to stick to the vector scope.

R Neil Haugen
R Neil Haugen
Legend
June 12, 2018

PrPro has limited ability in 2020 and/or HDR as of this time. They talked as mentioned at NAB of working on both color management controls and HDR, but as is, it's able to do some with extending the scope via HDR nits settings.

But HDR means higher nit settings ... is your monitor re-calibrated for say 300 nits or so?

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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