Notice of Meeting - ACES Gamut Compression Implementation VWG - Meeting #12 - 6/17/2021

ACES Gamut Compression Implementation VWG Meeting #12

Thursday, June 17, 2021
5:00pm - 6:00pm Pacific Time (12:00am Friday UTC)

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  • 6/24/21: 9:30am PT

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Sorry for the delay, I forgot to post this! Recap:

  • @michaelch - powers that be would like to push out the GC before AMF, should we include the parametric version?
  • Group says no, we should wait on the parameters and just use the DCTL for now
  • @jzp - we just need to plan for the interim plan before AMF is implemented
  • Group agrees that writing a User Guide in addition to an Implementation Guide makes sense - especially around what users shouldn’t do
  • @nick - is it easy enough to make sure the GC gets turned off when choosing the “flat pass” mode when in Resolve? @michaelch - yes, should be
  • So the “easy” part is ensuring it’s off for VFX pulls - but how do we handle the returns from VFX that have the compression baked in?
  • @matthias.scharfenber - prefer exr metadata / headers
  • @jzp - you can’t just easily add a header attribute to an openEXR - if it were fixed length like DPX, you could hack it, but it’s not ideal.
  • You can modify metadata in Nuke, it would need to be put into the Nuke OCIO transform and not native to OCIO
  • @jzp - if we don’t standardize it, someone else will - and there will be a million different ways
  • Are there other options besides EXR metadata or naming conventions for tracking the gamut compression in the interim? Not really.
  • @joseph : if you’re going to add exr metadata, get it added to the reference openEXR implementation.
  • @matthias.scharfenber - but this is a temporary solution - just until AMF is up and running everywhere.
  • @nick - but it will still need to be recognized in the archive long term, which could be a headache.

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