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On 5 Jul 2012, at 12:42, Neil Scholes wrote:

> Yes - only use rec709 if your monitor can do rec709. color
> 
> I feel justifiably ready to comment on this after ( A SHIT LOAD) of theory 
> research on my own project.
> 
> The alpha thing makes sense to me - as alpha isnt for 'viewing' as such - its 
> a data channel for comping - setting to linear will darken the perceived 
> image meaning you can perhaps see more detail.
> 
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> 
> Neil Scholes
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> On 5 Jul 2012, at 10:46, Patrick O'Casey wrote:
> 
>> Hey there :) 
>> 
>> Yes, if it's and sRGB monitor then the Nuke viewer should be set to sRGB. 
>> I'm not sure on the whole "emulate the look of a rec 709 by setting the Nuke 
>> viewer to rec 709"-thing. That sounds a bit odd to me. But then again, 
>> IANACSN. 
>> 
>> I have however seen instances when it was useful to set the viewer to 
>> something else. For instance, when viewing (not measuring mind you, just 
>> viewing) alphas with soft edges it seems that you get a more accurate idea 
>> of what area and how much the alpha will effect when you set the viewer to 
>> linear. I haven't confirmed this but it seems to be true from my own highly 
>> un-scientific tests. :)
>> 
>> Hope that all is good in the GHOST-ly part of Denmark. :)
>> 
>> .patrick     
>> 
>> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Peter Hartwig <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> Hey patrick!
>> 
>> So likewise if on a standard dell monitor it should be set to srgb right? 
>> 
>> Hope all is good in sweden :)
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On Jul 5, 2012, at 10:37 AM, "Patrick O'Casey" <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> I am not a color scientist ninja (IANACSN?) but...
>>> 
>>> If I remember correctly the Dreamcolor has several different colorspace 
>>> presets. So I guess it would depend on which preset you've set the 
>>> Dreamcolor to. But if it is set to rec709 then your Nuke viewer should be 
>>> set to the same. Since Nuke linearizes the image in the read node you have 
>>> to apply the same gamma correction in the Nuke viewer that your monitor 
>>> applies to the signal that it gets.  
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Peter Hartwig <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> Hey guys
>>> 
>>> I was having a talk with a colleague yesterday. Is my understanding
>>> correct, that if your monitor is a standard sRGB you need to have the
>>> viewer lut set to sRGB, and if you have a dreamcolor monitor, you need
>>> to set it to rec709? My colleagues argument was that on sRGB monitors
>>> you need to set it to rec709 to see how it would look on a rec709
>>> display....
>>> 
>>> Could you help settle this? =)
>>> 
>>> Peter
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