Office Hours LIVE! HDR White, Saturation Controls, New Displays, and AI Fails

Answering Member Questions – 2023 May 30

Mixing Light Contributors Daria Fissoun (new to the team!), Cullen Kelly, and Jason Bowdach join host and Mixing Light CEO Patrick Inhofer in leading this Office Hours LIVE! discussion. Today’s topics include:

• Welcoming Daria Fissoun (CSI) to the Mixing Light team
• Teasing the FSI new Quantum Dot Monitor
• DaVinci Resolve auto-transcription tool
• Can you use HDR Graphic White creatively? Where to park your graphics in HDR
• Understanding Fusion’s color management and color shift in HDR between Resolve pages
• Using Dolby Vision Trims to manage graphic white across HDR/SDR
• The challenge of working under specifications that exceed our deliverables
• Boosting Saturation in creative ways and understanding the role of luminance
• Third-party saturation tools and DCTLs
• Handling Resolve’s Depth Map unreliable results
• Managing unreasonable client requests

Mentioned in this Insight

• Daria Fissoun (CSI) – Colorist and Blackmagic Design trainer joins the Mixing Light team
• The Colorist Guide to DaVinci Resolve – Daria’s official DaVinci Resolve training book
• DaVinci Master Key – Formerly Goat’s Eye View, Daria’s YouTube channel
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Digital Color
• Descript – Online podcast and video transcription, editing, and publishing, as mentioned by Jason Bowdach.
• Mixing Light Insight – How To Manipulate Hue More Effectively In DaVinci Resolve – Adjusting Hue in alternate color spaces
• Mixing Light Insight – FSI Announces Industry First Quantum Dot OLED Mastering Display
• Color & Coffee – Jason Bowdach’s new color grading podcast
• Mad Max: Fury Road – “Meaty” saturation look reference
• Mononodes Color Shift DCTL – Stefan’s tool to shift color as mentioned by Daria.

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(Member questions in bold)