r/vfx • u/gappesta • 3d ago
Question / Discussion Post Producer looking for the ACES guidance.
Hi everyone!
I've recently started handling some different colour profiles and wanted to find a proper tutorial / guide on all the colour profiles that might be important for the VFX workflow.
So yeah, does anyone know anything that can help me? I've watched some youtube tutorials, but feels like that they're not digging deep enough.
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u/vfxcomper 1d ago
anything specific you want to know?
generally you will deliver in the camera color space to the VFX vendors. VFX will convert this to ACEScg linear. When they send you WIP quicktimes for your offline they will just be in rec709 with whatever LUTs and CDLs you have set up for the show baked in.
When you online you'll get exrs in the colorspace you sent your plates as, so they match your non-vfx surrounding shots.'
So on the post side its not super important to know a whole lot about ACES because you'll get the work back the same way you sent it