Dehancer
DaVinci Wide Gamut pipeline

Project Color Management and Dehancer configuration:

Featured in: Dehancer Pro

DaVinci WG/Intermediate color gamut in combination with the DaVinci YRGB Color Managed color science provides a reliable workflow for HDR grading, making full use of the wide gamut source data and providing the solid headroom for potentially out of gamut colors such as saturated highlights, neon tubes, etc.

DaVinci WG/Intermediate and DaVinci WG/Rec.709 is fully supported in Dehancer OFX Pro.

Project Color Management and Dehancer configuration (simple):

  1. Open the Project Settings and set Color Science to DaVinci YRGB Color Managed.
  2. Disable the Automatic color management checkbox.
  3. Set the Color Processing mode to HDR DaVinci Wide Gamut Intermediate.
  4. The input transformation of the clip will be set automatically based on a clip metadata.
  5. Output color space depends on your delivery standards, assuming that your display is capable of rendering a selected color space. Use the Rec.709 (Scene) as the common choice for SDR delivery.
  6. In Dehancer set the Input/Source to DVR WG/Intermediate.

Project Color Management and Dehancer configuration (advanced):

  1. Open the Project Settings and set Color Science to DaVinci YRGB Color Managed.
  2. Disable the Automatic color management checkbox, set the Color Processing mode to Custom and enable the Use separate color space and gamma checkbox.
  3. Choose DaVinci WG for both the Input color space and the Timeline color space.
  4. Select DaVinci Intermediate as the Input gamma and Timeline Gamma (gamma setting is located to the right of color space selection). DaVinci Intermediate allows you to get full advantage of the extended luminance range (HDR), assuming that your source clip provides reliable wide gamut data.
  5. For grading of the sources with normal gamut and for the Rec.709 clips give preference to the Rec.709 as the Input gamma and the Timeline gamma.
  6. The input transformation of a particular clip will be set automatically based on a clip metadata. Also, it is possible to manually select the Input Color Space and Input Gamma profiles from the clip context menu while being in the Color tab. Notice that the clip Input Gamma should always match your Timeline gamma setting.
  7. Output color space depends on your delivery standards, assuming that your display is capable of rendering a selected color space. Also, it is possible to Limit output gamut to better match you display capabilities. Use the Rec.709 as the common choice for SDR delivery.
  8. In Dehancer select the Input/Source according to your Timeline setting: DVR WG/Rec.709 or DVR WG/Intermediate.

Now you are all set for using Dehancer with DaVinci Wide Gamut.