Color Management 5.1.3.

5.1.3 Display settings

Proof:

Since the color profiles directly generate cineon data, judging the effect of the Color Management on the screen can be difficult. Therefore, the proof mode allows for simulating the appearance of the recorded image on the workstation monitor.

•To use the proof-mode, an ICC profile for the monitor has to be selected in preferences.

Note: It is also handy to select the HDTV monitor as workstation monitor, regardless of the fact that it is not a HD monitor, since this display allows checking the effect of clipping out-of-gamut colors easily by using the ‘C’ toggle key.

•Go to file-preferences-Color Management. Choose workstation profile: ‘sony_hd.icm‘.

There it can be judged, if the loss of resolution in those areas is acceptable, or not. If not, a soft clip can be applied. Using a soft clip, it is recognizable, that more colors are different to the original, but at the same time more detail can be achieved in back.

Gamut:

The out-of-gamut colors can also be indicated separately, if the gamut box is tocked. This will highlight the areas which are out-of-gamut.

Be aware that in these areas clipping can occur.

These areas can be reduced by changing the soft clip parameters. The way of highlighting can be modified in the preferences-Color Management dialog. There the color

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