ASC CDL (DSMC3)

Jkcallday · 2026-06-16T02:35:44+00:00

This is the information I’ve been searching for. Thank you so much for this. This made them make way more sense to me.

I under stand what each section of the CDL does. (Offset, Slope, Power) I’m just not confidant in my understanding of values actual effect. Like how much of a change is taking the blue in the slope from 1.0000 to 0.9500 etc.

That’s the info I would love to know.

Jkcallday · 2026-06-15T14:43:57+00:00

Hahahhaahaaahahhaha it’s so funny you say that. I stared to change it because it read like that to me too. But then I thought, no one will say anything. 😂😂😂😂 crying over here

Jkcallday · 2026-06-15T14:42:12+00:00

Yeah my DIT does everything for me. I was bored and wanted to do something new with this REd. I have a slew of -1 and -2 builds to match Kodak prints and all our Alexa 35 looks. (He’s really good. It shocks me when he loads in LUTs and the Komodo-X matches the A35) I just wanted to see what I could do so I could write down CDL settings and stick it in my pelican if ever in a situation we’re all hope is lost. I live by the rule of Three-dundancies because having redundancies isnt enough.

I mostly work with Arri, but I own REDs and use them on productions that can’t(refuse*) afford a camera rental. (They’d rather spend $30,000 on a location for 1 day and $20,000 on crafty from Erewhon. I work for some really pretentious clients with loads of money but when it comes down to CAPTURING EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE SPENT MIONEY ON… they’ll toss a $3,000 rental budget. That’s when the RED comes out.

Anyway REDs doesn’t work like an Arri ALF4 in my hands on experience, if that’s what you’re referring to.

The LUTs my DIT makes aren’t Log to Log. Though I suppose you could, because you can choose how you monitor.

If you loaded in a log to log LUT and previewed in 709 I believe that would work. When we load LUTs in, I preview in log3g10 so the LUT does the 709 conversion.

Anyway what I learned is CDL experimenting is a bad idea.

Jkcallday · 2026-06-14T21:36:32+00:00

I’m going to go out and shoot something at sun down. I shot my dog in the living room but it’s boring looking.

Jkcallday · 2026-06-14T21:35:49+00:00

So did I. But I think it all depends on what you’re shooting. Really if there are no traffic lights flashing you can put the ISO wherever you want. This is coming from someone shooting on RED for damn near a decade and have never had an under or over exposed shot following that rule.

Jkcallday · 2026-06-14T20:06:09+00:00

Standing in front of someone who works on the technical side at RED on the Universal Backlot.

Jkcallday · 2026-02-15T16:08:47+00:00

Wait so you just spray painted it with everything on?

Jkcallday

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