Synthetic Aperture's Color Finesse Supports ASC CDL Color Info Interchange with Gamma & Density's 3CP On-Set Color System

Synthetic Aperture and Gamma & Density announced that Color Finesse and the on-set Cinematographers' Color Correction Program (3cP) now support the American Society of Cinematographers Color Decision List (ASC CDL), an industry standard for cross-platform exchange of color correction data.

Generated by both Color Finesse and 3cP, the ASC CDL works within the post-production workflow of most digital cameras, including Panavision Genesis, Thomson Viper FilmStream, Red ONE, Arri D-20 and Sony CineAlta. Currently two major feature film productions are using this innovative functionality.

By providing a common, standardized method of describing color correction information, the ASC CDL provides a way to transfer that information from the set to post production. And within post production, color information can be exchanged between different color correction systems including Color Finesse, DaVinci Resolve and 2K Plus. This allows a common set of color decisions to be used on the set, for dailies, and for an eventual digital intermediate (DI) output to film as well as for DVD release, eliminating redundant color correction work, providing color corrected footage to the editorial process, thus saving time and money.

To date, Synthetic Aperture and Gamma & Density have applied this patented idea to color control solutions to over twenty feature film and television productions, including 10,000 BC, Iron Man, The Kite Runner, The Tudors, Babel, and the upcoming Quantum of Solace and State of Play.

The ASC CDL was developed by the American Society of Cinematographers Technical Committee in a unique collaboration of manufacturers, cinematographers, and colorists.

Source: Digital Cinematography