Dpx

[brainspoon]

Is there a chance of getting a better display of DPX sequences?
Everytime they come in way too bright. I have to set soft clip to its maximum to get an even viewable result.

Maybe it is possible by using a lookup table?

[dimitar.krastev]

It is possible to use a look up table to color correct the dpx. To do that open the Properties Panel - hit "\" and go to the Color tab. The first field is called "Lookup Table". Right click, choose import and load the lookup table that you need. Note that if you are not seeing this menu you will need to update to the latest version of Pdplayer. The current one is 1.0.6.35.

[brainspoon]

Thanks,

Well I guessed some values in the color panel and saved them as a color lookup, but I was hoping that one already exists, that I can use.

[brainspoon]

Maybe it would be nice to be able to specify a default lookup per format.

[dimitar.krastev]

Hi,

I will mention that idea to our developers. In the mean time here is what you can do. Go to the installation folder of Pdplayer in the folder "config". In my case that's:

C:\Program Files\Pdplayer 64\config

In there is a file called keydefs.txt. Edit it. Add a new line that reads:

alt+a --lookup_table="C:\Users\Jimmmy\Desktop\LUT_1.lut"

where "alt+a" is any combination that you would like to use as a shortcut and "C:\Users\Jimmmy\Desktop\LUT_1.lut" is the path to the look up table you want to use for your dpx files.

Next time you load a dpx just use the new shortcut you created to quickly assign the lut to your image

Hope that helps!

Best
Jimmy

[brainspoon]

I believe our problem with dpx is that we save our dpx files as 10bit linear srgb and pdlayer is interpreting them as cineon log files. That is why they look strange when viewing them.
So pdplayer should support linear dpx files too.

[Zach Gray]

Have a very similar issue. We render dpx's to transcode to prores on windows using ffmpeg because it doesn't support exr. They are either srgb or logc, but they can only display as cineon. Would be nice to have other colorspace options for dpx.

[jensl]

Is it possible to define a default color space for DPX files? We're also hoping to be able to properly view sRGB DPX files in PdPlayer.

I found the included "identity.lut" shows these DPX files correctly. But some method to set this (maybe an environment variable or preferences file) would be helpful.

[hermit.crab]

jensl If the above-mentioned method for keybinding the loading of a lookup file not satisfactory, you may write a .bat file, which opens an image in PDPlayer and loads commands. You can use this .bat file to open your .dpx files.

It should look something like this:

"C:\Program Files\Pdplayer 64\pdplayer64.exe" "%~f1" [--attach] --lookup_table="C:\Program Files\Pdplayer 64\LUTs\identity.lut" [--exit]

[jensl]

Thanks Aleksander, this is great.