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vrfanservice

Thanks.

Yeah, exposure looks good. Typical rule of thumb for Caucasian skin tones is usually 60-70IRE. So you’re pretty right on. Maybe a hair over. But nothing that couldn’t be brought down in post.

Are you shooting log? I assume Z Cam has Z-log or something.

Also, this is a question more for the editors. I’m assuming there’s a standard Z Cam LUT that you guys apply in post? So there’s consistency in the color grade between multiple editors. And can that LUT be applied to the monitors during filming?

      bacula8630
      Z-Log isn’t that great, so SLR protocol was to shoot rec709. The K2 Pro is essentially two z-cam E2 cinema cameras in a unibody with an external sync cable connecting the two internal units, similar to the old-school action camera rigs, and gives us 10-bit color. SLR edits in Mistika Boutique(traditionally a color grading software) & Premiere Pro, both of which allow for headset preview.

      We do our best for the fans!! ❤(ˆ‿ˆԅ)

          vrfanservice

          Thanks for the info!

          vrfanservice Z-Log isn’t that great, so SLR protocol was to shoot rec709.

          Interesting. Do you think you guys are giving up any dynamic range?

          vrfanservice We do our best for the fans!! ❤(ˆ‿ˆԅ)

          I don’t doubt that. Even though I have technical questions about your equipment and workflow. I don’t question the end results. You guys do quality work. And you’ve made some great scenes! Looking forward to what you guys come out with next!

                spacepirate Just curios why you think like that? This Alex Nash scene is a first release we have to deactivate and remove from the website in the at least last two - three months. We checking every scene twice in the headset. It's a big team of great people who working hard on every releases but we all people and we all have chance to mistake. Problem with this scene is a issue with final output resolution- editor confused and set up it wrong in the new machine 5900x2800 instead of 5800x2900.
                I agree that there are no boundaries for perfection, but mostly all scenes are good. We really try keep best quality to have all customers happy.

                    highkiller will be great if you can share time code where we have overexposure in "Grey Clouds Chrystal shop" I quickly check cowgirl section and all looks proper for me.

                    Also regarding @vrfanservice response. It's not 100% true that Production teams don't have a lot of influence on their work in the Post-Production process. Mostly they just don't care about it a lot. We as a Post-Production team always try to deliver all things producer ask and they have an access to all master files. They always can watch materials before release and if it some reasonable feedback- we will fix it asap. Unfortunately we can't wait more than couple dayse because rendering takes time and we have to follow our schedule to make you guys happy. So yeah the only limitation they have is time.

                        Evan_Redstar

                        I’m a little new around here. So I’m just trying to learn who’s who.

                        So you guys are a post production company? I think I’ve seen “Evan Redstar” in the opening title sequence along with Alex Nash’s name. I thought it was all one company.

                            bacula8630 I was in Production side as well. I performed as a director of photography together with Alex Nash for SLR Originals 2020-2021 as well as I filmed biggest part of "Gold" VRbangers library, most of all 6k releases 2018-2019.

                            I was Head of Post-Production at VRBangers 2018-2019 and from late 2020 I perform on this position here on SLR.

                                Evan_Redstar

                                Ah…got it. Thanks for the info. Pleasure to meet you.

                                Evan_Redstar I filmed biggest part of "Gold" VRbangers library, most of all 6k releases 2018-2019

                                Dude, this time period really was the “Golden Age” at VRB. Some of my favorite scenes were from this time. Things aren’t the same over at VRB these days unfortunately.

                                I know Post Production doesn’t get a lot of the kudos. But I appreciate all the work you and your team you do. Keep up the great work!

                                      Evan_Redstar its a general observation over a couple of years. in that time ive seen countless originals scenes that had some obvious issue that could have been caught before release. i cant recall a single time thats happened for other big sites 🤷‍♂️

                                          I was watching the latest SLRO, Raw Taboo: Pussy Play and noticed a faint blue ring around the edge of the image.

                                          I noticed the same thing with the revised Classical Trio scene.

                                          Speaking of Classical Trio, I had to manually change the file name suffix to "33767_MKX200" so DeoVR would recognize it's a fisheye scene. Is this the correct suffix? The original filename ends with "33347_LR_180".

                                          But even then, the pincushion distortion isn't completely corrected. I had to zoom into 1.10X so the doorjamb to the right of the image is straight.

                                          Edit: scrolling up this thread, I’m seeing the same blue ring in the BTS monitor pics posted by @vrfanservice and screenshots posted by @LordCrash.

                                            bacula8630 blue ring around the edge of the image

                                            not unusual on fisheye lenses its just how the light is refracted

                                                spacepirate Yeah, I think something has definitely changed in the way they process the footage.

                                                  5cents Has the revised Classical Trio been released?

                                                  It was. I downloaded it yesterday or the day before. But I don’t see it available now. Maybe they’re fixing it?

                                                      5cents yes, it still had few issues after render, had to ask to take it down, fixing it. Hope will be out next week, sorry and thank you guys for your patience 🙏