• Scene Referred vs Display Referred color workflows

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    Display Referred it is tied to the target hardware, as such it bakes color requirements into every type of media output request.

    Scene Referred uses a common unified wide gamut and targeting audience through CDL and DI libraries instead.
    So that color information stays untouched and only “transformed” as/when needed.

     

     

    Sources:
    – Victor Perez – Color Management Fundamentals & ACES Workflows in Nuke
    – https://z-fx.nl/ColorspACES.pdf
    – Wicus