On-set Generation of Color-corrected Dailies in Digital Cinema Production

Robert B. Currier, Yuri Neyman

The amount of time between shooting a scene and being able to view dailies to evaluate the results has decreased from a matter of days on film productions to almost instantaneous on video productions. With the introduction of file-based workflows, this time has again increased because of the need for post-processing of the raw image data. New developments in file-based workflows now allow for the creation of dailies on the set during production—rather than overnight at a post-production facility—providing rapid feedback for the cinematographer and director. Creating dailies becomes an integral part of a file-based workflow, including data management and backup, color correction, dailies production, editorial proxy generation, and color metadata creation.

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Electronic ISSN
2160-2492
Published
2010-11
Content type
Original Research
DOI
10.5594/J17296