Nuke doesn't force you to work in sRGB, that's just its default. If you're preference is to calibrate to g2.2 then simply change the Nuke's lut defaults from sRGB to g2.2 and don't worry about converting anything.
-jonathan On Aug 30, 2012, at 10:30 AM, chris <[email protected]> wrote: > hello everybody, > > i'm evaluating some display calibration options and got confused, so i hoped > somebody can shed some light on this: > > i always assumed that the Nuke sRGB viewer LUT is made to match a standard > sRGB monitor. > now, the calibration software for the NEC monitor i'm using offers different > target gamma curves, with a default of 2.2 and a custom option of sRGB. since > nuke lists sRGB, i would expect that sRGB is the right option for nuke. > > however, 2.2 is the recommended default in pretty much all profiling software > (x-rite, datacolor and spectraview), so it would appear that for a normal > desktop photo/video workflow this is the desired setting which most people > use (which is confusing again as i thought any color dumb application, like > final cut pro would be designed to work on a sRGB monitor). > > so, what do other people with better understanding do? > calibrate to a sRGB monitor response curve for Nuke and a Gamma 2.2 for all > other apps and switch between the two? or am i missing something here? > > would be grateful for any pointers > ++ chris > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-users mailing list > [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users _______________________________________________ Nuke-users mailing list [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users
