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Color Management


For what do we use Color Management and what is it?

Color Management can we use to convert a color space of an image into a different color space, that we can use it on a other display device Type. There exist different display device types and also different color space for them. (Beamer/XYZ, HDTV's/Rec709, PC's/sRGB, etc). You can use Color Management also to give a different look to your rendered image.

The image up shows the Conversion from linear to display device space. You can change the "blueish" options in the color management menu. Also you can change the display device type. If you want to learn more about Color Management? You can read the Interview and the Blender documentation over the following links:

Blender Documentation: Color Management
Interview: Color Management in Blender

An other example of color management.

1. Original

2. Exposure: 0

3. Look: KODAKDSCS 3154

4. Exposure: 2

5. RGB Curve reddish

6. Look: KODAKDSCS 3156

Through different settings in the color management tab you can make endless different colour styles of your image. If you realize to late (after rendering your image) that you would change something simple like contrasts, looks or colour types? You can do this with color management without rendering your image again.

Where can you find the color Management Menu and how does it look?

The colour management menu can you find in the properties under the scene tab. It contains color space settings, different looks, a view transform menu and some options for RGB-Curves, exposure and gamma.

For what is the Display Device Menu and how does it looks?

The display device menu do we use to change the display type. As default we use sRGB, because the most monitors are in sRGB. XYZ is for digital projectors and Rec709 for HDTV's. You can also disable the color management if you choose none.

For what is the View Transform menu and how does it looks?

These are different ways to view the image on the same display device. RRT and Film are film like Looks. Raw gives the image without any color space conversion, while Log gives a more "flat" view of the image without very dark or light areas.

What is the look menu for and how does it look?

The look menu is used to change the camera look of the image. It gives some looks from Agfa, Kodak, Eastmen, Fujifilm and Canon.

Comparison with different color management settings:

This is a comparison between two different Kodak camera looks. They change the look of the image totally.

This is a comparison between two different RGB-Curve setups. One is a bit reddish and the other one is default (without RGB Curve settings).

Finally you can see two different Exposure settings. The Film look is also active.