Exposure
Exposure & Balance in One Node
£0.00
Current version
1.05
TYPE
Colour Grading
dESCRIPTION
Exposure is a practical and essential tool for any colourist’s toolkit. While the underlying maths is standard—converting to linear, applying a gain adjustment, then converting back into DaVinci Intermediate (as done by native tools like the global HDR wheel)—this tool adds helpful extras. It includes temperature and tint controls based on the same linear gain logic, overlay curves for better visual understanding of your adjustments, and an exposure heat map: a custom false colour overlay that breaks the image into colour-coded luminance zones, offering a fast and intuitive read on your exposure.
Exposure combines precise, photometric control with visual tools that help you understand and evaluate every adjustment.
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Photometric Exposure
Photometric Exposure replicates the way a physical aperture affects exposure by transforming the incoming log signal into linear and applying gain adjustments in stops — giving you accurate, photometric exposure control directly in post-production.
Heatmap Display
Heatmap Display converts your image into an abstract visualisation of exposure zones, making it easy to spot areas that are correctly exposed, overexposed, or underexposed.
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Overlay Curve
Overlay Curve plots your exposure adjustment as a curve, so you can see exactly how the image is being transformed — for a more intuitive, objective understanding of the adjustment you're making.
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Questions & Answers
What is the purpose of Exposure?
The Exposure DCTL is a photometric operation — like using the HDR Global Wheel or Linear Gain, but with the added functionality of Temp and Tint controls and an Exposure Heatmap display.
What colour space / transfer curve is Exposure designed for?
Exposure works in DaVinci Intermediate.
Where does Exposure fit into my node tree?
Exposure works best early in the node tree, prior to any adjustments in log to ensure an accurate photometric operation.
