IDEA: Automate Color Match = Support for DSC Labs Color Charts (much easier & faster color correction & color matching)

Cinematographer Art Adams - Director of Photography and member of the International Cinematographers Guild and creator of DSC Labs OneShot charts said – “The days where we could set printer lights using a simple gray card are gone. This is a chart for the new digital “raw” and “log” age.” In short, he says grey card is not enough. Please read his 2 articles from part "More info about the DSC Labs OneShot cards" bellow.

EXAMPLE:
Try imagine situation, you and your friends make a music video during live event with 3 different cameras the same time – Nikon, Cannon, Sony (my real story!) – and then you have to put everything together in one video so all the shot have to look identicly. Every camera has bit different colors hue, or could have different settings (one could be OK, another overexposed), so to match the colors we could use professional tools for color matching called color charts. For us, affordable is eg DSC Labs OneShot or pocket edition for about $99. This chart standard (DSC Labs OneShot) is incorporated into DaVinci Resolve for quick color correction with the built-in utility..

IDEA:
Instead of spending hours trying to match those shots manually from example above, we could use reference chart from every shot to automatically color match & correction with kdelive support.

If we could to tell to kdenlive, those color are references, like in DaviciResolve tutorial bellow (chapter: How to use the DSC Labs OneShot, X-Rite ColorChecker orDataColor SpyderCheckr, photos 1 to 3)
http://wolfcrow.com/blog/how-to-use-the ... tch-color/
...kdenlive could automaticly do the correction. Matching of that 13 points (6 MAIN colors reference for TV broadcasting + 4 skin colors, + white, grey, black) could be done or by something like in this example from DaVinci resolve, or just by clicking manually (easier to develop) >> try imagine current kdenlive's (3 point balance), which could be extended by extra 10 colors from the card (6 basic and 4 skins), so I think should not be difficult.

IN ACTION:
Please watch this video (just from 1m:00s):
https://youtu.be/29p-Sx86J0g
it use more expensive DSC LAbs card for BlackMagic but works the same like DSC Labs OneShot, but look at the results at 1m:32s
^^ Just 32 sec. and HUGE difference. And try to correct this example manually. So do you know why I am talking about HUGE time saving, seconds instead of hours jiggling with curves, gamas and RGBs...

or have a look:
Davinci Resolve 11 - The new Color Match
https://youtu.be/byTporDXYxA
Davinci Resolve 11 Color Match: Automate Color Correction
https://youtu.be/onom8tpiof8

So, that it is.

More info about the DSC Labs OneShot cards:
CAMERAS: A NEW CHART FOR FILM-STYLE PRODUCTION–THE DSC ONESHOT
http://www.provideocoalition.com/camera ... c-oneshot/
CAMERAS: ROUGH GUIDE TO COLOR GRADING WITH THE NEW DSC LABS ONESHOT
http://www.provideocoalition.com/camera ... s_oneshot/
Example of use:
DSC Labs OneShot Reference Chart (VIDEO)
https://youtu.be/43akIuQf_iw

Five reasons why I opted for the OneShot Pocket over the others:

It is designed for Rec. 709 and that’s what I shoot.
The Pocket is smaller and easier to carry around.
The Pocket can be hung over a light stand or your nose, so no need to buy this $362 monstrosity.
It is the cheaper one.
To be honest, it was Art Adams’ enthusiasm for it that made me buy it. My wallet was happy with the X-Rite ColorChecker.