Greetings from China - 来自中国的问候

[Tommy]

Dear ColorPerfect Development Team,

I am a wedding photographer with extensive experience in film photography. In my work, I frequently shoot on film and have the negatives developed and scanned by a professional lab, usually resulting in Hasselblad X5 scans in 3FFF format. I then handle the color grading process myself. Currently, I remove the color mask in Photoshop and use specific profiles and LUTs to achieve a Log-like image base for further adjustments. However, I often encounter challenges in this workflow, such as inaccurate color reproduction and inefficient processing.

I recently came across a tutorial on ColorPerfect 2 by the blogger "Yun yu Hai" on Xiaohongshu, which sparked my interest in your software. I learned that ColorPerfect 3 now supports Macs with M-series chips, and since my computer falls into this category, I am very excited about the potential performance and functionality improvements. Although I attempted to trial ColorPerfect 2, the need for translation compatibility limited my ability to use other essential plugins, which affected my workflow.

I would be thrilled to join the ColorPerfect 3 beta testing program. Not only would this allow me to optimize my workflow, but I am also committed to providing detailed feedback and suggestions based on practical use. Thank you for considering my application. I look forward to the opportunity to contribute to the development of your innovative software.

尊敬的ColorPerfect开发团队：

您好！我是一名专注于婚礼摄影的摄影师，日常工作中有大量机会拍摄胶片，并将几乎所有底片送至冲扫店进行哈苏X5扫描，以获得高质量的3FFF文件。随后，我会亲自对这些文件进行后期调色处理。目前，我主要在Photoshop中进行去色罩操作，并使用配置文件和LUT将图像转换为类似Log的格式，以便于进一步调整。然而，在这一过程中，我常常遇到一些技术上的困扰，例如色彩还原不够精准、 workflow 不够高效等。

偶然间，我在小红书平台看到博主“云与海”分享的关于ColorPerfect 2的使用教程，这让我对这款软件产生了浓厚的兴趣。我了解到ColorPerfect 3现已支持搭载M芯片的Mac设备，而我的电脑正好属于这一系列，这让我非常期待能够体验新版本带来的性能优化和功能改进。尽管我尝试下载并试用ColorPerfect 2，但由于需要转译运行，导致我无法同时使用其他重要插件，这在一定程度上影响了我的工作效率。

因此，我非常希望能获得ColorPerfect 3的内测资格，不仅是为了更好地适配我的工作流程，也愿意在实际使用中积极反馈遇到的问题和建议，为软件的进一步完善贡献自己的力量。感谢您抽出时间阅读我的申请，期待您的回复！

[C.Oldendorf]

Welcome to our ColorPerfect forum—so glad to see you!
ColorPerfect 3 already fully supports Macs equipped with Apple M-series chips.
As we discussed on Xiaohongshu, you have been added to the Early Access group.
You can now find all the information in the forum and start trying it out.

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欢迎来到我们的 ColorPerfect 论坛，见到你真高兴！
ColorPerfect 3 已完全支持搭载 Apple M 系列芯片的 Mac 。
正如我们在小红书上沟通过的，你已被加入 Early Access 组。
现在可以在论坛里了解全部信息并开始体验啦～

PS: Others are not expected to reply in languages other than English
Including original language versions in posts is welcomed as per our forum rules

[robyferrero]

Tommy, Welcome to the Forum.
You'll see that with ColorPerfect, the bride's dress will come out a beautiful red.

[C.Oldendorf]

Since you mentioned relying on labs that scan with Hasselblad Flextight hardware, I’d like to point you to an outline I wrote here: FlexColor and NoScannerGamma.

The key takeaway is that there are constraints built into the Imacon/Hasselblad chain — whether hardware or software is still not entirely clear, but the distortions are very real. ColorPerfect has always done better than FlexColor with some practice and tweaking, yet the point was never simply to “do better.” The reality is that FlexColor’s output is not linear, and with negatives that makes things tricky. In my commissioned work with artists’ 3F scans I often had to resort to using FilmType SubType FilmGamma as a salvage tool for individual images. Some frames could be brought into line, others were simply beyond recovery in terms of color fidelity.

Since you’re commissioning labs rather than running an Imacon yourself, I wouldn’t expect you to test any of this — but it’s useful background for you to be aware of, and a good starting point to keep in mind. Later on we can also explore what other digitization paths might fit your workflow.

[Tommy]

Thank you, I hope it will be helpful to me.