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What does an ASC CDL carry (SOP + saturation, .cc/.ccc/.cdl) and how do tools differ in applying it from set to post?

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An ASC CDL is ten numbers (slope, offset, power per channel plus saturation); the v1.2 math clamps to [0,1], but many applications omit clamping, so CLF defines clamped and no-clamp styles and OCIO defaults to no-clamp; the same CDL can therefore render differently across tools, and a CDL names no colour space (ACES AMF adds a cdlWorkingSpace, per producer reading).

An ASC CDL is ten numbers (slope, offset, power per channel plus saturation); the v1.2 math clamps to [0,1], but many applications omit clamping, so CLF defines clamped and no-clamp styles and OCIO defaults to no-clamp; the same CDL can therefore render differently across tools, and a CDL names no colour space (ACES AMF adds a cdlWorkingSpace, per producer reading). Curator qualifications: Documents/code read 2026-10-22; no lights measured or CDLs applied. Primary ASC CDL 1.2 text not fetched by producer or curator; AMF schema/ALE guidance from producer reading. Limitations: Documents/code read 2026-10-22; no lights measured or CDLs applied. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/ampas/aces-amf/tree/e2b99012c6f93da29102669216801f224304259a",
      "note": "CLF specification, ASC_CDL styles; OCIO OpenColorTransforms.h at 10a43ec1 L279-282, L1137"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://docs.acescentral.com/amf/guides/implementation/",
      "note": "CLF specification, ASC_CDL styles; OCIO OpenColorTransforms.h at 10a43ec1 L279-282, L1137"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://docs.acescentral.com/clf/specification/",
      "note": "CLF specification, ASC_CDL styles; OCIO OpenColorTransforms.h at 10a43ec1 L279-282, L1137"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenColorIO/blob/10a43ec1df03d072ca9a9e2fb3f26e454b0900d8/include/OpenColorIO/OpenColorTransforms.h",
      "note": "CLF specification, ASC_CDL styles; OCIO OpenColorTransforms.h at 10a43ec1 L279-282, L1137"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

  • [sourced_fact] An ASC CDL is ten numbers (slope, offset, power per channel plus saturation); the v1.2 math clamps to [0,1], but many applications omit clamping, so CLF defines clamped and no-clamp styles and OCIO defaults to no-clamp; the same CDL can therefore render differently across tools, and a CDL names no colour space (ACES AMF adds a cdlWorkingSpace, per producer reading). · locator: CLF specification, ASC_CDL styles; OCIO OpenColorTransforms.h at 10a43ec1 L279-282, L1137 source

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