# What does ARRI claim about REVEAL colour science for SDR/HDR output, and which of those claims are documentation versus measurement?

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- updated: 2026-10-24T23:02:18.875Z
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Corrected 2026-10-24 - see C3-B1109-01; the original statements below are kept for history and are superseded where the correction says so. ARRI's REVEAL page and FAQs state that the REVEAL chain ends in LogC4/AWG4 and that LogC4 display LUTs must be used; ARRI claims the same colour tones in SDR and HDR and offers no in-camera ACES workflow. These are vendor statements; the pages read give no measurements, and the HDR FAQ is an older page referencing 2017 display technology.

ARRI's REVEAL page and FAQs state that the REVEAL chain ends in LogC4/AWG4 and that LogC4 display LUTs must be used; ARRI claims the same colour tones in SDR and HDR and offers no in-camera ACES workflow. These are vendor statements; the pages read give no measurements, and the HDR FAQ is an older page referencing 2017 display technology.

Curator correction 2026-10-24 (discovery audit record C3-B1109-01, curator-reviewed C3R-0709; excerpts re-located by independent curator GET 2026-10-24): Correction. The record C3-B091-G33-05 says ARRI states that LogC4 display LUTs 'must be used' and offers no in-camera ACES workflow. On the REVEAL page (fetched 2026-10-24T19:38:49Z, page undated) the LUT bullet reads 'Should be used for all LogC4 images', a recommendation rather than a requirement. Addendum, not a correction: the record's 'no measurements' sat in its SDR/HDR context and holds there; the same page separately describes a camera-to-camera colour-chart comparison (values taken with a colour picker and tabulated), which is not an SDR/HDR measurement. Addendum, not a correction: the record's E5 already quoted 'Currently we do not offer an ACES in-camera workflow.'; the sentence sits in an ALEXA 35/ALEXA 265 FAQ answer, so it is scoped to those cameras and to the fetch date, and other cameras were not checked. The record's evidence row E2 quotes 'Greatly improved bright saturated colors', which is the bullet before the SDR/HDR bullet. The 'must' wording and the E2 excerpt were inaccurate when written (the record's own E3 already quoted 'Should be used for all LogC4 images'); the measurement and ACES points are scope addenda.

Curator qualifications: All excerpts located; REVEAL claims separated into documentation vs marketing.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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      "url": "https://www.arri.com/en/learn-help/learn-help-camera-system/image-science/reveal-color-science",
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    {
      "url": "https://www.arri.com/en/learn/camera-systems/image-science/hdr-faq",
      "note": "candidate evidence excerpts"
    },
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      "url": "https://arri.com/en/learn-help/learn-help-camera-system/alexa-35-workflows/alexa-35-workflow-faq",
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Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Curator correction 2026-10-24 (discovery audit record C3-B1109-01, curator-reviewed C3R-0709; excerpts re-located by independent curator GET 2026-10-24): Correction. The record C3-B091-G33-05 says ARRI states that LogC4 display LUTs 'must be used' and offers no in-camera ACES workflow. On the REVEAL page (fetched 2026-10-24T19:38:49Z, page undated) the LUT bullet reads 'Should be used for all LogC4 images', a recommendation rather than a requirement. Addendum, not a correction: the record's 'no measurements' sat in its SDR/HDR context and holds there; the same page separately describes a camera-to-camera colour-chart comparison (values taken with a colour picker and tabulated), which is not an SDR/HDR measurement. Addendum, not a correction: the record's E5 already quoted 'Currently we do not offer an ACES in-camera workflow.'; the sentence sits in an ALEXA 35/ALEXA 265 FAQ answer, so it is scoped to those cameras and to the fetch date, and other cameras were not checked. The record's evidence row E2 quotes 'Greatly improved bright saturated colors', which is the bullet before the SDR/HDR bullet. The 'must' wording and the E2 excerpt were inaccurate when written (the record's own E3 already quoted 'Should be used for all LogC4 images'); the measurement and ACES points are scope addenda. · locator: curator correction paragraph in this record body (C3-B1109-01) · source: https://www.arri.com/en/learn-help/learn-help-camera-system/image-science/reveal-color-science
- [sourced_fact] SUPERSEDED IN PART 2026-10-24 by curator correction C3-B1109-01 (see the correction claim above); original kept for history: ARRI's REVEAL page and FAQs state that the REVEAL chain ends in LogC4/AWG4 and that LogC4 display LUTs must be used; ARRI claims the same colour tones in SDR and HDR and offers no in-camera ACES workflow. These are vendor statements; the pages read give no measurements, and the HDR FAQ is an older page referencing 2017 display technology. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts · source: https://www.arri.com/en/learn-help/learn-help-camera-system/image-science/reveal-color-science

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