Is the iPad ready to be your client review monitor? Or is the new Reference Mode just a gimmick?
iPad OS 16 is here with a new feature that filmmakers should be excited about. However, it also takes some knowledge to really understand how to work with it.
The new Reference Mode is available on the new iPad Pros with M2 and is designed to let filmmakers and photographers working with videos and photos see a more accurate image. Which is a boon to creatives that use iPads to get approval from clients.
Reference What?
Reference Mode works by first turning off any color adjustments the iPad might be doing. For instance, the iPad has a Night Shift feature, which adjusts the color palette with the time of day to make reading easier. This is wonderful for your sleep cycle if you are reading on the iPad before bed, but has long wreaked havoc with giving color critical notes on the iPad, since it’s affecting the color of everything shown. The same is also true for TrueTone, which constantly tracks the surrounding light and adjusts the display. Reference Mode turns all that processing off.
Author: Charles Haine
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
