CinemaDNG from a Black & White sensor

Hi there,
Is the SpeedGrade team planning to add support in SpeedGrade for Black & White CinemaDNG from the Ikonoskop Panchromatic?
Regards,
Joachim

Kevin Carr wrote:
> Is there a way to create an animated mask from a black
and white movie?
no, not possible.
Mask is a shape that either allow or block visibility.
The content on the mask layer is define as whole, you can't
pick.
Whatever is that you don't want to show has to be removed.
And no, you can't use video to be a mask.
Best Regards
Urami
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