ARRI Reference Tool | Learn & Help

ARRI Reference Tool, or ART for short, combines the functionality of the previous ARRIRAW Converter, Color Tool, and Meta Extract into a single package. You can review clips, check and extract metadata, create, extract look files, and transcode footage to a different format.

The ARRI Reference Tool allows you to render ALEXA 35 footage using our new ARRI Debayer Algorithm ADA-7 and REVEAL Color Science. It is also backwards compatible with all ALEXA and AMIRA cameras, which can be de-bayered to LogC4 and travel through REVEAL as well.

Additionally, ART supports QuickTime/ProRes or MXF/ProRes, as well as the CODEX HDE (High Density Encoding) file format. To keep your footage organized, you can create projects with bins and sequences.

Images showing a crop of a software user interface with a folder & file structure.

Features of ART 1.5.0

The following features and bug fixes are included in ART 1.5.0 release:

New in View Room

A new debayer mode "ADA7 SW" with a more sophisticated debayer algorithm for LogC4 and LogC3 has been added.

New in Render Room

bugfixes for :

Render ProRes to OpenEXR
Open EXR Metadata
- removed "Aperture" (because correct values are missing)
- use "nominalFocalLength" in mm instead of "focalLength" in microns
- use "decoatedPupilOffset" in mm instead of microns
- use "sensorOverallDimensions" instead of "sensorDimensions"
- use "sensorPhotositePitch" instead of "sensorPixelPitch"
- use "cameraCCTSetting" instead of "cct"
- use "cameraTintSetting" instead of "tint" as it now contains the real tint value instead of the cct value

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ARRI Reference Tool Downloads

ARRI Reference Tool 1.5.0 (GUI) for macOS

ARRI Reference Tool 1.5.0 (GUI) for Windows

ARRI Look Files and Custom Color Management for ALEXA 35 in ARRI's Reference Tool

Have our Camera Systems expert Sean Dooley explain different ways to manipulate color within theALEXA 35 with ARRI Look File 4. Use the save-guarded ARRI color pipeline or explore using your own DRTs.