Stills from FCPX are high contrast with crushed blacks?

Thank you kindly Clint. Ernie is a gem. It was such a pleasure hanging out with him. I remember arriving at the big powwow in a rush. It's a stadium built entirely for powwows. That weekend there were 20,000 people attending.

Ernie was already in his regalia and went charging out into the dance circle. I set up a heavy HD Sony on a tripod, started shooting. Suddenly there was a huge shadow at my shoulder. I looked up. A very big warrior in full regalia and face paint, was staring down at me. "And you are?" he said.

"I'm with Ernie," I answered.

"You're with Ernie?"

"Yes."

He patted me on the shoulder. "Good for you," he said.

And I was home free. Shot for hours and hours. Not a single problem or hiccup. Very very generous people.

I learned a lot from Ernie.

Thank you Ian, thank you Clint ...

Very kind of you. And Clint, one of the truly remarkable experiences of life in the modern 'Western or Euro-centric' world is to stand next to an authentic First Nations drumming circle in full song ... no words can describe, and film cannot convey, the stunning power and depth of the energy being generated. In that one song I hold on in the film, after it was done I had to go sit by myself for ten or fifteen minutes I was so overcome ... ha ha ha ... my knees wouldn't hold up, not to mention my general emotional incontinence. I kid you not.

For me, working on the film, the strangest thing was how amazingly generous the First Nations people were to the white folk showing up in their world. How kind and willing to teach. The trick was in the way the white folk showed up. True humility and respectful curiosity ... respect ... was wonderfully welcomed, and rewarded.

I'll shut up now. Lest I overshoot the forum's patience for going-off-subject. Thank you guys for your help with the stills ... I'm ka-chugging away with them today. Last night I helped my kid brother with a film he is doing, sort of a hybrid IMAX type film (8K on a 100 foot screen that looks like a squashed old-fashioned cinemascope, or like looking through an actual letter slot in a door). I was helping him with FCPX (using a single timeline to create a multi-screen movie) ... and realised my kid-bro has all the Adobe apps: and knows them inside out. He showed me the work he was doing on my other brother's IMAX film, building out and colouring the engravings found in one of the original publications of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea using Photoshop. One single image alone (the layering) was a 50GB Photoshop file.

If I ever need Lightroom, I now know where to go ... and he owes me.

All the best ...

Affinity Photo gives me these choices. Weirdly, there is no Rec 709 Gamma 2.4. Wondering if any of these others might do the trick? (See attached.)

Got it. Thank you Clint.