December 2013
Intermediate to advanced
216 pages
6h 2m
English
Overview
The digital colorist’s job is no longer to simply balance,
fix, and optimize. Today’s filmmakers often want to recreate
the idiosyncrasies of older recording methods, or are looking for
something completely new, to differentiate the look of a given
project. Furthermore, end-to-end digital shooting, postproduction,
and distribution means that stylizations and effects once created
by the film lab are no longer photochemically available. The color
grading suite has become the lab, and these sorts of stylizations
are now part of the colorist’s job description.
In this follow-up volume to the bestseller Color Correction
Handbook, Alexis Van Hurkman walks you through twenty-one
categories of creative grading techniques, designed to give you an
arsenal of stylizations you can pull out of your hat when the
client asks for something special, unexpected, and unique. Each
chapter presents an in-depth examination and step-by-step,
cross-platform breakdown of stylistic techniques used in music
videos, commercial spots, and cinema. These customizable techniques
can be mixed and matched for your own unique effects and
include:
• bleach bypass looks
• cross-processing simulation
• day-for-night treatments
• emulating film stocks
• flat looks
• glows, blooms, and gauze looks
• grain, noise, and texture
• greenscreen compositing workflows
• lens flaring and veiling glare
• light leaks and color bleeds
• monitor and screen glow
• monochrome looks
• sharpening
• tints and color washes
• undertones
• vibrance and targeted saturation
• and many more!
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