Color Correction for Video, 2nd Edition

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Color Correction For Video
3. Full Title
4. Copyright
5. Contents
6. Acknowledgements
7. Introduction
8. Chapter 1 Getting Started with Color Correction
   1. Quick Start
   2. The Goals of Color Correction
   3. Spreading the Tonal Range
   4. Balancing the Colors
   5. Conclusion
9. Chapter 2 Analyze This-Your Monitor
   1. Monitor Environment
   2. The Eyes Have It
   3. Setting Up Your Computer Monitors
   4. Calibrating Your Video Monitors
   5. Alternative Methods for Video Monitor Calibration
10. Chapter 3 Using Scopes as Creative Tools
    1. Choosing Your Scope
    2. Waveform Monitor
    3. Chip Chart and Waveform Monitor
    4. Proper Levels for Each Tonal Range
    5. A Wave of Waveforms
    6. Vectorscope
    7. A Diamond in the Rough
    8. Summary
11. Chapter 4 Other Methods to Analyze Footage
    1. Info Palettes and Other Numeric RGB Readouts
    2. Histograms
12. Chapter 5 Colorists' Tools-Primary Color Correction
    1. Tonality Rules! (Or Colors Drool)
    2. Hammer and Saw of Color Correction
    3. Basic Black
    4. Throw Caution to the Wind
    5. Back to Black
    6. Value of 100IRE
    7. How to Get to 100
    8. Math Class
    9. Gamma Quadrant
    10. In or Out
    11. Tool Time
    12. Level Playing Field
    13. Hue and Hue Offset
    14. Luma Ranges
    15. Curves
    16. The Basics of Curves
    17. Precision Control When You Need It Most
13. Chapter 6 Secondary Color Correction
    1. Vector-Based Secondaries
    2. Secondary Limitations
    3. Vignettes or Spot Color Corrections
    4. Unqualified Use of Secondaries
    5. Summary
14. Chapter 7 Tutorials
    1. In the Dark-Improperly Exposed Video
    2. Bright and Flat
    3. Casting for Colors
    4. On the Fence
    5. That's Blue-And I'm Not Lion
    6. Summary
15. Chapter 8 Advanced Color Correction Tutorials
    1. Matching Colors at the Art Institute
    2. Rosy Cheeks
    3. Day for Night
    4. Creating Looks
    5. The Importance of Story
    6. Creating Story Looks
    7. Other Cool Looks
    8. Apple Color's Color FX Room
    9. More Experiments
16. Chapter 9 The History and Role of the Colorist
    1. Video-to-Video Color Correction
    2. Telecine Color Correction
    3. From Color Corrector to Colorist
    4. Datacine and DI
    5. Diplomacy and Client Skills
    6. The Future
17. Chapter 10 Vision and Color Theory
    1. The Science of Color
    2. It's All in Your Head
    3. Source Light
    4. Modifiers
    5. Detectors
    6. How Eyes Work
    7. The Two Kinds of Vision
    8. Perception
    9. Color Dynamics
    10. Viewing Environment
    11. Adaptive White Points and Chromatic Adaptation
    12. Surround Types
    13. Additive and Subtractive Color
    14. Color Spaces
    15. Space versus Gamut-What's the Difference?
    16. Stimulus-Specific Color Space
    17. Device-Dependent Color Space
    18. Video Color Spaces
    19. Bit Depth
    20. Beyond the 8-Bit Standard
    21. Subsampling
18. Chapter 11 Built-in Software and Plug-in Capabilities
    1. Adobe Premiere and After Effects
    2. Avid
    3. Color
    4. Color Finesse
    5. Final Cut Pro
    6. Plug-Ins
    7. GenArts
19. References
20. Index