Book description
The colorist working in film and video is the individual
responsible for breathing life into characters, bringing a mood
into a scene, and making the final product polished and
professional-looking. This craft is an art form that often takes
years to perfect and many trial-and-error attempts at getting it
right. Here to help both the newcomer and professional who needs to
brush up on their skills is the first book to cover a wide variety
of techniques that can be used by colorists, no matter what system
they’re using. Whether you’re using a video editing
package with a color correction tool built in (Final Cut Pro,
Premiere Pro) of a dedicated application (Apple Color, Assimilate
Scratch, Baselight, or DaVinci), this book covers it all.
From the most basic methods for evaluating and correcting an
overall image, to the most advanced targeted corrections and
creative stylizations typically employed, you’ll find this
highly organized book a solid reference that’s easy to
navigate. The accompanying DVD contains footage as well as
cross-platform exercises and project files for readers to
experiment with.
After reading the techniques, readers will learn to apply the
methods that all of the color correction applications use, how to
problem-solve and trouble-shoot, how to maximize the effectiveness
of each tool that’s available, and they will discover how to
creatively combine techniques and tools to accomplish the types of
stylizations that colorists are often called upon to create.
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Setting Up a Color Correction Environment
- Chapter 2. Primary Contrast Adjustments
- Chapter 3. Primary Color Adjustments
- Chapter 4. HSL Qualification and Hue Curves
- Chapter 5. Shapes
- Chapter 6. Animating Grades
- Chapter 7. Memory Colors: Skin Tone, Skies, and Foliage
- Chapter 8. Shot Matching and Scene Balancing
- Chapter 9. Quality Control and Broadcast Safe
- Chapter 10. Creative Techniques
- Index
- Media
- Bonus Chapters
Product information
- Title: Color Correction Handbook: Professional Techniques for Video and Cinema
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2010
- Publisher(s): Peachpit Press
- ISBN: 9780321713117
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