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ACES: Try it, it might make your life simpler!

Posted on February 24, 2014 by alisterchapman

ACES is a workflow for modern digital cinema cameras. It’s designed to act as a common standard that will work with any camera so that colourist can use the same grades on any camera with the same results. A by-product … Continue reading →

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Why rendering form 8 bit to 8 bit can be a bad thing to do.

Posted on May 10, 2011 by alisterchapman

When you transcode from 8 bit to 8 bit you will almost always have some issues with banding if there are any changes in the gamma or gain within the image. As you are starting with 8 bits or 240 … Continue reading →

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Grading and colour correction

Posted on June 25, 2009 by alisterchapman

I got given the link to a video on the RedGiant site (thanks Paul) that gives a really interesting insight into how the grading in blockbuster movies is done. The nice thing about the video is that it explains why … Continue reading →

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