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Colorist Tip #44 – Gran Torino
I was watching Gran Torino a while ago and noticed the unique look it had. I planned on doing a post about it back then, but soon after things really picked up with getting ready for the baby. A week...
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Colorist Tip #45 – Monitors
A must have for any colorist is a reliable and calibrated broadcast monitor. It’s a colorist’s best friend! Don’t just use a computer monitor. These rarely (if ever) have the right controls to properly...
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Colorist Tip #46 – Preparing Looks
Well, today’s tip will be this site’s first Guest Post! Rob tweeted a great colorist tip the other day, so I thought I’d see if he’d like to expand it a bit for the site. Rob’s a great colorist based...
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Contrast is King – Part 1
Let’s talk a little bit about contrast. The dictionary defines contrast as such: contrast noun |ˈkänˌtrast | the state of being strikingly different from something else, typically something in...
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Colorist Tip #47 – The Lightbox
Use a “lightbox” to see consistency, progression of a grade over time, and to pick out problem shots. The lightbox can give you a (very useful) 10,000 ft. view of the project you’re working on. Wow!...
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A Faded Film Look
The look for this post is one I worked up for fun a while back when I was working on a freelance piece. I didn’t end up using the look (I cooked it up just for fun; I was only doing the editing), but I...
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Quick Tip: ND Your Screen
Okay, here’s a quick tip I was reminded of when Juan Salvo asked this question on twitter: I need a 24-27" computer monitor that doesn't look terrible at very, very low brightness levels. Suggestions?...
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Vintage Looks – Part 2
Okay, part 2 of the vintage look series is here! This is going to be a clipped, blue look. No Bigfoot this time, but he’ll be back in the next look. We’ll start with this image: The already-balanced...
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Vintage Looks – Part 3
For part 3 of this vintage looks series, we’re going to look at a cross-processed look. A quick Google search of “cross process” gets the general idea across: green shadows, red or yellow...
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Vintage Looks – Part 4
For the last of the vintage look series, we’ll work on a moody, rich red look. We’ll start with this base shot: The balanced base image. Our first step is to crunch the miss – we want a darker, moody...
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