Color grading has used the same model for 40 years, but new ideas are coming in to make manipulating your color faster and easier. The lift/gamma/gain controls of color grading have been more or less standard for 40 years now, so much so that one large online colorist group is even named after them. However, it's easy to forget they aren't the only model for manipulating color. They aren't even the first common format in film. Before the control balls and knobs we know so well, the Hazeltine color timing machine had three "Price Is Right" style wheels that controlled red/cyan, green/magenta, and yellow/blue. Interfaces evolve, and we're seeing more experimentation in color interface all the time. While the "color board" from Final Cut X didn't quite take off (though some love it, they eventually started to offer traditional color wheels) as well, there is a very fresh take worth looking at in the Photon from Color.io. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 28 April, 2021