Colour Grading with Colour Management

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Conference Paper
Content Type: Original Research
Volume: 2015, No. 07, pp. 1–8
Abstract: Many productions today shoot with more than one model of camera which create images in different colour spaces. The final project also often needs to be mastered for delivery to different displays (Rec709, P3, Rec2020, HDR). This is a problem best addressed with carefully constructed colour management, yet there is an overwhelming trend in the industry for colourists to simply take images as they come out of the camera, look at them on their display, and twist the knobs until it looks “good.” This is something colour grading tools were never designed to do well, leaving many scrambling to try and find LUTs to achieve the desired look without generating image artefacts. There is a better way — using comprehensive colour management as a foundation for creative colour correction. — Comprehensive colour management takes into account the colour space of cameras and displays, and connects everything through a common colour space for grading. The space chosen to grade in needs to be carefully chosen as it can have a huge impact on the look, quality, and dynamic range of the images that can be produced with common colour grading tools. The Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) is an example of a framework that can be used in whole or in part to provide comprehensive colour management.
Publication Date: 2015-07-14
DOI: 10.5594/M001610
ISBN: Print: 978-1-61482-955-3
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/M001610
Author(s): Peter PostmaFilmLight, 3255 Cahuenga Blvd W. Ste 301, Los Angeles California, USA
Bob ChorleyFilmLight, Unit 39 Homebush Business Park, 378 Parramatta Road, Homebush, Australia
Keyword(s): Color Management, Color Correction, ACES
Copyright: © 2015 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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