Relearning Color

[Bill Stengel]

I want to spend the winter basically relearning color and establishing a more concrete understanding from the ground up. Is there a course or series or books that I can get into to do this?

Thanks for your suggestions and dialogue!

 

[Michael Tiemann]

Watch 20 videos from the 3DLutCreator channel on YouTube. Seriously.

 

[Michael Wahba]

Watch 20 videos from the 3DLutCreator channel on YouTube. Seriously.

Curious on this.

This one ?
https://www.youtube.com/user/Paintforge/videos

 

[Michael Tiemann]

Curious on this.

This one ?
https://www.youtube.com/user/Paintforge/videos

Yes. LAB color, channel mixer, volume tool esp. 3d LUT masking tool. It's a trip. I love the what Russian translates to English in the English-language videos.

 

[rand thompson]

Curious on this.

This one ?
https://www.youtube.com/user/Paintforge/videos

Try this link for their older tuts and the facebook link to the newer ones in English


https://3dlutcreator.com/3d-lut-creator---tutorials.html

Or

Facebook video link if you have a facebook account.

https://m.facebook.com/3dlutcreator/videos/?ref=page_internal&mt_nav=0

 

[Marc Wielage]

As a colorist or for color theory?

For color theory applied to cinematography and video, you could look at these books:

Color & Mastering for Digital Cinema by Glenn Kennel
https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Di...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1514855461&sr=1-1

Digital Cinematography: Fundamentals, Techniques, & Workflows by David Stump
https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Cine...855497&sr=1-1&keywords=digital+cinematography

Color Reproduction in Electronic Imaging Systems by Michael Tooms
https://www.amazon.com/Colour-Repro...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1541130852&sr=1-1

Digital Video and HD: Algorithms and Interfaces by Charles Poynton
https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Vide...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1541131105&sr=1-1

Be warned these are tough reads with a lot of math (and a lot of charts with circles and arrows on the back of each one).

MixingLight.com is a good site for information on the practical application of color for color correction.

 

[paulcurtis]

There are also some great online courses at fxphd about colour theory, especially the Charles Poynton ones. Yeah, okay, there're a bit dry but the knowledge is most certainly there. It's with a very pipeline based technical perspective - but i think we all really need to understand and get this from capture to display - it's a minefield at times.

cheers
Paul

 

[Scot Yount]

As a colorist or for color theory?

For color theory applied to cinematography and video, you could look at these books:

Color & Mastering for Digital Cinema by Glenn Kennel
https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Di...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1514855461&sr=1-1

Digital Cinematography: Fundamentals, Techniques, & Workflows by David Stump
https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Cine...855497&sr=1-1&keywords=digital+cinematography

Color Reproduction in Electronic Imaging Systems by Michael Tooms
https://www.amazon.com/Colour-Repro...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1541130852&sr=1-1

Digital Video and HD: Algorithms and Interfaces by Charles Poynton
https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Vide...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1541131105&sr=1-1

Be warned these are tough reads with a lot of math (and a lot of charts with circles and arrows on the back of each one).

MixingLight.com is a good site for information on the practical application of color for color correction.

Marc! Love the Alice's Restaurant reference!

 

[Marc Wielage]

Marc! Love the Alice's Restaurant reference!

Sitting on the Group W bench!