Advanced Colour Grading: Looks and Colour Management
About This Course
By the end of this course learners should be able to review graded footage to ensure final outputs achieve the desired creative style and depth.
They should be able to perform the following
- Analyse video files for aesthetic colour grading requirements
- Develop colour grading standards, guidelines and solutions to ensure files comply with industry standards
- Perform and assess a colour grade to ensure consistency between shots
- Implement and supervise efficient colour correction workflows
What You'll Learn
This advanced course guides you through the creation of specific Looks for creative Colour Grading.
You’ll also learn to manage Colour Spaces to ensure proper delivery for Digital Cinema, HD broadcast and future UHDTV broadcast.
We'll teach you to leverage Colour Management tools for convenient conversions between Colour Spaces.
You'll also be shown different methods of generating Look-Up Tables for monitor calibrations.
The majority of the class is conducted with Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve while the calibration aspect of the course will introduce several other tools.
We cover:
• Understanding and Creating Looks
◦ Bleach Bypass
◦ Blurred and Coloured Vignettes
◦ Cross-Processing Simulation
◦ Day-for-Night Treatments
◦ Duotones and Tritones
◦ Flat Looks and Film Flashing
◦ Glows and Blooms
◦ Monochrome Looks
◦ Tints and Color Washes
◦ Undertones
◦ Vibrance and Targeted Saturation
◦ Vintage Film
• Differences between Colour Spaces for Digital Cinema, HD Broadcast and UHD Broadcast
• Using the Academy Colour Encoding System (ACES) to help different camera systems match within the same scene
• Leveraging ACES workflow to maximise the potential of your footage
• Using Resolve Colour Management to reduce Colour Grading times for Log footage
• Applying Resolve Colour Management for painless Colour Space conversions
• Demo of how to probe and calibrate consumer monitors for improved HD Broadcast colour & gamma accuracy
• Demo how to probe and calibrate professional monitors in preparation for Digital Cinema colour grading
Entry Requirements
- Learners should have previously attended AV8 Media's "Introduction to Colour Grading” or “The Art & Science of Colour Grading” course
- If you have not previously attended our colour grading classes you would need at least 2 years of practical colour grading experience and a firm grasp of colour grading in DaVinci Resolve as that is the main software we would be using in this class
- Basic spoken and written English is required as the course materials and software menus are in English
- WPLN Level 5 or above for all 5 skills (Reading, Listening, Speaking, Writing and Numeracy)