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posted on 06/10/2011|Color Grading, Personal
Color Grading Presentation
I participate in a monthly conference call of church media and motion graphic designers, and the organizer asked me to do a presentation on color grading for this past call. I recorded my screencast and lined it up with the audio from the call, all for your viewing pleasure! A...
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posted on 06/01/2011|Color Grading, Editing, Gear
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 calibrate the monitor. For those of you grading from your computer monitor... don't. We've all done it,...
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posted on 05/24/2011|Color Grading
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 or two ago, I watched The King's Speech, and noticed...
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posted on 05/10/2011|Personal
New Colorist in Training!
Well, the best way to explain the silence and lack of content on this site is to post a picture of what's been going on! My wife and I had our first child, this past Sunday, May 8th. Needless to say, we've been busy preparing and now we'll be busy...
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posted on 03/05/2011|Color Grading
Colorist Tip #43 – Backlight
Avoid light sources in your line of sight when coloring. backlighting your monitor is a great way to light "out of sight." I'm using 4 LED lights that I hid behind the monitor stands and speakers to keep them out of sight. You usually need to light your coloring environment...
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