Table of Contents

• Introduction
• 1 Color correction workflows
• 2 Setting up a color correction
• 3 Primary contrast adjustments
• 4 Primary color adjustments
• 5 HSL Qualification and hue curves
• 6 Shapes
• 7 Animating grades
• 8 Memory colours: Skin tin, skiws and foliage
• 9 Shot matching and scene balancing
• 10 Quality control and broadcast safe
• Preview: Color correction lookbook
• Index
  

About the Author

Alexis Van Hurkman is a writer, director, and colorist based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He has written widely on the topic of color correction, including Adobe SpeedGrade Classroom in a Book, Autodesk Smoke Essentials, Apple Pro Training Series titles The Encyclopedia of Color Correction, Advanced Color Correction and Effects in Final Cut Pro, and Final Cut Pro X Advanced Editing, as well as the first edition of this book. Alexis has also written software documentation, including the DaVinci Resolve Manual and the Apple Color User Manual. As a working colorist, Alexis grades a wide variety of commercial and independent projects for broadcast, narrative and documentary features and shorts, spots, and experimental subjects. You can learn more about Alexis at http://vanhurkman.com/ or follow him on Twitter at @hurkman