Want an Interactive Master Class with Legendary Spielberg Color Timer? There's an App for That

This is a brief excerpt from NoFilmSchool

Dave Kendricken

01.17.13 @ 6:41AM Tags : app, apple, apps, class, color-correction, colorcorrection, colorgrading, colortiming, dalegrahn, ipad, mobile, post, postproduction, timing, tutorial, tutorials

Is it possible we’re losing something through the non-destructive way in which we decide the final look of our shots? The answer, quaintly enough, is absolutely yes — but what, exactly? Simplicity. True finesse in color timing is something Dale Grahn (Saving Private Ryan, Gladiator, Munich, Apocalypse Now: Redux) knows a lot about, and in a true chemical timing sense — which says a lot about the power of bold and minimal control over imagery. Lucky for any of us looking to learn from the experience, Mr. Grahn is asking you to match his own color grades by way of a new iPad app — and in the process interact with the very essentials of color grading.

No one can tell you how far to push a grade in terms of artistic choice, even while things like skin tone can be technically gauged (and separately maintained) as correct — but the ability to emulate someone who has accomplished both, at the same time, and with a comparatively minimal set of controls, is surely an experience worth the price of half a movie ticket.

…

By: Dave Kendricken

Continued… click here!

---

You just finished reading Want an Interactive Master Class with Legendary Spielberg Color Timer? There's an App for That! Consider leaving a comment!

via planet5D pinterest news http://pins.planet5d.com/want-an-interactive-master-class-with-legendary-spielberg-color-timer-theres-an-app-for-that/