The Joy of Color Correction in After Effects
Genevieve Landry explores some of the basic color correction tools inside After Effects without using any plugins.Read More
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Chroma Subsampling Techniques
The folks behind the Red camera break down the techniques that cameras use to compress color data in this explanation of Chroma Subsampling. This became a central motivation behind early forms of analog and digital compression. Video signals would be separated into a lightness or “luma” component and two color or “chroma” components, similar to how images Read MoreRead More
Exploring the World of Color Theory with a 3D Modeling Program
Mark Meyer renders out 3D models of colorspaces to compare different ways color is recorded. From time to time I post plots of color gamuts like the one above. Each time, I get emails asking how I make them, leading me to assume that the world’s thirst for color nerdiness is going unquenched. I’m setting Read MoreRead More
Hot Chocolate Tastes Better in an Orange Cup
Want a tasty creamy cup of hot cocoa? The secret is to serve it in an orange or creme colored cup. It has nothing to do with the chemical structure but the color of the serving vessel tricks our brains into thinking we’re drinking a high caliber of chocolate. Now you know which color to Read MoreRead More
Describing Color to Blind People
Tommy Edison, who has been blind since birth, talks about describing colors to blind people.Read More
Scott Kelby’s Photoshop for Travel Photographers
Scott Kelby will show you the step-by-step techniques on how to edit your photos in Photoshop to bring impact, feeling, color, and excitement to your travel images. Plus, you’ll learn the easy way to shoot and process panoramas that work every time, some realistic HDR travel techniques, along with some clever ideas for showing your Read MoreRead More
Blackmagic Cinema Camera and the Impact of 12-bit RAW
Continued from part 1 comparing the benefits of the BMCC and DSLRs: Going a step closer with the Cinema Camera, Marco Solorio of OneRiver Media focuses on how 12-bit RAW compares in relation to 8-bit alternatives, including many camera solutions costing much more. The difference between “perceived dynamic range” and “available dynamic range” is explored Read MoreRead More
The Color Science of the Canon C300
In the world of video, pretty colors are not always the same as accurate and technically correct color. Art Adams breaks down the digital divide when it comes to Canon’s color profiles. In theory I like the Canon C300. It’s small, it’s well designed, and it can make pretty pictures. The Canon “look,” though, is Read MoreRead More
The Effect of Color
From PBS’s series Off-Book: Color is one of the fundamental elements of our existence, and defines our world in such deep ways that its effects are nearly imperceptible. It intersects the worlds of art, psychology, culture, and more, creating meaning and influencing behavior every step of the way. Most fascinating are the choices we make, Read MoreRead More
Man goes from Black and White to Color
This video by Eran Amir. was shot in color with no color correction added – the objects in black in white are actually shades of gray. Check out the making of video:Read More
Dealing With Foliage: Green and Yellow Saturation
You want to capture the beauty and splendor of the great outdoors but when you load up the photos, something’s just not quite right about the greenery. Whether your shooting DSLR or the Black Magic Cinema Camera (that we just talked about) it’s a matter of mastering the greens and yellows. I’ve also struggled with foliage Read MoreRead More
The 10 Best Blends Modes (and how to use them)
Blend modes are ways in which a program determines how to treat transparency in images that are composited together. This article was written with the photographer in mind but there’s no reason why you can’t apply these techniques to create interesting effects ini your video using After Effects (or even Photoshop). When it comes to Read MoreRead More