Color Management Part 19: High Dynamic Range – introducing HDR
High Dynamic Range video, or HDR, is the reason this entire series on color management exists. So it’s pretty...
Apple dares you to make cinema with the ACES supported, USB-C powered iPhone 15 Pro
It came 77 minutes into the September 12th Apple event, after the iPhone updates that will “change mobile gaming”…...
Color Management Part 18: Bit Depth
After Effects has a project-wide bit depth setting, but individual plugins may or may not support all bit depths....
Color Management Part 17: Linear Compositing
Linear compositing can be a tricky subject. Many years ago a few of my colleagues started discussing it. One...
Color Management: OCIO & ACES in AE 2023
After Effects now has OpenColorIO and ACES built in. While that is great news for digital artists, it also...
Color Management Part 16: RAW video files
When compared to the long history of film and television, RAW video formats are relatively new. The concept of...
Color Management Part 15: Logarithmic video files
Logarithmic video files, or log files, are something you’ll encounter sooner or later. Every camera manufacturer has developed their...
Color Management Part 14: Combining OCIO and After Effects
OpenColorIO is the industry standard color management tool for animation and visual FX. After Effects also has its own,...
Color Management Part 13: OpenColorIO and After Effects
OpenColorIO is, currently, a plugin for After Effects. It’s free, it’s open source, it’s the industry standard tool for...
Color Management Part 12: Introducing ACES
ACES is a hot topic. But it’s not that easy to answer the simple question: “What is ACES?” And...