CT180: Intermediate Colorist

This is a five day class for those that want a good overview of the art and science of color in post-production. Ideal for anyone that is involved with look development, color grading, or color pipelines.

If you are self-taught or learned from online resources this course will help to fill in gaps in your knowledge and connect information into a helpful structure that enhances your future learning experience.

We begin with the physics and psychology of color. Learn about color spaces, color-managed workflows, and the human visual system.

Understand the effects of long grading sessions, how to trust your eyes, and how to manage color constancy. Then we explore the way color grading tools work, how, and when to use each of them.

Learn tricks for clean and fast color image analysis, balancing, and matching. Take those skills further and discover how to achieve new looks from client references and what makes a look iconic. We discuss the cultural meanings or concepts styles impart to an image or project.

The course includes methods for all genres from music videos to feature films and from the internet, to broadcast and cinema. There is a devoted section to changes that HDR displays bring and you will explore the different techniques and deliverables required for HDR projects

Whilst some material is provided all students are encouraged to bring their own graded and ungraded material to work within the class. Resolve systems are used for demonstration and practice, but the class is system agnostic and users of other systems are welcome.

This class is often attended by cinematographers, DITs, editors, and VFX, as well as colorists and we, welcome the input from their different viewpoints and experience.