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Nodes are the connective tissue of perfect grades
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Characteristic Curve Viewer
Creating a drfx tool that ‘instantly’ draws the characteristic curve.
Nosferatu 1922 - Recreating The Look
Making these luts makes me want to film a horror short
Film Look Tool Comparison Shopping
Wondering what drag and drop Film Look tools do to your footage…
GE1031 - Creating a Film in Theater Experience
What is film emulation anyways? Are we looking at the problem all wrong. Is it even a problem that can be considered wrong?
Technicolor 3-Strip in 21 nodes or less
Making a technicolor 3 strip in Davinci Resolve is 21 nodes easy peasy pie?
Converting Charts to Dye Sim Numbers
Here is how I'm currently reading Spectral Dye Density charts and applying them to the dye sim DCTL...
Simulating Film Stock Dye Sensitivities Pt 3.1
In pursuit of a better way to mimic the qualities of film stocks, some brilliant guys by the name of Thatcher Freeman and Troy from The Hitchhikers Guide to Colour developed an initial DCTL called the Dye Simulator. I’ve spent countless… I’d say 60+ hours trying to figure out how best to incorporate this into a node tree. Below are my findings…
The Importance of DRT Choice
Your DRT Choice is your first and most important choice when it comes to color grading. How you get to your display space or your monitor will dictate everything you do underneath it. This is from a four-part series looking at Contour by Cullen Kelly, a Look Dev OFX plugin that is DRT dependent.