The Color Management Handbook for Visual Effects Artists: Digital Color Principles, Color Management Fundamentals & Aces Workflows

ISBN-13: 9781032383613 / Angielski

Victor Perez

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Victor Perez brings together the research and expertise of world-leading color scientists, to create a comprehensive guide for VFX Artists in Color Management. The book explores the latest standards of HDR and ACES workflows, in an easily digestible and widely applicable resource. Its purpose is to make artists confident and familiar with Color Management and its science, to improve the quality of visual effects worldwide.

Without assuming any previous knowledge, this self-contained book builds the readers understanding from the ground up, exploring all the elements of the Color Workflow at a scientific level. It covers how to setup a consistent pipeline in relation to other departments, inside and outside visual effects, from camera to screen, so everybody is aligned to the same standards, preserving color qualities, consistency, and maintaining the artistic intent end to end. It also delves into all the integral concepts for color management, ranging from Color Theory to Digital Image Fundamentals, and much more.

This book is an invaluable resource for VFX students and professionals who want to be well-informed of the latest HDR and ACES pipelines, as well as those at every level of production, wishing to gain a deeper understanding of managing color in visual effects projects.

Spis treści

SECTION I: Optics and Perception of Color  1. Elements of Optics  2. Elements of Digital Color Manipulation  SECTION II: Color Management   3. The Importance of Color Management  4. Understanding Color Spaces  SECTION III: High Dynamic Range  5. Scene and Display Color Spaces  6. Color Volume  7. HDR  SECTION IV: ACES Workflows  8. Academy Color Encoding System  9. ACES Color Transformations  10. ACES Scene Referred VFX Workflow Example

O autorze

Victor Perez is a multi-award winning film director, screenwriter, and visual effects artist with more than 25 years of combined experience, who has worked on a number of Hollywood films, including Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, plus many more. He received the Italian Academy Award for his outstanding work as VFX supervisor on The Invisible Boy: Second Generation in 2019.