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All About Color For Digital Artists

$59.00

An informative 2 hour streaming webinar for digital artists who want a better understanding of what happens when color hits the computer.  Covering color theory, color terminology and concepts, color display, and best color practices for quality images.  In four lessons.

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An informative 2 hour streaming webinar designed specifically for digital artists who want a better understanding of what happens when color hits the computer.  All About Color for Digital Artists is a pre-recorded on demand webinar. The webinar is divided into 4 parts of about 30 minutes each for easier viewing. 

Course Length: 4 lessons / about 2 hours –Set your own schedule and pace.

 

Topics covered in include:
Part 1: the basics of color theory and key terminology

In part 1 we will be focusing on color theory, both additive and subtractive, plus defining several key color terms for use in the rest of the webinar.

 

Part 2: an understanding of core color concepts

Part 2 reveals what luminance and chrominance are and why it appears everywhere in digital color. You will also learn about histograms and what they tell us about digital images as well as color grading and secondary color correction.

 

Part 3: how color gets clobbered in the computer

Part 3 solves the problem of clipping, reveals what gamut and color space is and how it explains why your pictures look different on different types of displays.

 

Part 4: what you can do to protect the quality of your images

Part 4 solves the riddle of monitor gamma, explains bit depth and its effect on image quality, the different compression schemes, and finished up with HDR images. So let’s get started.

 

Students Love This Course!

"Steve is remarkable industry trainer, his in-depth knowledge of visual effects and ability to explain complex technical concepts made the Nuke class extremely valuable and a delightful experience. Thank you Steve and Diane!"

Jarmila Seflova film-compositor Studio 11211

“Thanks so much for teaching this class! I really appreciate your clear and concise teaching style as it made following along that much easier. I've gained a solid foundation of Nuke and feel comfortable enough to start mixing it into our pipeline. Well worth the money!”

Colin Trenter Senior VFX Artist Autofuss

Course Outline

lesson 1: Color Basics and Terminology

  1. Color theory
    1. both additive and subtractive
  2. Color and the Computer
    1. color channels, integer and floating point pixel values
  3. The color wheel
    1. changing hue by rotating through it
  4. Complimentary colors
    1. technical vs artistic
  5. Key color terms
    1. hue, saturation, brightness, contrast
  6. Color attributes
    1. tints, shades, warm vs cool
  7. Contrast ratio
    1. the scene, the eye, cameras, displays

lesson 2: Core Color Concepts

  1. Color Spaces
    1. RGB vs HSV – which one is for computers and which for people?
    2. HSV color space – how it works and what it looks like
  2. Color properties
    1. Saturation – how it affects appearance and pixel values
    2. HSV, HSL, HSB, HSI – What’s the difference?
    3. Luminance – a pervasive concept in digital color
    4. Luminance and Chrominance – the basis of image compression
  3. Histograms – what they tell you about your pictures
  4. Color correcting –the different operations and how it affects your pictures
    1. Color curves – how they work and how to use them
    2. Primary color grading – what it is and when to do it
    3. Photoshop’s Levels tool – the Swiss Army Knife of primary color grading
    4. Secondary color correction – what it is and when to do it

lesson 3: How Color gets Clobbered:

  1. Clipping –
    1. how to recognize and prevent it from damaging your pictures
  2. Gamut –
    1. definition: the range of colors that can be produced
  3. Color Space –
    1. why your pictures look different on another display
  4. LUTs –
    1. both 1D and 3D LUT
  5. Color temperature –
    1. how it affects your pictures
  6.  Standard Illuminants –
    1. what they are and what they are used for

lesson 4: Protecting the Quality of Your Pictures:

  1. Monitor gamma –
    what is gamma & why we need it,
  2. Windows vs Mac
Bit depth –
    how it works and how to protect your pictures
  3. Image compression –
    how to keep it from clobbering your color
  4. Color subsampling –
    a fundamental concept in video and digital images
  5. HDR images –
    what they are, how they are made, what they are good for

Recommended Reading

 Available now at amazon.com

Digital Compositing for Film and Video

4th edition

by Steve Wright

A very popular book on the theory and practice of digital compositing.

This book has become a steady machine-side companion for even the most serious compositors.  It contains encyclopedic knowledge of digital compositing plus it addresses real world production problems and provides their solutions.

Featuring new content on powerful new keying techniques, ACES and ColorIO, working in linear and VR Stitching.

If you don’t have a copy yet, purchase it today at amazon.com.

 
Includes Exclusive Web Content!

 

The web content for this book can be downloaded by visiting the publisher’s website (https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781138240377/) to request access to the book’s resources. To get your access token you must have proof of your purchase of the hard cover, soft cover, or an electronic version.

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