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Any good site or book about the theory of color correction
I am wondering if there is any good websites or books to learn the theory of color correction. I am not
talking about FCP technique, short cuts and etc. I would like to learn the theory so that I can apply to different image. How to analyze the image from waveform, vector scope, RGB Parade, Histogram and how we actually execute things to strength the beaty of the image.Or please post your theory here if you don’t mind. Thank you
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Wow, years and years of learning needed in a single post.
Start here https://www.finalcolor.com/
Search Amazon, there are a jillion color titles to wade through. For the engineering that you should learn, start here https://www.poynton.com/Poynton-color.html
Videotek and Tektronix have white papers on their respective sites on this topic and how to read scopes.
Also, search the forum here, the question comes up somewhat frequently.
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Scroll down. Someone asked this same question yesterday. You should look at the same books recommended to them.
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Hi kutmasta,
The theory of Colorimetry is one of the hardest to understand technicall matters I’ve ever tried to go through. I would recommend you to start with some “applied” knowledge for instances CC in FC. If you learnt how to use the video-scope in FC you will know how to use a externall Tektronik. If you understand how the 3-Ways CC works in FC will help you to understand how the most sophisticated CC software works.
So my advice is to start to build your knowledge fwith a more practicall than theoreticall scope. After you can start to dig deeper in the theory of color and light.
to start I recommend the book ADVANCED CC AND EFFECTS IN FC, from the Apple Pro trining Series.
Cheers,
rafael
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