Good books on Color Grading

Bill Ravens
January 28, 2014 at 4:35 pm

“COLOR CORRECTION HANDBOOK” by Alex Van Hurkman
and
“THE ART AND TECHNIQUE OF DIGITAL COLOR CORRECTION” by Steve Hullfish
Johan Windh
January 28, 2014 at 6:09 pm

Many thanks, Bill.

/Johan

Kind Regards,

Johan
Marc Wielage
January 31, 2014 at 8:12 am

Alexis’ Color Correction Handbook is now in its second edition. Also good is Hurkman’s follow-up, Color Correction Look Book: Creative Grading Techniques for Film and Video, which goes into detail on specific looks within scenes. It’s not cheap ($35), but it’s cheaper than buying a bunch of hokey so-called “LUTs” on the web, plus it’ll help you understand how the look was built and when it’s appropriate.
Johan Windh
January 31, 2014 at 8:30 am

Great Marc. Thanks!

Kind Regards,

Johan
David Mathis
February 6, 2014 at 7:14 pm

Were is this book available and how technical is it? Very interested in purchasing a copy.
Marc Wielage
February 7, 2014 at 2:23 am

https://www.amazon.com/Color-Correction-Handbook-Professional-Techniques/dp/0321929667/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391739787&sr=1-1

https://www.amazon.com/Color-Correction-Look-Book-Techniques/dp/0321988183/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391739787&sr=1-2

Note that Alexis is also the primary author of the daVinci Resolve user manual.

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