[Tig] Curves for serious Color Correction

[Steve Hullfish]

I know that most serious colorists I've spoken to have an aversion to  
using Photoshop-like Curves to do tonal or even color cast  
corrections. Obviously many color correction tools don't even have  
the ability to correct with Curves.

I understand that correcting with Curves can be fairly disastrous if  
left to inexperienced hands, but could anyone explain why a colorist  
would NOT want this tool in his color correction palette? It seems  
like a very intuitive way to make very specific adjustments in  
tonality and even color, when used with an RGB parade scope and  
individual RGB Curves.

Is it a case that practically every colorist in the world has been  
trained on da Vinci and da Vinci doesn't have Photoshop-like Curves,  
therefor they can't be useful?

(no offense intended, just trying to provoke a response)

Steve Hullfish


Steve Hullfish
Verascope Pictures
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