[Tig] Curves for serious Color Correction

[Nichols Craig]

Doesn't daVinci have Custom Curves? Some colorists do interesting things
with these and Colorist's toolbox.  -- Not exactly Photo Shop, but some
Colorists seem to find them useful.

(View expressed is my own - not necessarily that of my employer)

Craig Nichols
Sr. Tech. Support Engineer / Film
Thomson GVG
2255 N. Ontario St. Suite 150 
Burbank, CA 91504

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On Behalf Of Steve Hullfish
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 7:55 AM
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Subject: [Tig] Curves for serious Color Correction

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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
(630) 717 9069 office
(312) 399-4237 cell
www.veralith.com



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