Color Science Basics For Filmmakers

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[@PlanetXtreme]

I can't tell if it was a joke or not to upload a video about color science in 360p, but I laughed anyway. Thanks for the free info!

[@ewomer100]

This was recorded back in 2012/3 so its not so much as a joke as outdated (not really, still valid but they have expanded to the BT/REC2020 now and HDR monitors)

[@kevinbatts2804]

Probably the most complete breakdown of video color theory I've seen in a while.

[@udayvutla8634]

best breakdown I’ve ever seen

[@Waelboud]

the first one ever to explain it that way BRAVO !

[@TheOriginalJub]

I've been studying mechanical engineering for 15 years, and when the pandemic hit, I distracted myself from my PhD work with cameras and videography. Ever since, I've been longing for an explanation like this. I wish I had found this video three years ago. THANK YOU

[@FlyingFistsMedia]

This the best overview about color science ever. Thank you so much. My creative & technical process is so much more enlightened.

[@mansouralba1987]

Man this was dense , this video should be paid for

[@aegnogg7295]

This is one of the highest quality resources I've ever seen on color science. Thank you for this

[@iamwhatiam6281]

what a content... just incredible. thank you so much!!

[@emilyrooney1966]

Great video! Starting a Color Science PhD in the fall and as I am coming from a chemical engineering background, this video helped me to better understand some of the core concepts. Thanks!

[@temuerasamuel]

Mind blows on top of mind blows

[@thinkman2137]

Thank you for your work! It's a best course I've never seen before!

[@chachadmv]

If I knew all of this back in 2009, my life will be in a different path. I'm continuing what I left back in 2009 which is photography and I am glad i found your video. very helpful! THANK YOU!

[@Flo-con]

This was incredible, thanks so much for sharing this. I only wish it had been done so in better quality than 360p but as I understand it, this recording isn't recent (contemporary to Elysium's release)

[@Shalin.S.Shah.]

This is a groundbreaking and ridiculously amazing and educative video or tutorial I have ever seen and encountered in my lifetime watching youtube. This is incredible stuff. I do not understand why this channel only has around 10k subscribers and this video only has some 22.5k views. Maybe people are too busy using and pissing off on the luts by famous KZbinrs and do not actually understand the basics of it.

[@karthikeyansuganthi5118]

Exactly

[@ctjanney]

a fantastic reference. Thank you. I'm sharing this with our entire studio.

[@benmoulson]

I can't believe I just watched this for free.

[@nonicknamenoname3450]

its just amazing, thank you so much for the information

[@Eveerett]

Such an amazing video lecture. Thank you so much

[@anthonypace5354]

I cad my own colour interpolation algorithm years ago, and I thought two sided cones were how it would only logically be organized. Turns out rgb is organized into a cube, but if you stretch a point here and there it maps to hls. Knowing this seemingly trival thing would have helped, as I just implemented the HSL algorithm from wikipedia and would have loved to see the colour cube first. It makes sense now.

[@MDA_01]

360p - but still very much appreciated and valued : ) Thank you!

[@hermandsamuel5261]

I love what you have done here it is so nice and so well condensed without vulgarasition thank you !!!!

[@eie_for_you]

I am new to color grading. I struggle with knowing how to make two clips look the same. Shot with the same lights, the same camera and yet one angle looks different than the other. I use Davinci Resolve Studio version. I use basic white balance and do some adjustments on highlights and shadows. I might tweak the overall color tone to make something "cooler." I've used the parade scope to adjust for a specific white balance on specific objects. Is there a video somewhere that will walk through color grading and what each of these various terms mean and how they affect what I see on the screen?

[@HandalE30]

This video is gold. Love it man, thank you!

[@stefanocosimini]

Definitely the best video on this topic.

[@dronimik]

That's awesome. Thank you for sharing this Knowledge with the world!

[@skorp5677]

Amazing session! Thank you for your work!

[@nikitazaytsevspb]

Waiting for 10 hr advanced video

[@Thultmark]

Absolutely brilliant and helpful. Many thanks.

[@10gulf]

Such a valuable video!

[@luciano.3ccd]

this video its just great. really thank you

[@omixmax6116]

Thanks For Sharing you knowledge in this simple pretty way

[@johnjay370]

Actually a prizm camera would work like the human eye. At least for color. It would require 4 image sensors and a prizm that splits the light. Walt Disney made a film camera that did this so it should be easier to do so with digital cameras. The 4 sensors would be for the 3 colors RGB. Thay are the colors of light we blend in camera already. The 4th sensor is for light sensitivity and transparency. You would get more accurate color rendering and better quality light sensitivity. You would also have more control in post production.

[@milindsarwate1919]

Thanks for this information about colour correction 🌈

[@msanand7]

Nice Video!! Thanks for sharing. Very informative. @4:11 It should be Blue Luminance (on the right handside) instead if Green Luminance. Correct me if I am worng.

[@stuartrogers6778]

Really great info, thank you!

[@vibrantsparks5655]

great presentation, thanks very much

[@illuminator4633]

LOL No. This is not how colour works. This may be colour illusion science, but colour science it is not. However, jokes apart, absolutely superb video! Extremely well done! Best video on youtube on the topic seen so far. But we expect no less from Moviola, do we? ;->

[@lawrenceanthony8187]

thanks!

[@RohitSharma-uy4nl]

awesome information, thankyou so much.

[@ranjanjoshi3454]

Thanks very interesting insightful

[@greencoder1594]

The difference between theory and reality is, that in theory they are the same, while in reality they are different.

[@lucasammy]

omfg man amazing video! thanks

[@hamidullah8422]

Assalam o alaikum sir g tell me about software which is divide RGB triangle into 7 or 9 or any approximate parts

[@HenryOrtlip]

Fascinating stuff!... in 26:05 is this why when we watch the sports the lights in the stadium get black dots on the lights? the camera sensor is reading color in those black spaces outside of the color range?

[@snorpy]

*Creates a lecture on video tech *Uploads it in 360p

[@nicksullivan329]

Hi - You mentioned the triangle 3 point colour system, and how there's no way to represent all the visible colours within the triangle. Isn't that how the ACES coluor space works?

[@davidluisfilms]

So what he explains is that you can't have 3 colour system that encompasses all visible colours using 3 visible colours. However you can actually define 3 imaginary colours (which don't exist because they are outside the visible spectrum) but that provide a useful geometrical representation because it is a wider triangle that encompasses the whole visible spectrum. Any colour outside the spectrum is imaginary but that doesn't mean we can't use those points as a trick to define other points

[@esbo69]

what software do you use for cieLAB visualization?

[@IsaacRC]

awesome

[@greencoder1594]

«We taked about how the eye sees color, understand very well how the cones work, ...but then there's this pesky thing called the brain~» xD

[@vinod8june]

general explanation we need enhance tutorial

[@eliaslimapro]

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[@mostlymessingabout]

So no camera will ever be 100% ACES ... 😅

[@texasfossilguy]

Dear filmmakers in 2023 and beyond, please, for the love of God, STOP filming scenes entirely in darkness. Its annoying. People watch your films in broad daylight as often as a dark theatre. So please stop. Its not good. I see it all the time where films are way too dark In the Q and A, he says Luminance is one of the most important features, and I could not agree more. Stop filming pure black scenes. We cant see jack!

[@adrianstanciu]

Unfornatelly filmakers make movies for theaters , they really don’t care about watching their movie at home on our tablets, tv and phones.

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[@nereidndreu]

360p filmaking with this audio quality I wouldn't trust too much :/ I won't put a dislike maybe your the goat for it but cannot watch anymore 360 p after 2012

[@adrianstanciu]

It’s 360 because the video is much older than you think :)

[@bestvideos4ever1]

Bunch of information, but no basic information !