Color Correction By numbers and monitor needed

[visakk]

I was reading this method, sounds interesting.
http://vimeo.com/14396098.

Now the questions assuming I follow this method, do we still require a broadcast or expnsive monitor for color correction.

Since we are using numbers rather than eye judgement(which varies by monitor) can we achieve this on a ordinary computer monitor..?

 

[j1clark@ucsd.edu]

I was reading this method, sounds interesting.
http://vimeo.com/14396098.

Now the questions assuming I follow this method, do we still require a broadcast or expnsive monitor for color correction.

Since we are using numbers rather than eye judgement(which varies by monitor) can we achieve this on a ordinary computer monitor..?

You should calibrate your monitor whether it is 'broadcast' destined or not. In 'real' production facilities there may be only one golden system. Everything else may be used for composition, editing, whatever, but the CC system is 'perfect'... along with the operator... well, as far as color vision's concerned...

For less than broadcast directed, for most fest circuit calibrating your monitor, given it is a reasonable quality, then play back on a reasonable display for 'proofing', would probably be sufficient.

As for 'by the numbers'...

The difficulty there is that the 'targets' that were selected were presumed to be 'neutral whites and greys'... if the white was in fact a very very light beige or whatever, then the 'numbers' is miscorrecting...

If you are shooting a narrative film, that is there's a setup time, part of the setup may/should include shooting a color chart under the set lighting, then there's no question about the 'grey', or the other colors...

Out in the wild, yeah, take something you know to be 'white', and something you know to be 'grey' and do the best you can...

One thing the tutorial answered... you can use Photoshop generated presets in After Effects... for some reason I never tried that, but the Photoshop Curves interface is far superior to the AE verion... so doing the curves fiddling in Photoshop then import the preset is a good idea.

This holds for any 'curve' manipulation so, you can use Photoshop to generate a number of samples for color grading, then import the selected preset into AE...