Color Management Part 23: HDR tone mapping in practise
When John Lennon said “Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans”, he might have been talking...
Color Management Part 22: Introducing Tone Mapping
Tone Mapping is an integral part of modern video post production, but I didn’t even realise it was a...
Color Management Part 21: HDR formats, colorspaces and TLAs
High Dynamic Range video is a new frontier for many After Effects users, but despite the clear advantages it...
Color Management Part 20: HDR Compositing just looks better!
High Dynamic Range compositing, using 32 bit float mode in After Effects, just looks better. It’s that simple, and...
Color Management Part 19: High Dynamic Range – introducing HDR
High Dynamic Range video, or HDR, is the reason this entire series on color management exists. So it’s pretty...
Color Management Part 18: Bit Depth
After Effects has a project-wide bit depth setting, but individual plugins may or may not support all bit depths....
Color Management Part 17: Linear Compositing
Linear compositing can be a tricky subject. Many years ago a few of my colleagues started discussing it. One...
Color Management: OCIO & ACES in AE 2023
After Effects now has OpenColorIO and ACES built in. While that is great news for digital artists, it also...
Color Management Part 16: RAW video files
When compared to the long history of film and television, RAW video formats are relatively new. The concept of...
Color Management Part 15: Logarithmic video files
Logarithmic video files, or log files, are something you’ll encounter sooner or later. Every camera manufacturer has developed their...
