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Hue are you?
Eric is off to a great start with PrepShootPost. Today's entry is entitled "Skin Tones," and in it he explores and verifies the claim that the miriad of human ethnicities all tend to land on the same axis of the vectorscope, making that "flesh tone" demarcation a racially unbiased target.
To many, the most sought-after colorists are those who can create the most compelling skin tones. But lately I've seen a few films where actors' pinkish visages pop out of otherwise bleak palettes in a disjointed, artificial way. An empirically correct face in a completely blue-gray world can either be subtly beautiful or distractingly artificial. I find that rendering attractive, believable skin in a pushed look is one of those challenges that keeps color correction endlessly interesting and rewarding, but sometimes I'm experimenting to see how far I can go, knowing that I'd never actually want to go that far.
Magic Bullet Looks Released
Not that you'd notice by looking at Red Giant Software's site, but Magic Bullet Looks has been released! Download the demo and try it out, and see if you can discover the secret feature.
Gripe, Shoot, Host
Wondering why you haven't heard much from me lately? Check my IMDB entry for a clue.
Wanna hear more from me? The guys at fxphd.com have a course based on the Rebel's Guide, featuring video introductions by John Montgomery and me.
Wanna hear from someone other than me who actually spends more time being a DV Rebel than talking about it? Eric Escobar has started a blog called PrepShootPost.
What does $30 buy you?
Two cool posts showed up today on the Rebel Café from new member tcindie:
In case you haven't checked it out recently, the Rebel Café continues to be approximately awesome.