How to be really REALLY bad at Color CorrectionOR:

How to Color Correct better than 98% of your peers

The Color Correction Blueprint

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If you want to color correct like everyone else then just randomly apply filters with no overall game plan.

OR: Follow TaoOfColor.com’s 3-Pass Workflow

3. WHAT DOES A PLAN LOOK LIKE?

1. Set the ‘base grade’• Work ‘Outside-In’

• Brightness First

• Then Saturation

3. Control the eye

(and everything else)

2. Match to surrounding shots• Match Brightness before Color

• Compare RGB Parades

• Dial in with Vectorscope• Watch like a Painter

• Vignettes are your friend

• Fix annoying elements

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Color Correct the Shot without your eyes!

End Goal? Set the:

Pass 1

➡ White Point

➡ Black Point

➡ Gamma

➡ Saturation

3. THE ‘3-PASS WORKFLOW’

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Luma Waveform

Overall Brightness of the Image

RGB Parade

Find and fix imbalances between

the color channels

PASS 1 TAKEAWAY: DON’T TRUST YOUR EYES

Vectorscope

Look for black balance problem, set

your saturation

Ask Patrick: “What about the 45 Second Rule?

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Shot matching!

End Goal?

Pass 2

➡ The Invisible Edit

➡ Double check: White / Black Points,

Overall Gamma

➡ Match Chroma and Hue

➡ If necessary: Eliminate Distractions

3. THE ‘3-PASS WORKFLOW’

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PASS 2: TRUST YOUR EYES, VERIFY WITH THE SCOPES

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Control the Viewer’s Eye

End Goal?

Pass 3

➡ What should the viewer be looking at?

➡ Watch like a painter

➡ Enhance, add value

➡ The “Invisible Vignette”

3. THE ‘3-PASS WORKFLOW’

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PASS 3: THE EYES HAVE IT

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Putting it all together

1)A bad room will make you look bad

2)Prioritize Your Efforts

a.The Three-Pass System

b.Best bang for your buck? Interviews

c. The ‘Invisible Vignette’

3)Invest in a quality plug-in

SUMMARY: THE BLUEPRINT

4)Think: Filter stacks

5)Follow The Big Honking Moves Rule

6)Remember: Brightness Before Color Guideline

7)The Singularity Effect for Looks creation

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Free Weekly Color Correction Newsletter:

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newsletter

MixingLight.com: Three professional colorists

share three color-related Insights every week. It’s

like YouTube, but on a schedule and with

information you know you can trust. Membership

site. MixingLight.com

Colorist Flight School: I will personally coach you

in this premium video-based DaVinci Resolve

training. training.taoofcolor.com

Fini.tv: Are you looking for a professional colorist to

finish a project? This is my professional color

grading company. Visit or just email me:

patrick@fini.tv | Fini.tv

Patrick takes his experience

working at high-end full-service

post houses and delivers those

same services to low- and mid-

budget productions

Patrick InhoferColorist | Coach

Orlando, Florida

Find Patrick

@PatInhofer

Do not distribute. For FCPX Creative Summit attendees only.