[cmiVFX] Nuke Color Masterclass Dual Video Kit with Victor Perez [2012, ENG]

Chapter 1: Optics

• What is Light?
• Visible Spectrum
• Color Synthesis
• How Human Eye Perceives Color
• Image Capture Devices
• Analog Vs. Digital Process
• Color Compression

Chapter 2: Elements of Digital Color Manipulation

• Color Bit Depth
• 8-Bit, Float and Half-Float
• Cartesian Axis Representation: Lookup Tables
• Normalized Values
• Brief History of File Formats: From Cineon to OpenEXR
• Linear vs Log
• Nuke™ 32-Bit per Channel Linear Workspace
• Color Space Standards (sRGB, Rec. 601 & Rec. 709)
• LUTs & Input Process
• Color Temperature / Tint
• CIE Standard Illuminant D65
• Color Analysis Instruments in Nuke

Chapter 3: Color Correction Maths

• Understanding Premultiplied and Unpremultiplied states
• Exploring Nuclear Operators
• Understanding the Color Wheel/Cube and TMI, HSV, RGB Sliders
• The Order of Operations in Color Tools
• Maths by Knobs (Black Point, White Point, Lift, Gain, Multiply, Offset, Gamma, Saturation, Contrast)
• Ranges (Shadows, Midtones, Hightlights)
• ColorLookup
• Color Matching by Curves
• Despill and Color Suppressions
• Exposure (Analogical Simulator)
• Log2Lin (and PLogtoLin)
• Colorspace
• LUT Tools (Truelight, CMSTestPattern, GenerateLUT, VectorField)
• Merge Operations

Chapter 4: Case Studies

Greenscreen, Bluescreen and Redscreen Comparison: Outdoor Lamborghini (I)
Despilling and Relighting a Greenscreen: Outdoor Lamborghini (II)
Grading CG for Integration: 40 Years (I)
Matching Greenscreen Elements to Background Plates: Indoor Lamborghini (III)
Applying Light Qualities to Composite Elements: 40 Years (II)
Color FXs: Leopard (I)