Color Management Fundamentals & ACES Workflows in Nuke [PARTNER PROVIDED]

In this series, acclaimed filmmaker and VFX Supervisor, Victor Perez demystifies the science of color management and shows you how to work with ACES in Nuke. In this first video, Victor takes you from understanding how our brains interpret light frequencies as colors to the history of color reproduction in imaging technology and beyond. By the end, you’ll have everything you need to know about color space and insight into why it’s so important to achieve a consistent standard of color reproduction, quality and artistic intent across an entire production.

00:00 - Introduction
01:27 - Color Management
07:40 - Understanding Color Spaces
34:00 - Transfer Function
40:20 - LUTs
55:15 - Brief History of the Color Transfer Odyssey
01:03:48 - Display Referred vs Scene Referred
01:11:54 - Conclusion

This video was developed in partnership with Foundry. Subtitles are available in French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil) and Spanish (Latin America).