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Color Correction For Digital Video: Using Desktop Tools to Perfect your Image w/CD-Rom [Paperback]

Steve Hullfish (Author), Jaime Fowler (Author)

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Paperback: 202 pages
Publisher: Focal Press; 1 edition (December 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1578202019
ISBN-13: 978-1578202010
Product Dimensions: 23 x 18.8 x 1.6 cm
Shipping Weight: 558 g

Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #752,628 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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..".it teaches color correction, step-by-step, from theory to practice..."a must-read for any serious online editor."

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Readers will learn the principles of color theory and video signal analysis, including the differences between film and video color. Beginning with an analysis of common color corrections, the book will introduce the reader to the color corrections possible with an array of digital video software, such as Final Cut Pro, Premiere, Avid, Avid Xpress DV 2.0, After Effects plug-ins, and other nonlinear software. Color correction problems and solutions are presented with tutorials on the companion CDROM to ensure that the reader gains a working knowledge of the techniques.

Color Correction for Digital Video shows you how to use color to improve your storytelling, deliver critical emotional cues, and add impact to your videos. Beginning with a clear, concise description of color and perception theory, this book shows you how to analyze color correction problems and solve them-whatever NLE or plugin you use.

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1.0 out of 5 stars not much here, July 8 2004

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This review is from: Color Correction For Digital Video: Using Desktop Tools to Perfect your Image w/CD-Rom (Paperback)

>This book and companion CD is the best book I have ever read >on the subject and this goes back a ways!

Well, that still doesn't say much. The author has a good start, but really, this book doesn't tell you much. It describes the history of color correction and mentions some color perception. The examples are ok, but there aren't many.
To the untrained eye, some of the pictures (such as the watermelon example) look identical. Were they intended for a different color space ? If so, why was the book released this way?

The author mixes industry jargon, such as "Pull back on the blacks" while referencing a color tool that has a label "Shadows". There are at least three sets of jargon
used interchangeably, and none are specifically defined set by set. I didn't even know what exactly a midtone was when I bought this book. The index lists a few pages for midtones, but nowhere is this term or most of the others specifically defined. For a "Digital tools" book that spends so much time on analog vector scopes, I'm disappointed that most of the examples were described in words rather than pictures.

Overall, this tutorial falls short. I learned a little, but I didn't walk away with much. I don't see the purpose of this
book. The CDROM is basically a demo distribution disk.

I bet the other glowing reviews are fake. Experienced colorists will find little in this book, and beginners can't learn much.

Dear Author, please write another edition and include a DVD
of video examples, step by step. Looking forward to your next book.

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3.0 out of 5 stars A deficient but useful book, Feb 14 2004

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This review is from: Color Correction For Digital Video: Using Desktop Tools to Perfect your Image w/CD-Rom (Paperback)

Unfortunately, this is the best book I have found on the subject.

The section on vector scopes and wave forms helped me understand those tools for the first time. That alone made the book worth the purchase price for me.

Unfortunately, the rest of the book was not as good. The introduction to color theory was superficial at best, and was not tied into the rest of the book as one would expect. The examples of color corrections were somewhat interesting, but would have been more useful if they included more guidance about why each step was taken. I also found the frequent errors in spelling and grammar rather distracting. The book needed better editing.

But even with its deficiencies, I found it worth the price -- if only because I couldn't find anything better on the subject.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Steep learning curve for DV amateur, Jan 13 2004

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This review is from: Color Correction For Digital Video: Using Desktop Tools to Perfect your Image w/CD-Rom (Paperback)

I am a video enthusiast and I use Canopus DVStorm and Premiere for editing of my videos. I was hoping to learn more about color correction in YUV space, using waveform and vectorscope tools and, most importantly, to improve the quality of the videos that I make.
This book starts with a very basic theory of color. Then is suddenly takes giant steps towards the color correction technologies. It explaines some but certainly not all parameters and that can be quite frustrating. Particularly the use of YUV parameters is hardly mentioned at all and it is not explained in any of the excercises. Explanation of the use of the waveform is excellent (some questions still remain) and I got a basic understanding how to use the vectorscope.
A significant part of the book explains the tools and features of professional systems found in studios. Obviously such systems are much more sophisticated than PC-based NLE systems. I am still looking for book that is geared more towards PC based systems.

Still, I found the book inspiring because it made me try my tools in new ways and actually achieve better results. That's what counts for me.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Very Basic Information
Web has much much better information than this book. The author has tried to tell everything WITHOUT TELLING ANYTHING. Read more

Published on Jan 5 2004 by PRASHANT N MHATRE

5.0 out of 5 stars Great job, well-balanced approach
The subject of video color correction is a difficult one, and most books about it usually suffer from being over-technical, over-theoretical, or (failing those) oversimplified... Read more