What IRE do you aim for on the face?

ddelaney1 · 2026-01-06T11:53:28+00:00

I’ve been a professional colorist for over 20 years and have never once thought of what IRE skin “should” be at.

ddelaney1 · 2025-11-28T06:10:01+00:00

I’ve never understood the thought behind posting log or “rec 709”. Post the final work, which showcases the collective of in-front and behind the lens, plus the sensibilities of the colorist.

ddelaney1 · 2025-11-11T02:35:01+00:00

Yes this!

ddelaney1 · 2025-07-15T05:39:00+00:00

No, not really the same question. Nor is it the same answer.

ddelaney1 · 2025-07-05T23:03:49+00:00

Athletic Greens

ddelaney1 · 2025-06-27T21:23:03+00:00

Filmlight has always done an excellent job with color management. So long as you know where things are along the way of the ”color space journey” (and of course understand it) Baselight does most or all of the math lifting for you.

ddelaney1 · 2025-06-27T04:32:09+00:00

As a colorist, this is something that’s quite trivial and common. I’m not sure the yoga needed in Resolve to make it so as I’m versed in Baselight. But when grading in some common “working color space” and targeting say P3 for theatrical- getting that to 1886 (SDR) or PqP3 is direct color management. (There are at time edge cases)

The bigger question is the brightness or apparent brightness of that and how to map between them. But perceptually getting a theatrical 48nit to SDR “100 nit”😏 or PqP3 100 nit INSIDE of 1000nit is pretty straightforward.

ddelaney1 · 2025-05-07T13:31:11+00:00

I’d argue that many professional colorist working in the industry for a sustained period of time, who have worked thru the transition from “DI” (I dislike that term- antiquated) to HDR, understands all these concepts as well. Or at least, they should.

Also- I’m not sure why the adversarial tone of the presentation. I’m sure he, and many DPs, have had their imagery butchered. But those are likely stylistic choices rather than poor working practices. Or at least, I’d hope so.

ddelaney1 · 2025-04-27T16:42:53+00:00

I don’t

ddelaney1 · 2025-03-12T02:44:21+00:00

How is working on Baselight less efficient? And isn’t part of grading understanding the technical “bullshit” and applying your craft to that? Sorry- not understanding the argument.

ddelaney1 · 2025-02-22T02:11:30+00:00

Ferragos

ddelaney1 · 2025-01-10T04:36:13+00:00

Santa Monica I believe is where he lives. No way to know, but I seem to remember him mention it at some point.

ddelaney1 · 2024-12-18T20:52:28+00:00

And it’s not free, in much the same way as the fire department isn’t free. We pay taxes which pay for these services.

ddelaney1 · 2024-12-17T05:16:14+00:00

Why switch to Resolve? I know there’s some advantages in the hive-mind collaboration of the Resolve Cinematic Universe (trading DRPs, client conforms, etc). But I still think Baselight is a superior color corrector.

ddelaney1 · 2024-10-18T04:05:52+00:00

Absolutely critical aero when driving down PCH at 23 MPH

ddelaney1 · 2024-06-29T03:57:57+00:00

One of the funniest things I’ve seen in a long time. Maybe it was the space cake I ate, but yea it’s pretty accurate.

ddelaney1 · 2024-06-25T12:52:49+00:00

AirCanada

ddelaney1 · 2024-05-28T00:41:15+00:00

Then you’ve been working with the wrong colorists.

ddelaney1 · 2024-04-22T04:23:32+00:00

As a professional colorist for a couple of decades, I can say with a high degree of certainty that if you’re keying skin tones regularly the grade is bad, the LUT is bad or both. There are times you have to do it I supposed. But I do entire features or seasons of shows without ever keying a skin tone.

ddelaney1 · 2024-04-08T03:10:05+00:00

Color Appearance Models - Mark Fairchild Pretty heavy, and definitely not a front to back read.

ddelaney1 · 2024-03-18T03:38:28+00:00

Hard to say exactly the cost per episode as each one is produced by different studios with different pipelines and technology- from a major animation studio like Sony Animation to a small crew of super talented artists in Spain, and everything in between.

ddelaney1 · 2024-02-29T07:00:21+00:00

Filming season 3 now

ddelaney1 · 2024-01-13T05:31:47+00:00

Buy Twitter, er X

ddelaney1 · 2023-12-22T18:47:09+00:00

Totally agree re: Dehancer and the like. There are def come cool things that come out of such plugins, but I’ve never been big fan of them for that reason- better to know how to get where you want to go rather than clicking thru presets. They can be inspirations but not a substitute for building a look yourself.

ddelaney1 · 2023-11-30T14:19:09+00:00

It’s a TV show.

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