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Curves
Curves seem to be the Rodney Dangerfield of color correction. They just
don't get any respect. I'm not entirely sure why this is. I've spoken to
many colorists. Though curves have been around for quite some time on
DaVinci and other color correction systems, experienced colorists have
largely shunned them. Possibly this has happened because they are most
comfortable with the hands-on speed of manipulating images with their
color correction panels alone (
Figures 4.34
and
4.35
), which don't have
an easy way to control the curves interface.
The most common Curves tool is probably the one available in Adobe
Photoshop. This tool is also available in Resolve, Color, After Effects, Color
Finesse, and all Avid products (
Figures 4.36
-
4.41
).
Fig. 4.34
DaVinci 2K panels. Image courtesy of DaVinci Systems.
D e f i n i t i o n
DaVinci:
The manufac-
turer of the most commonly
used color correction gear
for the last several decades,
starting in 1984. Most col-
orists working through the
1980s and 1990s worked
on DaVinci systems of one
flavor or another, including
the DaVinci 2K+.
Fig. 4.35
DaVinci Resolve. Image courtesy of DaVinci Systems.
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