Secondaries with the Pros - The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction - page 221

Fig. 6.23 Original Source from Seduced & Exploited Entertainment's “Kiss Me In the Dark.”
Fig. 6.24 Matusek's final correction.
When he is done with the vignettes, he summarizes what he did, and
what he looks for before he moves on to the next shot ( Figure 6.24 ). “I
kind of shaped it. First you start off getting the density of the image. Then
I get the color balance where I want it. Then the mood and where you
want to put the gamma and the midtones. Then I kind of shape it. And
now I'll go back to my primary and maybe I'll go even cooler with it, just
for the heck of it and see what it looks like.”
Mike Matusek
Mike Matusek is the principal colorist at Nolo Digital Film in Chicago. Nolo specializes
in digital intermediates for features and creative color grading. He has extensive experi-
ence as a telecine and DI colorist grading commercials, feature films, and documentaries.
He has experience with DaVinci's 2K color corrector but hehas done most of his recent
grading on the Nucoda Film Master.