Correcting Shots - The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction - page 289

Now Most leaves the Primary room to hone in on the flesh tones.
Joining me at the session with Most was Roland Wood, founder of
FinalTouch, which later became Apple's Color. Chasing Ghosts was the
first feature graded on FinalTouch, and Wood used the footage to do
demos and training with hundreds of colorists around the world. He was
impressed by Most's correction ( Figure 7.38 ), saying, “That's the best cor-
rection I've ever seen on that shot. And I've seen this shot done a lot.”
Most takes the compliment with typical modesty, “Well, you notice
that I haven't used any windows. I tend to use windows for two reasons:
I have a real problem. I have a blown-out sky or a blown-out window.
Something very specific. Or creatively, like I did in the other shot, where
it was clear that to emphasize where the key was hitting and to emphasize
the shadows would improve the shot. But on something like this, I know
guys who would try to do a window around the hot area.”
Greg Creaser, an LA freelance colorist who specializes in grading DIs,
shows his take on the “alley” scene as well.
Fig. 7.38 Most's final correction.
Fig. 7.39 Source scene from Chasing Ghosts courtesy Wingman Productions, Inc.