Color Grading and Correction Flashcards
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What is the difference between color correction and color grading?
Answer: Correction fixes technical issues; grading adds creative style
Color correction fixes technical problems like exposure and white balance, while color grading applies a creative stylistic look.
What tool is used to measure the luminance and chrominance of a video signal?
Answer: Waveform monitor
A waveform monitor displays the luminance (brightness) levels of the video signal across the frame.
What does LUT stand for in color grading?
Answer: Look-Up Table
LUT stands for Look-Up Table, a file that maps input color values to output color values to apply a color grade.
Which color scope is primarily used to check color balance and saturation levels?
Answer: Vectorscope
The vectorscope displays the hue and saturation of the video signal, making it ideal for checking color balance.
In color grading, what are 'lift, gamma, and gain' used to control?
Answer: Shadow, midtone, and highlight brightness
Lift controls shadows, gamma controls midtones, and gain controls highlights in a three-way color correction workflow.
What is a 'grade' in the context of video post-production?
Answer: A color treatment applied to a scene or entire film
A grade is the color treatment—the combination of corrections and creative looks—applied to footage in post-production.
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