Grade School: Advanced Low Contrast Look Design

Low contrast looks are challenging, but there are concrete ways you can approach crafting them so you end up with with a compelling image instead of a flat, lifeless one. This is a live Q&A further exploring my low contrast look creation video here: https://youtu.be/GpjoHQ34a0k

0:08 Introduction
2:36 What’s a good practice for finding a good black level for monitors or displays
that differ in contrast ratio?
5:16 Why would you use Gamma on the primary wheels and have to pull up Lift
when you could use the log or the HDR tool and have more control on the image?
9:57 Soft contrast looks are usually associated with a milky black point. Do you have
any examples of low contrast looks that retain a deep black point?
12:44 How can we achieve a soft contrast look with REC709 material?
20:55 When color managing for a low contrast look - would it be beneficial (when playing with tone and gamma mapping) to start with lower contrasts to begin with so that you have
something more native?
25:26 What would you do for something that was low contrast in camera using lens
filters?
28:41 How do you know when to use a soft contrast look and when to use a high
contrast one?
33:05 How to achieve good color separation when going for a soft contrast look?
38:30 What would be a situation where you would selectively lift the shadows in one
channel instead of lifting all three across the board?
41:10 What do you think about going for a low contrast look if you know the main
delivery will be in HDR?
45:51 Conclusion

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Видео Grade School: Advanced Low Contrast Look Design канала Cullen Kelly