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Recommended Reading

  We're often asked for source of additional information on color correction, video measurement, compositing, video technology, and color theory. We've collected a list of books that we've found useful and have made it easy to order them from Amazon.com.

 
Books on Color Correction for Video and Film
  The following books cover color correction for video and film. They cover general color correction techniques, as well as specific examples of using Color Finesse amd other color correction tools.

 
General Color Correction
  While more oriented to print work than video and film, these books cover the general concepts of color correction and contain tips and techniques you can use in Color Finesse as well as Photoshop and other tools.

 
Digital Cinema
  These books cover the Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI) for high-end digital projection and the color correction and mastering tasks associated with it.

 
Video Measurement and Video Technology
  The more you know about video, the better you'll be able to exploit its strengths and avoid its weaknesses. These books cover the fundamentals without requiring you to have an engineering degree. (The Charles Poynton book is quite advanced, but is considered a standard reference.)

The Peter Hodges book An Introduction to Video and Audio Measurement is an excellent companion to our Test Gear product, as it covers the use of waveform monitors and vectorscopes in a practical but detailed fashion.

 
Compositing, Adobe After Effects, and Photoshop
  These books cover general compositing techniques, as well as the specifics of using After Effects and Photoshop.

The Steve Wright book Digital Compositing for Film and Video is a great reference on using the Slice Tool, which is part of our Test Gear product.


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