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Color Correction for Digital Video: Using Desktop Tools to Perfect Your Image
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Author: Steve Hullfish, Jaime Fowler, Steve Hullish
List Price: $49.95
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ISBN: 1578202019
Publisher: CMP Books (December, 2002)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 16,345
Average Customer Rating: 4.11 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 3 out of 5
A deficient but useful book
Unfortunately, this is the best book I have found on the subject.The section on vector scopes and wave forms helped me understand those tools for the first time. That alone made the book worth the purchase price for me. Unfortunately, the rest of the book was not as good. The introduction to color theory was superficial at best, and was not tied into the rest of the book as one would expect. The examples of color corrections were somewhat interesting, but would have been more useful if they included more guidance about why each step was taken. I also found the frequent errors in spelling and grammar rather distracting. The book needed better editing. But even with its deficiencies, I found it worth the price -- if only because I couldn't find anything better on the subject.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Steep learning curve for DV amateur
I am a video enthusiast and I use Canopus DVStorm and Premiere for editing of my videos. I was hoping to learn more about color correction in YUV space, using waveform and vectorscope tools and, most importantly, to improve the quality of the videos that I make.
This book starts with a very basic theory of color. Then is suddenly takes giant steps towards the color correction technologies. It explaines some but certainly not all parameters and that can be quite frustrating. Particularly the use of YUV parameters is hardly mentioned at all and it is not explained in any of the excercises. Explanation of the use of the waveform is excellent (some questions still remain) and I got a basic understanding how to use the vectorscope.
A significant part of the book explains the tools and features of professional systems found in studios. Obviously such systems are much more sophisticated than PC-based NLE systems. I am still looking for book that is geared more towards PC based systems. Still, I found the book inspiring because it made me try my tools in new ways and actually achieve better results. That's what counts for me.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Very Basic Information
Web has much much better information than this book. The author has tried to tell everything WITHOUT TELLING ANYTHING.Don't get impressed by the good ratings/nice printing. Borrow the book from library...have a look and then think of buying.
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