Presented by THX cineSpace and Media Asylum in Cape Town.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about best practices for color management, display calibration and emulation. This two-day course will provide participants with a working knowledge in color management for digital film & video production, digital intermediate (DI) & video post production, visual effects (VFX), HD & film print dailies, as well as digital projection. The class is lead by THX’s Michael Chenery, a leading color science expert in the digital cinema and video industry. Sign up today.

Professionals in the video and feature film industry responsible for quality control of color across the entire production / post-production workflow should attend, including:

• VFX production supervisors
• VFX artists
• DI Post-production engineers
• CGI/VFX software developers
• Digital Imaging Technicians (DITs)
• Colorists

Participants will receive an introductory background into color science and color theory and color models including XYZ, RGB and YCbCr, XvYcc. Participants will also learn about, gamma, logarithmic and linear encoding including Rec709, RedLog, Panalog, ArriLog, FilmStream and sLog. The two-day course features hands on practice of transforming data between color models, profiling display technology including digital projection, building look up tables (LUTs), and implementing color management practices.

New course content added for 2012 includes:

• The IIF / ACES workflow. Why it was created and how to implement such a workflow. We also discuss the whole concept of input (scene) referred vs. output (display) referred workflows.
• Display optimization (calibration). How best to use the controls available on a display to set up the display as close as possible to Rec.709 with or without the use of a probe. Display optimization is important when setting up many types of display before profiling as well as in situations where a color management system (CMS) is not available and a display needs to be as close to Rec.709 as feasible without a CMS. Additional ½ day added on video calibration for your onset displays.

Dates & Location

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012: 9.00am-5.30pm
Thursday, May 17th, 2012: 9.00am-5.30pm
Friday, May 18th, 2012: ½ day Optimizing your display and Video Calibration

Visual Impact, No 1 Glynville Terrace Gardens, Cape Town, 8001

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Registration Fee

2 1/2-Day Class: $780.00 U.S. dollars (Cost includes tuition, course materials, lunch on first two days, plus first round of drinks on the evening of May 16th
½- Day Class: You can choose to attend the ½ day class on video calibration and optimizing your display for $200.US dollars.

Registration

If you’re interested in registering for the THX Color Management course being held in Cape Town, May 16, 17, 18 2012, please call or email either of the following:

Graham Austin
g@difilmco..co.za

Robert Caldwell
+1 317 373-6064
rcaldwell@thx.com