ABSTRACT
One of the methods of secondary color correction is vignetting or spot color correction. Apple’s Color uses the term “vignette” to define any of these geographic corrections, but when most colorists are discussing vignetting, they don’t mean any geographic correction, but the specific act of darkening the edges and focusing the viewer’s attention on the middle of the screen. Craig Leffel started as an assistant editor at venerable Chicago post house, Cutters, back in the days when they were still cutting on KEMs. Of all of the colorists who used vignettes to focus attention on the subject, the most intricate example was probably done by Mike Matusek of Chicago’s Nolo Digital Film. Mike Matusek is the principal colorist at Nolo Digital Film in Chicago. Nolo specializes in digital intermediates for features and creative color grading. One of the important skills for a colorist is to be able to soften skin tones and beautify the people in a shot.
