ABSTRACT
The subject of color management in After Effects is ever-evolving. This chapter provides a snapshot of suggested video-centric workflows as of After Effects CS5 version 10.0.0. It discusses the related subjects of working in a linear working space, floating point and Cineon. Motion graphics imagery may come from a wide range of sources, including photographs, video, film, and illustrations. The delivery options are equally wide-ranging. The chapter employs several different example projects, all located in the 26-color management folder on the accompanying DVD-ROM. Film is the original high dynamic range image format – it too can capture color values brighter than can be represented on videotape or on most computer displays. To digitize film accurately, Kodak designed the Cineon format. The Cineon file format represents each color channel with 1024 values spread across a special logarithmic range.
