Digital Cinematography

Chapter 16Postproduction and Digital Intermediate

The Digital Intermediate

Color correction happens in the dailies process and applies the cinematographers intent to the raw or uncorrected footage, but primary color correction is only meant to get the footage close to the final look for dailies and for the editorial process. Digital intermediate is the state-of-the-art motion picture color finishing process. Digital intermediate is the final colorcorrection process that will give the project a uniform finished look. In the case of film acquisition or a hybrid film/digital mixed-media project, a film scanner digitizes the selected takes, and a high-resolution editorial system conforms the media to match a proxy editorial timeline.

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