KERBEROS 'before and after' Desktop Color grading examples from EX1 feature film KERBEROS

	These still frames are taken from the Kerberos Movie, shot on the EX1 and presented here with med quality jpeg compression as examples of the difference color grading makes not just for 'effect', but for perceived image quality. Click on images to see 50% sized images

These frames were chosen from random scenes as examples of the power of color correction. My primary tool for grading is After Effects,

and note that I use a variety of enhancement to every scene; shadows, vingettes, shafts of light, post gels, and sometimes,

even actual frame by frame touch ups. These are typical shots as opposed to effects shots. Sometimes the effects are subtle,

sometimes dramactic, but I strive to make every shot, ( even every frame) in the film better.

Besides the fact that it radically raises the perception of quality and the acceptance of the story, it's fun (at least for me), and with as much as I have done

and expect, I am still constantly surprised at the results. I encourage all filmmakers to learn and investigate the desktop tools availlable in telling their own stories.

As I work through the edit and post production, I'll try to pull shots that are saved by some pretty radical treatment, though I would place the two men's CU's

in the car in that catagory. I'll also try post my basic way of approaching Color Correction and Grading within After Effects in hopes that it helps someone else.

For footage 'created' in After Effects, check out still frames form the 'Title Sequence'...