Elements and Performance Criteria
- Clarify work requirements
- In consultation with relevant personnel, identify deadlines for colour grading and ensure work is planned to meet production requirements
- Assess condition of source materials for faults, determine whether remedial action is required to meet production requirements and follow-through accordingly
- Ensure source materials are loaded and recorded according to enterprise procedures
- Identify data files on digital storage network where applicable
- Prepare equipment for grading process
- Ensure equipment is fully operational and work area is organised appropriately
- Calibrate grading system for correct colour space using appropriate calibration standards
- Complete tests prior to commencing grading process as required
- Ensure frame count is set correctly at start of reel and record other initialisation settings as appropriate
- Grade images for colour
- Apply basic (primary) colour corrections for each scene to ensure overall balance
- Balance colour and density for each shot according to normal appearance
- Make suitable adjustments to each scene to suit client's production requirements
- Apply appropriate system tools to enhance specific colour detail within each shot or image
- Apply additional (secondary) corrections and shapes to meet specified production requirements
- Record colour correction data established by grader for each shot according to equipment operating specifications
- Where required, ensure additional digital effects comply with predetermined production requirements
- Record out, or render, correctly graded material
- Deal promptly and efficiently with problems that arise during the colour grading process to ensure that production deadlines are met
- If appropriate, output colour correction data for printing
- Finalise colour grading
- View results on relevant format and make further corrections as required in consultation with production personnel
- Check that grade and print requirements are met according to production requirements
- Complete further job instructions
- Produce required documentation to report on quality of graded output according to specified format
- Log completed graded job and dispatch to required destination according to enterprise procedures
- Review colour grading process and note areas for future improvement