Beginner6 HRS
Skin Tone Mastery
Read skin on the vectorscope, qualify it cleanly, hold it across a sequence.
REC · 24.000
Skin Tone Mastery
ARRI · LF
What You'll Learn
- ✓Read skin tone on the vectorscope without looking at the picture
- ✓Build a qualifier that survives every shot in a sequence
- ✓Match skin across cameras, lights, and ethnicities
- ✓Push warmth without sliding into orange — and cool without going green
- ✓Diagnose magenta-cast practicals in a tungsten room
- ✓Carry skin consistency through a 90-minute feature
- ✓Recognize when not to correct — and how to defend the choice
Curriculum
01
Why skin is the hardest grade
02
The vectorscope skin line, demystified
03
Drill 01 — Match three takes from one scene
04
Qualifiers that don't fall apart
05
Reading skin across ethnicity
06
Drill 02 — A four-character ensemble scene
07
Practicals, mixed light, and the magenta problem
08
Final project — Grade a six-shot sequence
09
Review session — Dado walks the class grades
Your Instructor
REC · 24.000
Dado Valentić
ARRI · LF
Dado Valentić
Senior colorist · 20 years
Feature films, prestige series, and global commercials for A24, Netflix, Apple, and Nike.
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