Books and resources

[st3ncil (Reto Scherrer)]

Hi everybody,
I’m writing my bachelor theses about ACES and I’m looking for some book or similar sources.

Thanks for the help
Reto

[stobenkin (Steve Tobenkin)]

Hi Reto,

Thanks for your question and interest in ACES. This forum should be a great resource for you!

I’m seconding your request for the ACES Community to come up with some titles/resources they value!

While we can’t endorse any book or tool, I’ll kick it off by mentioning a couple that have come across my desk and you can see if they’re appropriate for your needs.

Chapters on ACES:
Colour Reproduction in Electronic Imaging Systems: Photography, Television, Cinematography http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781119021780.ch32/summary

The VES Handbook of Visual Effects: Industry Standard VFX Practices and Procedures
https://www.visualeffectssociety.com/books/ves-handbook-visual-effects-industry-standard-vfx-practices-and-procedures

Here are some SMPTE resources:
The Academy Color Encoding System: Standards for Digital Image Interchange, Color Management and Long-Term Archiving The Academy Color Encoding System: Standards for Digital Image Interchange, Color Management and Long-term Archiving | SMPTE Journals & Magazine | IEEE Xplore

ACES 1.0 Theory and Practice - Webcast

SMPTE Webcast: ACES 1.0 Theory and Practice

Listen to the recent Webcast for SMPTE members - generously made public by SMPTE. In this webcast, a review of current ACES terminology, color-science and workflows will be presented for both novice audiences as well as those already acquainted with pre-release ACES. Then, beginning with the author’s real-world experience, a description of an ACES use-case for theatrical production will be discussed from on-set to post-production and visual effects (VFX) to delivery. HOST Joel E. Welch - Dire…

Color Grading with Color Management

Color Correction Technical paper published in October 2016 SMPTE Journal

Many thanks to Peter Postma and Bob Chorley for their enlightening and thorough technical article “Color Grading with Color Management”. Lots of great information on ACES for the more technically inclined. Available free to SMPTE members and for a small fee to others. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7736172/

This may be of Interest as a general background:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/220720193_Applying_color_theory_to_creating_scientific_visualizations

Best,

Steve

PS to the Community, we discourage overtly commercial posts so please recommend without ‘selling’…thanks!

[jim_houston]

For a high-level treatment, there are chapters in

10th Edition of https://www.amazon.com/American-Cinematographer-Manual-10TH-Michael/dp/1467568309/ref=pd_cp_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=XVCPZMF507554RG4E31A
(paperback also available.)

2nd Edition of https://www.amazon.com/VES-Handbook-Visual-Effects-Procedures/dp/0240825187/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1487202256&sr=1-1&keywords=VFX+Handbook

[https://www.amazon.com/Production-Pipeline-Fundamentals-Film-Games/dp/0415812291/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1487202341&sr=1-1&keywords=Production+PIpeline]

an expensive option is the technical textbook,
Color Management Textbook

which has some references relative to ACES (and the background color science) but the info can be found elsewhere. (or check the library)

and generally, all of the details are at

[http://www.oscars.org/science-technology/aces/aces-documentation] (http://www.oscars.org/science-technology/aces/aces-documentation)

There are other sources on the net too, but this is a starting point.

Jim