Recommended reading on colour grading?

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Good morning,

After exploring Spektrafilm/Vkdts Filmsim I feel like I want to take some more creative liberties in colour grading my photos. To infuse my photos with more mood of the moment.

Currently I am wiggling my way around darktables channel mixer, RGB primaries and other modules and try to see what sticks.

I watched Joanna Kustras video lecture and feel like I learned a lot of basics but struggle to apply these things to my photography.

I’d like to give my neurocortex some more context to consciously understand and plan what I am actually doing.

Do you guys have some recommendations on what to read on the topic? Online or (preferably) paperbound?

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Moinchen, Mino!

Blackmagick/daVinci Resolve has lots of PDFs, tutorials and training videos on the noble art of colour grading freely available.

MfG
Claes in Lund, Schweden

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Color Correction Handbook: Professional Techniques for Video and Cinema

by Alexis Van Hurkman

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Troy Sobotkas Hitchhiker’s Guide to Digital Color:

Charles Poynton’s dissertation on color appearance:

https://www.poynton.ca/books/phd/

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Available on the Internet archive

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Hello, this is a fascinating topic, something that I’m also interested. Read this great book LIFELIKE: A book on color in digital photography – Dehancer Blog

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