Neutral Balance Grade: How to Perfectly Integrate Film & CG Renders for VFX Compositing

Walkthrough of the process in VFX for doing a reverse-out neutral grade by calibrating the image to match the color gamut and white balance of the target color space (ACEScg) using a Macbeth color chart, and likewise calibrate the HDR captured on set to the same target color space, using this to light the CG assets with neutralized image-based lighting. DOWNLOADS HDR assets from the Katana Lighting and Rendering Master Class: Marco Meyer’s Color Target Gizmo (including NumPy) CHAPTERS 0:00 Understanding Color Balance 2:08 Reverse-Out Color Balance with Grade Node 4:30 Neutralizing Film Plate with a Color Checker 8:56 Neutralizing HDR for image-based lighting 17:19 Workflow Review