Completely Optional

Completely Optional

The Color Management feature set in After Effects is
completely optional and disabled by default. Its features
become necessary in cases including, but not necessarily
limited to, the following:
. A project relies on a color managed fi le (with an
embedded ICC Profi le). For example, a client provides
an image or clip with specifi c managed color settings
and requires that the output match.
. A project will benefi t from a linearized 1.0 gamma
working space. If that means nothing to you, read on;
this is the chapter that explains it.
. Output will be displayed in some manner that’s not
directly available on your system.
. A project is shared and the color is adjusted on a
variety of workstations, each with a calibrated monitor.
The goal is for color corrections made on a given
workstation to match once the shot moves on from that
workstation.
To achieve these goals requires that some old rules be
broken and new ones established.