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Phil Strahl C.S.I.
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Senior Colorist with Red Bull Media, Workflow Architect, VFX guy, tutor & self-proclaimed nerdy Jack of all Trades. CSI member; PVA certified. He/his.
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The result is worth all this, I swear! 🫠

#colorist #resolve #colorgrading
A rather complex node tree in Resolve. We got Layer mixers, Splitters, Mergers, OFX, key mixers, etc.
November 5, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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What a year! In 2024 I graded almost 30k shots. I hope 2025 will be a little quieter 😅

#colorist #colorgrading #postchat
Table listing "Running time in Minutes" and "Number of Shots" by year starting from 2010 to 2024. In 2024, I graded 29110 shots, with a total runtime of 1873.2 minutes. In total, i graded 361515 shots with a total runtime of 26247.2 minutes
January 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Color grading in a nutshell: Making images look nice and giving them a look that emphasizes the story and mood.

#color #colorist #colorgrading
Photo taken with a Samsung S23 Ultra. It's a long shot of a bus in front of an illuminated parking lot at night in fog. It was taken with the phone's default camera app. The same photo but graded "cinematically" with a strong orange/teal look.
October 28, 2024 at 9:06 PM
philstrahl.bsky.social
Oh no, I made another design for my #colorist colleagues and other folks in #postproduction. Wearing this on a T-shirt is a conversation starter, believe me! 😅
#posttalk #video #editing
Promotional image of my waveform parade readout design in red, green, and blue against a black background on a mousepad Promotional image of my waveform parade readout design in red, green, and blue against a black background on two black T-shirts Promotional image of my waveform parade readout design in red, green, and blue against a black background on two badly rendered mugs Promotional image of my waveform parade readout design in red, green, and blue against a black background on a zipper pouch.
July 31, 2024 at 6:01 PM
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I love this! #stereoscopy
Screenshot of a Mastodon toot by Bernd Kilga reading "Good easter-egg in the credits of the new #Disney movie #Wish: The names of the stereo composers (who decide on the depth of the 3D effect) were all elevated to the front."
January 3, 2024 at 2:37 PM
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Pop goes the color😅
Screenshot of the welcome screen of the latest Adobe Premiere reading: Get more out of Premiere Pro - Make colors pop. See how to fast-track your color correction and give your video a polished…"
October 23, 2023 at 7:11 PM
philstrahl.bsky.social
And how's your Friday going?
Photo of a color suite with a big, fat, red Media Offline on the monitor (and timeline)
September 29, 2023 at 4:31 PM
philstrahl.bsky.social
Today’s #Colorist Tip: Try to work modular, especially when you can expect changes.

For example, with this node tree I can tweak certain colors completely individually from the look in case the client wants to experiment but their brand colors should remain intact.

#colorgrading #color
A node tree showing a junction of a side-tree only used for pulling mattes via qualifiers. Their alpha is then fed into individual nodes where the grading happens. The results are combined in a parallel note at the end.
September 28, 2023 at 7:49 PM
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It's one of those days 😅
A DaVinci Resolve node tree with 19 nodes and various edges running netween them.
September 27, 2023 at 6:49 PM
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Hello World! I’m Phil, digital colorist, post-pro workflow & VFX, and full-time nerd.
You might have seen my work in:
"¡Vamos, Vegas!"
🏎 www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoHE...
"The Old World"
🚲 www.redbull.com/int-en/films...
"DRIVEN"
🏂 www.redbull.com/int-en/films...
and others
September 1, 2023 at 4:55 PM