Journal
Notes on colour.
Each note takes one idea from the grading pipeline and works through it properly — what it does, why it reads the way it does, and the numbers behind it.
29 Jul 2026
Grading
29 Jul 2026
Emulation
29 Jul 2026
Optics
29 Jul 2026
Tone
Why teal and orange refuses to die
Complementary colour theory, skin tones, and the one thing every colourist knows about the orange axis.
Reading a Japanese film look, numerically
High key exposure, compressed contrast, green-leaning shade — the Komorebi preset taken apart parameter by parameter.
Halation, physically
What happens between the emulsion and the film base, and how to fake it convincingly in a fragment shader.
Lifted blacks, and why flat looks like film
Negative stock cannot reach true black. Understanding that one limitation explains most of what we call a filmic tone curve.