Thu Jun 27, 2024 2:58 pm
As VFX Supervisors Jabbar Raisani (also an executive producer of the series) and Marion Spates were overseeing the massive amount of work necessary to bring the epic Netflix series “Avatar: The Last Airbender” to life, they knew they had a secret weapon in Company 3 Senior Colorist Siggy Ferstl. Ferstl has taken full advantage of recent technological developments in DaVinci Resolve Studio editing, color grading, visual effects (VFX) and audio post production software, his preferred color grading tool, in order to significantly expand the scope of work his filmmaker clients can accomplish during the color grading process.
Raisani had done something similar for all four seasons of Netflix's hit series “Lost in Space.” “They knew what I could do beyond traditional color,” Ferstl notes, although the work on “Airbender" was significantly more involved.
"We were able to complete a large amount of work in my color bay that would otherwise have had to go out to VFX vendors," he adds, saying that this method offered the producers a number of advantages, not least of which was the ability to fine tune elements in real time and in context. Traditionally, VFX shots are sent out to companies that specialize in VFX, where they are worked on and returned, which can be a days’ long process, especially during the iterative process of requesting changes and waiting for them to be delivered.
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Raisani had done something similar for all four seasons of Netflix's hit series “Lost in Space.” “They knew what I could do beyond traditional color,” Ferstl notes, although the work on “Airbender" was significantly more involved.
"We were able to complete a large amount of work in my color bay that would otherwise have had to go out to VFX vendors," he adds, saying that this method offered the producers a number of advantages, not least of which was the ability to fine tune elements in real time and in context. Traditionally, VFX shots are sent out to companies that specialize in VFX, where they are worked on and returned, which can be a days’ long process, especially during the iterative process of requesting changes and waiting for them to be delivered.
For more information, please visit: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/ ... 0240613-01