The digital colorists job is no longer to simply balance, fix, and optimize. Todays filmmakers often want to recreate the idiosyncrasies of older recording methods, or are looking for something completely new, to differentiate the look of a given project. Furthermore, end-to-end digital shooting, postproduction, and distribution means that stylizations and effects once created by the film lab are no longer photochemically available. The color grading suite has become the lab, and these sorts of stylizations are now part of the colorists job description.
In this follow-up volume to the bestseller Color Correction Handbook, Alexis Van Hurkman walks you through twenty-one categories of creative grading techniques, designed to give you an arsenal of stylizations you can pull out of your hat when the client asks for something special, unexpected, and unique. Each chapter presents an in-depth examination and step-by-step, cross-platform breakdown of stylistic techniques used in music videos, commercial spots, and cinema. These customizable techniques can be mixed and matched for your own unique effects and include:

bleach bypass looks
cross-processing simulation
day-for-night treatments
emulating film stocks
flat looks
glows, blooms, and gauze looks
grain, noise, and texture
greenscreen compositing workflows
lens flaring and veiling glare
light leaks and color bleeds
monitor and screen glow
monochrome looks
sharpening
tints and color washes
undertones
vibrance and targeted saturation
and many more!