Introduction to ACES | Fusion, Resolve, AE

In this video, I talk about the #basics of #ACES. The Academy Color Encoding System. What it is, what it's for and why more and more high-end production houses are using it in their pipelines. It seriously improves your #Workflow. You will learn how to work in ACES in Blackmagic Fusion, Davinci Resolve and After Effects.

You can expect a more detailed video in the future. It's worth talking about differences between ACEScc, ACESct, ACEScg etc. and their behaviors.

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[bababonzio]

Ur tutorials/videos are just gems for the people with your same passion.

[Wes_Jones]

I just discovered your channel last night and have been watching your videos non-stop (well, almost non-stop). Really learn a lot from them.

[danieleckstein]

It's worth mentioning for anyone struggling to export your comp from after effects, you need to turn off color management in your output settings as well. Otherwise, the colors will shift.

[AndreyLebrov]

Hey guys, hope you're intrigued enough to start exploring this topic and make your projects even greater.

For the scientific gurus trolling in the comments: Please, don't pick up on words, I recorded the video at night and called Linear gamma "Color space" by accident. The processes shown in the video are correct, but I think this topic would worth another more detailed and accurate video later, where we would discuss the differences between ACEScc, ACESct, ACEScg etc. and their behaviors with examples and use cases throughout the pipeline.

Until then, have fun guys. xo

[linbo-vfx]

I've been watching this clip since last year but I did not totally get it until now. Cheers Andrey for sharing this

[citygxd]

you gotta continue being the expert level" of youtube tutorials... you are the best at telling the story.

[RobertoBucca]

Man, working with Aces is on another level. Thank you for that.

[BigFlavorFilms]

EXCELLENT intro to ACES. I tested this technique on a few clips that I felt were lacking proper color adjustment from CLOG3. The footage was much much closer to being usable right away. Using ACES would have been a great starting point to color correct and eventually grade. This is excellent information. Thank you!

[cinema]

Loved your articulate and wide ranging grasp of the details, so hard to find in the real world, and with a pleasant manner and attractive surround. Bouncing lights in a jar, caroming off transparent walls! Love it. Thanks, Mike

[ctjanney]

One of the better explanations I’ve seen yet.

[ALLINONE-uddf]

Happy to get your videos back after that break!
Awesome :)

[MylonasFilms]

you saved me for a TV project. Legend. Love your stuff mate

[miguelayalaconcept]

Super mega AWESOME, Andrey!!
Excellent info, and awesome way to demonstrate it across different programs.
ACES is very new in industry, so having such an explanation like this is very useful.
Thank you, man, and Greets from Colombia, South America!!

[johnnysimandjuntak]

Wow, you explained something pretty complex in such an accessible way. Thanks for sharing!

[timcity]

Wow... I just watched like 10 of your videos in a row... THIS is what YouTube should be. What a breath of fresh air, man! Thanks for making REAL informative content that can be used practically in the real world.

[BrnTheBuilder]

Fortunately, ACES in AE is less painful now than it was then BUT, you saved me w/ that 'View - Use Display Color Management' uncheck tip - I was going crazy trying to figure out why it looked messed up!

[stefgirres]

Hi andrey,
thank you for the video ! I have been using ACES (not a lot but regularly) and I'm glad to see I did it properly.
If I may, I think there is another way to make it work in AE : configure your project as you said (32bpcc, linear) but without assigning a color workspace. Then when you import your footage, change the color interpretation to Keep RGB values. This bypass AE color management. Now you can use OCIO plugin on each clip in your comp to convert it to ACES and an adjustment layer with OCIO to convert it back to the output you want.
That's what I've been doing and it seems to work fine but I'll give a try to your method to see if there's any difference.

Thank again ! (I really have to give ACES a try in Resolve to color grade)

[chrislycarvalho]

This information is😊 so much valuable, there are very few people who share the technical knowledge of film industries for free, This made my day, would love to see more video related to Aces, convert Rex.709 to P3 color space, HDR workflow etc .

[jawadhyderofficial]

You are the legend of legends Andrey.👌👌

[ДмитрийИвашкин-ио]

Спасибо, Андрей. Я даже не в курсе был про такое пространство. Очень круто с примерами и подробным воркфлоу.