In this episode of The Offset Podcast we’re talking about a subject that’s near and dear to us - color education.  

Over the past 25 years both Joey and Robbie have written books on postproduction, authored hundreds if not thousands of hours of tutorial content and spoken on color and postproduction at conferences and events all around the world.  

For this episode we thought it’d be fun to have one of our favorite color educators join the show as a special guest.  Who’s that special guest? None other than the incomparable Cullen Kelly.  

As a colorist Cullen’s eye is sought after by some of the biggest brands and best film makers in the world, as an educator his knowledge and easy going manner have earned him the respect of thousands around the world and even gave brith to a thriving community he manages. As a developer - first with DCTL and now OFX, Cullen is combining his love of color science and workflow all to help colorists create compelling images.   

This week’s episode is Part 1 of our chat with Cullen - we talk about his background and the general ethos of his approach to color eduction.  In Part 2, we’ll dive into specifics about his teaching approach, love of being an image geek and how that led to the creation of his training brand but also a new found passion for software development.  

Specific topics we cover in this episode include:

• Cullen’s background and how his journey began with a desire to know more about color
• How being a staff colorist drastically impacted his skills and learning the craft of color grading
• How the facility experience also drove his desire to learn more about what was happening behind the scenes with image creation
• Rewarding the passion of others by sharing knowledge and building a community
• Color and post have lots of ‘lanes’ of knowledge, no one ever regrets knowledge gained
• How knowledge is tiered - you can’t learn everything all at once.  
• The challenges of calibrating education to your audience
• The role of principles and how they outweigh any specific tool
• The challenge of teaching when the quality of footage, projects, and skillsets vary

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