LATEST UPDATES
11-07-2024 – Middle Gray (DCTLs)
10-22-2024 – Film Elements (DCTLs)
09-20-2024 – Utility DCTL – UPDATE (DCTLs)
07-30-2024 – Articles (Web)
06-24-2024 – Aspect Ratio Calculator (Tools)
06-09-2024 – Color Palette (DCTLs)
06-01-2024 – Color Shaper (DCTLs)
05-24-2024 – Hue Twist & Bend (DCTLs)
04-30-2024 – Color Shift v3.0 (DCTLs)
04-10-2024 – GRID (DCTLs)
03-30-2024 – LOOK / LAB / PRINT (DCTLs)
11-20-2023 – RGB Split Tone (DCTLs)
11-19-2023 – Clamp (DCTLs)
08-05-2023 – Utility DCTL (DCTLs)
06-04-2023 – Hue Twist (DCTLs)
05-14-2023 – RGB Crosstalk (DCTLs)
05-05-2023 – Color Shift (DCTLs)
04-02-2023 – DCTL & MORE (Course)
02-26-2023 – Reverse Engineering the Grade (Course)
10-28-2022 – Color Management (Blog post)
10-09-2022 – Stretch (Tools)
10-02-2022 – Pure Glass (Tools)
Hi, I’m Stefan Ringelschwandtner
Welcome to MONONODES
Silence (2016) / Directed by Martin Scorsese / © Paramount Pictures
REVERSE ENGINEERING THE GRADE
“Reverse Engineering the Grade” is a project where I collect stills from “behind the scenes” and compare those images side by side with scenes from the final movie. My goal is to get as close as possible to the final look, but at the same time I want to keep the node tree minimal and clean.
BLOG
In my blog I talk about observing film grain, halation, lens characteristics and color. I share my thoughts on courses, YouTube channels, codecs, and so on. The latest update is about “Why I build LUTs“.
DCTLS / TOOLS
In this selection, you’ll find my personally developed film damage generators and 16mm overscan looks. Discover a range of DCTLs I’ve developed, each tailored for specific facets of the color grading process. The “Color Shift DCTL” is a look development tool designed to generate rich, dense, and filmic colors. The “RGB Crosstalk” and “Hue Twist” DCTLs serve distinct purposes – the first provides a solution for preserving neutral colors during RGB channel adjustments, while the latter, the “Hue Twist” DCTL, introduces a unique method to shift hue values based on brightness values. Also available is the “Utility DCTL” pack, featuring tools like the “Balance DCTL” – developed to analyze and manage skin tones and color deviations in your visuals.
Have fun discovering the site.
If you have any questions / suggestions / comments, feel free
to contact me anytime at stefanATmononodesDOTcom