Kosten durch fehlerhafte Farbkalibrierung und Neukorrekturen

Definition

Australian VFX and post-production work is delivered under strict colour and technical specifications for cinema, streaming platforms and broadcasters; courses and industry guides emphasise complete, professional colour grading workflows and post-production standards, highlighting that colour grading and finishing errors must be fixed before release.[1][4][6] In practice, when monitors are not regularly calibrated or colour pipelines (LUTs, colour spaces, HDR/SDR transforms) are inconsistent between edit, VFX and grading, the same shots are sent back multiple times for adjustments, or entire sequences must be regraded late in the schedule. For a mid-size animation/post studio doing 8–10 series/feature projects a year, it is typical to see 5–10% of graded shots requiring unplanned rework due to colour mismatches, often adding 100–300 extra colourist hours annually. At typical Australian colourist/online rates of AUD 150–250 per hour in professional facilities, this translates to about AUD 15,000–75,000 per year in direct labour, plus overtime premiums of 25–50% on rush corrections. Including producer coordination time and downstream conform/finishing fixes, a realistic total cost of poor quality from colour pipeline issues is in the range of AUD 50,000–150,000 per year for a busy studio.

Why This Matters

The Pitch: Animation and post-production players in Australia 🇦🇺 waste AUD 50,000–150,000 per year on avoidable regrading and shot rework caused by inconsistent colour pipelines. Automation and certification of monitor calibration, LUT management and delivery checks eliminates most of this spend.

Affected Stakeholders

Senior Colourist, Online Editor/Finishing Artist, VFX Supervisor, Post-Production Supervisor, Pipeline TD, Animation Producer, Client/Agency Producer

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