Release notes

2025

2025/12/18 : Version 1.2 of my website is officially out there.
2025/12/11 : Massive updates on all chapters. I fixed all the broken links, as many typos as I could, changed the font color from red to orange for readability and removed all the content I was not comfortable with. I cleaned, re-ordered and clarified many paragraphs.
2025/06/09 : Published the article about Picture Formations with brand new content about ACES 2.0 and OpenDRT 1.0. I have tried to summarize all my knowledge of what makes an image successful in the simplest possible way. And without using a single chromaticity plot !

2024

2024/05/28 : Removed all mentions of the version 2.0 of the CG Cinematography book which was previously due for Q4 2020. The website will still receive updates but at a slower pace than I previously thought.

2023

2023/01/03 : Published the article about OCIO, ACES and Color Picking. Nothing new under sun, this article used to exist in the ACES chapter. It might need an update at some point with my latest findings.

2022

2022/04/20 : Added book and videos’ links on Chapter 1. I will never get tired of Color Management apparently…
2022/01/11 : Big update on Chapter 1.5. Some more examples and explanations about the ACES Output Transforms, ACES 2.0 and Gamut Mapping to tie things up nicely with my article about Display Transforms.
2022/01/08 : Massive update on Chapter 1. There was nothing wrong about it per-se but I think it is now more accurate, better explained and even shorter ! I have added explanations about Transfer Functions, Display Linear and Display Transforms. I have also removed the paragraphs about “The Zone System” and “Mid-gray”, which eventually will end up in a separated article. Renders and terminology have also been improved in the “scene-linear workflow” section. After spending dozens of hours on this update, I am pretty pleased with the result.

2021

2021/12/31 : Change of servers to increase the speed of the website. A bit of maintenance on the Compositing Chapter.
2021/10/15 : Updates on the post about OCIO and Display Transforms. Zach Lewis and Kevin Campbell were kind enough to share their thoughts with me and I updated on a few things (such as OCIO implementation and texturing in ACEScg) to avoid any ambiguity. Thanks guys !
2021/09/29 : Published a new post about OCIO and Display Transforms. This post is a summary of conversations I had with my fellow colour nerds during the past year. Yep, I was super wrong about many things !
2021/08/27 : Updates on the Albedo chapter (added a “linear – sRGB” chart, fixed some values…)
2021/06/03 : Updates on the ACES chapter. Trying to be as accurate as I can and sharing my latest findings about the ACES’ issues (mostly thanks to the Output Transform VWG).
2021/04/02 : Updates on the ACEScg paragraph. There is no ultimate rendering space…
2021/03/27 : About fifty “little improvements” here and there… Most noticeable would be about virtual primaries, output transform, modifying the ACES OCIO config, matrixes 3×3, daylight locus and a few links to some very interesting content, such as Daniele Siragusano’s masterclasses ! Enjoy !
2021/03/26 : Improvement of the “Grading Log” paragraph, thanks to Bruce Forel.
2021/03/25 : A new paragraph about convincing colleagues and supervisors.
2021/03/21 : A new paragraph about the Planckian locus.
2021/03/17 : A new post about Albedo and Pointer’s Gamut. Finally !
2021/03/16 : Chronological inversion of the release notes.

Version 1.1 summary

Various updates and improvements on all chapters.
Ctrl + f is now available on the website.
Removal of the softwares and Pointer’s gamut sections from the ACES chapter. These sections will be re-integrated as new articles soon.
A new section in Chapter 8.5 about Clemence Vangout self-portrait.
A new chapter about Shot lighting that it is completely dissociated from Chapter 8.5 about Character lighting.
Two new categories : What’s new and Articles have been created.
All images have their copyrights embedded, are in Full HD, loaded through Smart Slider and can be displayed in full screen. Yep, that’s 1195 images in total !

2020

2020/09/16 : Finished the update of the ACES chapter. Version 1.1 of my website is officially out there. Yay !
2020/09/15 : Finished the ACES limitations of the ACES chapter. Created a new category : Articles and moved the post Guerilla Render in Production. This category is for posts that do not fit in the CG Cinematography book.
2020/09/14 : Updated most images and sliders for the ACES chapter. Started to write on Hue skews and Posterization. One more day !
2020/09/13 : Finished the color_picking paragraph for the ACES chapter. Improvements on the ACES limitations paragraph are on its way… This is endless really…
2020/09/12 : More fixes on the ACES chapter. Mostly about the inverted ODT workflow and the color_picking role. I have also removed some double information about the ODT limitations and the ACES RAE paragraph. Almost there !
2020/09/07 : More improvements on the ACES chapter. Fixed some typos, improved the accuracy of some sentences, added more details and explanation… Devil is in the details.
2020/09/06 : Changed the order of many paragraphs in the ACES chapter. Added a couple of headings for the RRT and Shaper paragraphs. Slowly getting there…
2020/09/05 : More updates and cleaning of the ACES chapter. The full update is going to take some time !
2020/09/04 : Creation of the category What’s new and the post Release notes for better tracking of updates.
2020/09/03 : Removal of the softwares and Pointer’s gamut sections from the ACES chapter. These sections will be re-integrated as new articles soon. This is part of a big update on the ACES chapter that is coming.
2020/08/27 : Linear workflow slider is improved and Shoji screens have a better sampling.
2020/08/26 : Global check of all chapters (but ACES). Most slides should have a title and a copyright with a black background when possible.
2020/08/25 : Minor adjustments on Appendix 1. Update of two sliders about sequence lighting.
2020/08/12 : Chapter 2 has been updated : full HD images, full screen sliders, embedded copyrights, jpeg’s size and bullets with numbers in sliders. ACES here I come !
2020/08/09 : Chapter 3 has been updated : full HD images, full screen sliders, embedded copyrights, jpeg’s size and bullets with numbers in sliders. That took a while !
2020/04/21 : New section about Clemence Vangout self-portrait.
2020/04/19 : Change of content protection plug-in to allow screenshots and search option (Ctrl+F).
2020/04/18 : Chapter 4 has been updated : full HD images, full screen sliders, embedded copyrights, jpeg’s size and bullets with numbers in sliders. Almost there.
2020/04/14 : Update on non-OCIO softwares in Chapter 1.5.
2020/04/13 : Chapter 1 and Chapter 5 have been updated : full HD images, full screen sliders, embedded copyrights, jpeg’s size and bullets with numbers in sliders. Only four to go !
2020/04/11 : Update on ODT limitations in Chapter 1.5.
2020/04/10 : Chapter 6 and Appendix 1 have been updated : full HD images, full screen sliders, embedded copyrights, jpeg’s size and bullets with numbers in sliders. Keep going !
2020/04/07 : Chapter 7 and Introduction have been updated : full HD images, full screen sliders, embedded copyrights, jpeg’s size and bullets with numbers in sliders. Step by step.
2020/04/05 : Chapter 10 and Conclusion have been updated : full HD images, full screen sliders, embedded copyrights, jpeg’s size and bullets with numbers in sliders. Just the beginning…
2020/04/04 : Chapter 9 has been updated : full HD images, full screen sliders, embedded copyrights, jpeg’s size and bullets with numbers in sliders.
2020/04/03 : Night Bar example provided in Chapter 8.
2020/03/31 : Chapter 8 has been updated : full HD images, full screen sliders, embedded copyrights, jpeg’s size and bullets with numbers in sliders.
2020/03/29 : Updates on linear workflow, mid gray and the zone system in Chapter 1.
2020/03/24 : Update on the Volumetrics section from Chapter 7.
2020/03/22 : Update on the properties of a color space in Chapter 1 and creation of Chapter 8.5 about Character Lighting with most of Chapter 8 content.
2020/01/23 : Updates on Color Picking (ACES) and Weta’s cleaning.

2019

2019/12/01 : Updates on ACES use in softwares and workflow. I also started the release notes to keep track of the changes (originally located in the conclusion).
2019/10/06 : Release of the CG Cinematography book. Each chapter has at least a beginning, a middle and an end. Version 1.0 covers around 70% of everything I would like to put in my book.