Phil Strahl C.S.I.

@philstrahl
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Senior Colorist with Red Bull Media House (Dolby Vision certified), post-workflow guy, occasional VFX compositor, and full-time nerd/Jack of All Trades.

You might know me as πΏπ‘ˆπ‘‡π‘€π‘–π‘” π‘£π‘Žπ‘› πΊπ‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘’β„Žπ‘œπ‘£π‘’π‘› on what’s left of Twitter πŸ˜„

He/his.

🎬 IMDbhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm3069566/
🌍 Websitehttps://philstrahl.com/
🎨 Colorist Societyhttps://www.coloristsociety.com/Sys/PublicProfile/32631756
πŸ”΄ Red Bull Post Productionhttps://postproduction.redbull.com/
Phil Strahl C.S.I.Feb 15

You know what would really be useful in #Premiere or #Resolve? Having a warning indicator when a clip you pull onto your timeline will overwrite/replace another that's outside the current view. Here, I made a mock-up.

#postchat #postproduction #editing #videoeditor

Phil Strahl C.S.I.Feb 2

Colorist quick tip when working Resolve: To retain any node cache status (auto/on/off) when copying a grade via middle-click:
1) Right click in the gallery pane
2) tick "Copy Grade: Copy All Node Layers"

Glad I finally figured this out! πŸ˜…

#colorist #resolve #videopost

Phil Strahl C.S.I.Jan 13
Marco ArmentJan 13

These images from the Creator Studio announcement perfectly illustrate the failure of Liquid Glass.

It doesn't get out of the way of your content β€” it INVADES your content.

This is an image editor! Yet HUGE regions of the image are invaded, blurred, and obscured by translucent UI, making both the image and the UI worse.

Low-contrast UI on blurry content doesn't clarify anything or get out of your way β€” it distorts the content AND the UI into an ugly, unusable slurry.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/01/introducing-apple-creator-studio-an-inspiring-collection-of-creative-apps/

Phil Strahl C.S.I.Dec 29

Oh, the joys of working between Christmas and New Year’s and sending out emails πŸ˜…

Hope you all had a great* 2025, can't wait for 2026!

* not too horrible

Phil Strahl C.S.I.Nov 24

β€ͺLots of thing happening so I almost missed the North American release of Girl Climber which I graded. The low-light shots benefited from NeatVideo 6 and Topaz helped with reducing some highly compressed archival stuff.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36437006/

#colorist #colorgrading #climbing #documentary

Phil Strahl C.S.I.Oct 9
Spooky season is on with that kind of deliveries. πŸŽƒ
Phil Strahl C.S.I.Oct 2

Good news, everyone! Kodak is selling its own film stock again!

https://www.404media.co/kodak-is-selling-its-own-film-again-for-the-first-time-in-a-decade/

Kodak Is Selling Its Own Film Again for the First Time in a Decade

Kodak announced two new types of film that it will sell directly to photography stores, sidestepping a bizarre distribution agreement that has been in place since its bankruptcy.

404 Media
Phil Strahl C.S.I.Sep 26
TFW a client says they're not happy with the color grade and then sends you stills from your grade without explanation. πŸ™„ Thanks, my dude, I already have these πŸ˜…
Phil Strahl C.S.I.Sep 14, 2025
Got some stuff on #Vimeo still? Be sure to back it up now that Bending Spoons acquired it 😬
https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/s/p7CBQPqR1O
Phil Strahl C.S.I.Sep 12, 2025

Great primer on digital representations of color and all the associated intricacies by Dan Hollick:

"What is a color space? In which we answer every question you've ever had about digital color, and some you haven't"

https://www.makingsoftware.com/chapters/color-spaces-models-and-gamuts

Be sure to check out the other articles on the site!

#color #postproduction #vfx #colorgrading #colorist

Making Software: What is a color space?

In which we answer every question you've ever had about digital color, and some you haven't.