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ACADEMY COLOR ENCODING SYSTEM

The Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) is the industry standard for managing color throughout the life cycle of a motion picture or television production. From image capture through editing, VFX, mastering, public presentation, archiving and future remastering, ACES ensures a consistent color experience that preserves the filmmaker’s creative vision. In addition to the creative benefits, ACES addresses and solves a number of significant production, post-production, delivery, and archiving problems that have arisen with the increasing variety of digital cameras and formats in use, as well as the surge in the number of productions that rely on worldwide collaboration using shared digital image files.

ACES is a free, open, device-independent color management and image interchange system that can be applied to almost any current or future workflow. It was developed by hundreds of the industry’s top scientists, engineers and end users, working together under the auspices of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

ACES 1.0 was the first production-ready release of the system, the result of over 10 years of research, testing and field trials. It includes support for a wide variety of digital and film-based production workflows, visual effects, animation, final delivery and archiving. The most current release version, ACES 1.2, clarifies some specifications and addresses a few user-generated comments and requests and is being widely used around the globe. ACES 2.0, currently in development, will simplify and add support for additional workflows. It is being created using our open and transparent ACESNext Virtual Working Group development process and is expected to be available in 2021.

ACES | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. (2014, December 9). Www.oscars.org. https://www.oscars.org/science-technology/sci-tech-projects/aces

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