The Offset Podcast EP056: The Post FPE Era?

About this episode

The episode discusses the obsession with film print emulation and its implications in the color world.

In this installment of The Offset Podcast we’re discussing why there’s been an obsession with film print emulation over the past few years and if we’re ever going to move on from the FPE mania that has been gripping the color world recently. The 2020s at least in most western media, could easily be defined as the FPE era. One only has to look to the plethora of FPE tools available and to their screens to see that FPE is everywhere. But is that a good thing? What constitutes good FPE and poorly executed FPE? Will we ever move past the obsession with the film print look? Specifics covered in this episode include: What's good vs poorly executed FPE? How the goal posts for FPE keep moving What about HDR in an FPE world? Remastering of film orginated projects Why developers are choosing FPE for products End user fatigue & is FPE popular everywhere? Check out offsetpodcast.com for our entire library of episodes. You can also follow us on Instagram & Facebook - just search for The Offset Podcast. You can also watch this episode on YouTube Be sure to like and subscribe to the podcast wherever you found it and be sure to check out our growing library of episodes. If you like the…

People in this episode

Host: DC Color

Topics covered

• film print emulation
• FPE mania
• color grading
• HDR
• remastering
• end user fatigue

Keywords

• film print emulation
• FPE
• color grading
• HDR
• remastering
• end user fatigue
• FPE tools

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Offset Podcast, DC Color, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, buymeacoffee.com

Products: FPE

Books & works: offsetpodcast.com

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