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Color Correction
Professional color correction services ensuring technical accuracy and visual consistency across your entire production.
Here is how this works in practice. Color fix is the tech process of normalizing and balancing footage to achieve steady exposure, white balance, and tonal range across all shots. This foundational step corrects inconsistencies introduced by changing lighting conditions, different cameras, or differing shooting environments across production.
Here is the short of it. We connect you with colorists and grading suites equipped to deliver pro color fix for your project. Our team sets up media preparation, session scheduling, and quality control to make sure your footage achieves steady, in tech accurate color that forms a solid foundation for creative grading.
Capabilities
Professional Color Correction Services
Technical precision and visual consistency that establishes the foundation for exceptional post-production results.
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Technical Accuracy
Precise color balance and exposure optimization ensuring professional broadcast standards.
Foundation
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Shot Matching
Seamless continuity across all scenes, angles, and multi-camera setups.
Consistency
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Broadcast Standards
Full compliance with technical delivery specifications for all platforms.
Compliance
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Multi-Platform
Optimized color for cinema, broadcast, streaming, and mobile delivery.
Versatility
Technical Services
Workflow & Standards
Our Color Correction Process
We follow a systematic approach to color correction that ensures technical excellence and visual consistency across your entire project.
Technical Assessment
We analyze your footage, identify color issues, and set up correction priorities for each scene and shot.
Primary Correction
We balance exposure, neutralize color casts, and set up baseline consistency across your entire project.
Shot Matching
We make sure seamless scene matching between shots, scenes, and camera sources through precise secondary corrections.
QC & Delivery
We check broadcast compliance, run tech QC checks, and deliver corrected masters in your needed formats.
Why Us
Why Choose Our Color Correction
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Technical Precision
Accurate color science and careful attention to detail in each frame.
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Calibrated Systems
Pro-grade tracking and color-accurate grading environments.
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Efficient Workflow
Streamlined processes for quick turnaround without compromising quality.
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Global Standards
Meeting global broadcast and cinema specs worldwide.
On Location
DaVinci Resolve and Baselight pipelines across LXmedia, Tobis, and Madrid cross-border houses
Here is how this works in practice. We set up color fix sessions on DaVinci Resolve Studio (the worldwide standard pipeline from Black Magic Design) and Baselight (FilmLight) across LXmedia Studios Lisbon, Tobis Portuguesa (operating. Since 1932), Caleidoscópio, Estúdios do Carnide, and Take 2000 — joined by Ukbar Filmes and O Som e a Fúria when production firms handle their own finishing in-house. ACES color pipelines are standard on global shoots. With full source-format coverage including ARRIRAW, RED R3D, Sony Venice RAW, Sony FX9 RAW, Canon Cinema RAW Light, Blackmagic BRAW, Apple ProRes RAW, and DNxHD/DNxHR.
Here is the layout. Scope-driven shot-matching balances multi-camera ARRI/RED/Sony intercut work to broadcast-safe targets verified through pro waveform, vectorscope, and histogram scopes. EBU R103 broadcast-safe compliance for RTP, SIC, TVI, CMTV, and Sport TV deliveries is locked at the correction stage before any creative grading starts, with Rec.709 the broadcast deliverable target. Cross-border color fix options extend to LightLab Madrid (color finishing pros), Welab Madrid post pipeline, and Sigma Cine Madrid for Iberian co-productions needing parallel capacity within the 5-6 hour Lisbon-Madrid drive. Specific when Iberian standard color matching is needed across pan-Spanish-and-Portuguese shoots.
Here is the short of it. Portuguese cinematography heritage informs each color fix buy-in. Acácio de Almeida shot Manoel de Oliveira's seven-decade filmography (the longest active film career in history, ending at age 106 in 2015) and represents over a century of Portuguese visual heritage. Rui Poças's lensing on Miguel Gomes's Tabu (Berlin Silver Bear 2012), João Pedro Rodrigues's The Ornithologist, and Ira Sachs's Frankie (2019 Sintra) sets a today's Portuguese reference standard. Pedro Costa's Vitalina Varela (Locarno Golden Leopard 2019) and Fontainhas Trilogy use distinctive low-light digital aesthetics that color fix must respect when restoring or remastering.
Here is how the work shapes up. Global credits routing color through Lisbon facilities have had Indiana Jones 5: Dial of Destiny (Spielberg/Mangold 2023, partial Portugal shoot), 1899 (Netflix 2022 Portuguese co-prod), Glória (first Portuguese Netflix first 2021), Rabo de Peixe / White Lines (Netflix 2022 Azores), Night Train to Lisbon (2013), and Lisbon Story (Wenders 1994). EUR settlement at 23% IVA with RGPD/GDPR ruling source-media handling under CNPD oversight.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What's the difference between color correction and color grading?
Here is the breakdown. Color fix is the tech process of balancing exposure, neutralizing color casts, and making sure consistency across shots. Grading is the creative process that comes after, where we develop specific looks and styles. We mostly complete correction first to set up a clean foundation before applying creative grades.
Can you match footage from different cameras?
Here is what that looks like on the ground. Yes, we specialize in matching footage from many camera systems with different color science. Whether you're combining ARRI, RED, Sony, or Canon footage, we balance each source to create seamless scene matching across your entire project.
How do you ensure broadcast compliance?
Here is how the picture comes together. We use pro scopes (waveform, vectorscope, histogram) and automated QC tools to check all footage meets broadcast-safe levels for your target platform. This has luminance, chrominance, and gamut compliance for specs like EBU R128, SMPTE, and platform-specific needs.
What formats and resolutions do you support?
Here is what we have to work with. We handle all pro formats including ARRIRAW, RED R3D, Sony RAW, ProRes, DNxHD, and more in resolutions from HD through 8K. Our color-managed pipeline makes sure accurate reproduction no matter source format or delivery specs.
Related Services
Productions in Portugal that need this often pair it with Color Grading Services, Look Development Services, and Online Conform & QC Services for full coverage. Most projects also draw on Audio Post-Production Services and Title Design & Credits Services.
On Set
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Let's ensure your footage looks its absolute best with expert color correction.