Time in Pixels

06/22/2026

06/18/2026

“Can you show me Tom Hanks again?”

“It’s Tom Cruise.” 😅

You are often taught that skin must sit directly on the skin tone line. Darren explains why that’s not always the case and uses film references to show how great-looking skin tones often sit slightly off the line while remaining perfectly balanced.

06/16/2026

How do professional colorists actually use scopes?

In our latest video, broadcast colorist Darren Mostyn takes us through the scopes he relies on every day and explains how they fit into a real-world grading workflow.

Topics covered include:

Using False Color to evaluate exposure
Understanding the Skin Tone Indicator
Reading the Twin Peaks scope
Balancing shadows with focused waveform analysis
Building a custom scope layout for faster grading

One of the most interesting takeaways? Skin tones don't necessarily need to sit directly on the skin tone line to look natural and balanced.

Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt1T9h_vAqY

See how professional broadcast colorist Darren Mostyn as he walks t...

06/16/2026

How do professional colorists actually use scopes?

In our latest video, Darren Mostyn breaks down his workflow using False Color, Skin Tone Indicator, Twin Peaks, and custom scope layouts to make faster grading decisions.

Watch the full video on our YouTube.

What’s your most-used scope? 👇

06/15/2026

"If there's one thing that's true in color work — your eyes lie. Ambient lighting changes, acclimation, and a host of other things mean you need an objective touchpoint to set a baseline. That's what scopes are for me."

— Sean Sweeney, Digital Imaging Technician

Full story → https://timeinpixels.com/blog/featured-artist-sean-sweeney/

06/08/2026

A quick look behind the scenes from our visit to Darren Mostyn’s studio in Brighton 🇬🇧

We spent the day diving into OmniScopes and its custom features from exposure to skin tones and twin peaks.

Thanks to Darren for having us - we can’t wait to share more from the session.

06/03/2026

When color correcting, subtle color casts can easily go unnoticed - especially in shadows and areas that should appear neutral.

Neutral Scope helps you quickly identify unwanted color contamination by highlighting pixels that aren't truly neutral. Whether you're balancing a product shot, checking architectural footage, or refining a grade, it provides an objective way to verify what your eyes might miss.

In this carousel, we explore how Neutral Scope can help you:

Detect hidden color casts
Verify white balance
Shadow QC
Check neutral surfaces
Improve grading accuracy

05/28/2026

Blake Jones — Colorist & Instructor — on the part of the craft most colorists never name out loud. "The golden rule is to keep things as simple as possible. Primary color correction controls and fixed qualifiers — using these two tools together will allow you to do almost anything." Read the f...

05/25/2026

"Colour stops being something you notice and starts being something you feel."

That's the moment Hootan Haghshenas chases on every project and with 185+ credits, an Academy Award-winning feature, and work for Netflix and Disney+ under his belt, he knows exactly how to find it.

In our latest Colorist Spotlight, Hootan opens up about HDR QC, the power of scopes, working remotely on complex pipelines, and why the fundamentals never go out of style.

Read the full interview https://timeinpixels.com/blog/colorist-spotlight-hootan-haghshenas

05/20/2026

Following our recent False Colour breakdown, we’re continuing the series with another essential tool for evaluating images: the Skin Tone Scope.

Because exposure is only half the equation.

Even well-exposed skin can still carry subtle colour shifts that change how natural an image feels.
And this is only part one 👀

Next up:
False Colour + Skin Tone Scope together in a real workflow setup.