Overview¶
OpenColorIO (OCIO) is a complete color management solution geared towards motion picture production with an emphasis on visual effects and computer animation. OCIO provides a straightforward and consistent user experience across all supporting applications while allowing for sophisticated back-end configuration options suitable for high-end production usage. OCIO is compatible with the Academy Color Encoding Specification (ACES) and is LUT-format agnostic, supporting many popular formats.
OpenColorIO version 1.0 was released in 2011, having been in development since 2003. OCIO v1 represented the culmination of years of production experience earned on such films as SpiderMan 2 (2004), Surf’s Up (2007), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009), Alice in Wonderland (2010), and many more.
OpenColorIO v2 was in development from 2017 to 2020 and was feature complete as of SIGGRAPH 2020 and was released in January of 2021. Development has continued to be active since then with annual releases around September, timed in relation to the VFX Reference Platform. Here is more information about our Releases.
About the Documentation¶
The documentation has been updated to include basic coverage of the new OCIO v2 features but additional work is needed to provide more detail and tutorials about how to best leverage them. We have an OCIO User Experience (UX) working group that is gradually working on more coverage.
The documentation is a work-in-progress and we would love to have your help to improve it! An easy way to get involved is to join the #opencolorio channel on Slack.
Roadmap¶
The project attempts to maintain a roadmap to give the community insight into upcoming development. The items are grouped into “Now”, “Next”, and “Later” categories. “Now” indicates work that is currently in-progress. “Next” indicates work that is being planned for imminent development (meaning now would be a good time to provide your input). The roadmap is available here.
Community¶
Meetings¶
The OpenColorIO project has a Technical Steering Committee meeting on Zoom every two weeks at noon LA time. The Zoom link is available from the OCIO Calendar.
There is a general working group and “office hours” meeting once a month in the same time slot. The Zoom link is available from the OCIO Calendar.
These meetings are open to anyone!
Slack¶
Join us on the ASWF Slack in the channels #opencolorio and #opencolor-configs.
Mailing Lists¶
Most of the conversation happens on Slack, but there are two mailing lists associated with OpenColorIO: