No Film School Needed: Dev Discovers Cinema-Grade Color Grading via FFmpeg Command Line
letandrewcook · x · 2026-10-10
A developer with no film-school background discovered he could color grade video using only code with FFmpeg, calling it one of the most mind-blowing discoveries of his week — a skill people typically pay thousands to learn, which he figured out on his own.
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