6 Months Diploma · Batch 2 admissions open
Digital Image (DI)
Every frame you love was finished in a grading suite.
The course
Digital Intermediate is where a film gets its final look. You’ll learn colour science, primary and secondary correction, and how to build a mood that serves the story.
Working in a commercial suite with footage from real student productions, you’ll grade alongside directors and cinematographers — just as it happens in the industry.
Production schedule
What you’ll learn, month by month.
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Month 01 · Module 1
Colour science
Colour spaces, log footage, gamma and how cameras see colour.
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Month 02 · Module 2
Primary correction
Balance, contrast and matching shots across a scene.
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Month 03 · Module 3
Secondary correction
Qualifiers, power windows, tracking and skin tones.
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Month 04 · Module 4
Creating a look
LUTs, film emulation and designing a grade with the DOP.
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Month 05 · Module 5
Conform & VFX hand-off
Round-tripping from the edit and integrating visual effects.
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Month 06 · Module 6
Mastering & delivery
Theatrical, broadcast and streaming deliverables.
Why this course
Built around doing, not watching.
Commercial grading suite
Calibrated monitoring in a professional finishing environment.
Grade real films
Finish productions shot by the academy’s cinematography students.
See it projected
Check your grade on the big screen in the preview theatre.
Industry-approved software
Train on the same grading tools used in post houses.
Your kit
Tools, rooms and gear you’ll use.
- Colour grading software
- Control surfaces
- Calibrated reference monitors
- LUT & look design
- Conform tools
- Preview theatre projection
Final cut
Grade a complete short film to a director’s brief and deliver masters for screen and web.
Build a portfolio with professional films and graduate with assured placement support.
Where it leads
Roles our graduates step into.
- Colourist
- DI assistant
- Online / finishing editor
- Dailies & DIT
- Post-production coordinator
Keep exploring
More courses on set.
Sound Engineering
Recording, dubbing and mixing in a professional recording theatre and Dolby Atmos preview.
Drone Engineering & Cinematography
Build, fly and frame — aerial cinematography from assembly to the final shot.
Graphic Design
Posters, titles and visual identity for film and media productions.
Film Direction
Screenwriting, shot design, blocking and leading a crew from script to final cut.
Online registration open · Batch 2
Start your Digital Image (DI) journey.
Online registration is open for Batch 2 · January – June 2027. Register online and get 20% off on course fees — our admissions team will call you back within one working day.