The Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) is a free and open system for managing color, file interchange and archiving.  It was developed by the industry for the industry under the auspices of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Color Pipeline specialist Alex Fry talks the benefits of ACES for VFX.

John Frith, Head of Imaging at MPC answers 3 questions about how and why the company uses ACES in virtually all their workflows.

Q: How are you using ACES at MPC? 

A: We are fully setup to support ACES at MPC and welcome any ACES based projects.