Brent Smith Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 I have always tended to use Rosco gels in the past mainly because their filing system has always been more user friendly: Blues in the 60's to 80's, Lavs in the 50's, Ambers in the 20's, and so on. We have Lee and Gam in stock as well but I am too lazy (with a handful of exceptions) to remember their numbers without a logical frame of reference. However I have been stumbling upon really pretty colours in the other brands and would like to put them to use.Does anyone know of a catalog/database that presents visually, all or any combination of the major gel brands together in some spectrum-based order? I would like to see all of my colour options without switching from one swatchbook to another. Thanks, Brent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 It's not exactly what you're looking for, but I thought I'd mention it anyway. Rosco produce a poster that has all the LEE equivelents on it. Quite handy if you don't have one or the other to hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 In a similar way I think its either Apollo do a pocket converter that is palm size. I'm not sure of its ordering but its pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Hampson Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 I remember reading somewhere many years ago that to catalogue all of the available gels from every manufacturer and put them in a proper relative chromatic order would require a numbering system of at least 6 digits, can you really imagine asking for a 589745 straw tint please, no thats a 589744... even though each manufacturer only produces a few hundred colours each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakefraser Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Contact your usual Rosco supplier - there is indeed a Rosco 'Colour' poster with all the Supergel, E-Colour+ and Lee equivalents on it, as well as diffusions, CalColour and Cinegel range on one roughly A1 sized poster which I'm looking up at as I write this post - mine was sent to me by Flints. Slightly OT, but has anyone ever managed to obtain the Lee Master swatchbook? I see it in the Lee brochures, but don't know where I'd go about getting one from... Jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 I have just found the Converter. The Apollo converter I have is just numbers to numbers but also Rosco/GAM/Lee - Apollo so useless, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Smith Posted April 11, 2008 Author Share Posted April 11, 2008 Thanks for the thoughts guys,In retrospect, I guess I was being a little too hopeful.I just think, though that now gel catalogs are being incorporated into new consoles, it should'nt be long before someone combines them all on some personal website. But probably what I really want is that in the form of a massive swatchbook ( or broken down by color ranges.)Neil, I'm not thinking of renumbering anything. My fantasy is to be able to choose color without any bias to company of origin. Say, find that perfect blue, then see who makes it and what number they call it. Maybe one day I'll run out of fun things to do and I'll make one myself. Anybody want to preorder one? Thanks, Brent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benweblight Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Don't know if this is much use but White Light list gels from all three manufactures with shared categories:http://www.lxstore.com I remember seeing some kind of gel/gobo 'simulator' on here aswell but I don't remember where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody74 Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 I remember seeing some kind of gel/gobo 'simulator' on here aswell but I don't remember where.This? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benweblight Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Thats the one! Looks like it might be useful to the OP in some way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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