Case Study: How Coloriage Uses Colorfront Streamer to Collaborate Across the Globe
We had a conversation with Luke Linssen, the founder of Coloriage, a solo-run grading studio based in the Netherlands. Luke shared insight into his creative approach and how Colorfront Streamer has helped make his remote sessions more collaborative, efficient, and personal. Read more about what Luke had to say below:
"Coloriage is a solo run grading studio based in the Netherlands, specializing in handcrafted color shaped with intent. I work across longform, commercials and music videos always aiming to make grading personal, thoughtful and deeply collaborative.
I started using Colorfront Streamer in mid 2024. Before that I was relying on video calls with screen sharing and to be honest, it just didn’t feel right. Collaboration is a big part of how I work and without real-time conversation, things often get lost in translation. Written feedback can be hard to interpret when you can’t ask follow up questions.
It’s easier when I can read someone’s reaction, hear how they feel and respond in the moment. Colorfront brought that back. It feels like we're in the same room, grading together. I can show changes live, which makes the whole process more efficient. Before we had to do more revisions because it lacked the personal connection.
When a client isn't able to come to the studio or halfway around the world a typical streamer session looks like this:
- We schedule a call, usually with the director and DP.
- They install the Colorfront Streaming Player on their end.
- We spend the first part of the session building the look, about two hours of focused collaboration.
- I take a short break to refine things and send over a review link.
- Then we hop back on a call, talk through feedback and finish things up.
It's quicker, it's clearer and it feels like we’re actually creating something together, not just sending files into the void and hoping it lands.
As director Sandra Ebert puts it:
“The remote method is super effective. We can work a lot faster and I was able to watch from the monitors I'm used to, which helps with judgment.”
What I like most about Colorfront is the control. I know exactly how the signal reaches the client, the only variable is their monitor. I looked at other tools that stream to a web browser and there were still too many unknowns. The Streaming Player solves that, it’s solid. That's why I went with Colorfront because it's a tool that you can trust.
I'd definitely recommend it to other colorists. It helped me connect with creatives all over the world and support them in telling their stories exactly how they envisioned them."
To see more of Luke’s work, follow Coloriage on Instagram
Visit the studio's website at coloriage-studio.com