Dolby Vision 2 Is Here: What Every Colorist Should Know in 2026

Series	Office Hours

A conversation with Dolby’s team about the first major Dolby Vision expansion in years – and why your workflow does not change. Yet.

Last December, I stumbled across a quiet flurry of updates in Dolby’s knowledge base. They had added new HDR display guidance, fresh bias light documentation, and a growing library of content creation best practices. Most of it hadn’t crossed my radar. So I reached out to Tom Graham at Dolby and asked for a catch-up session before NAB. He brought his team.

For this Office Hours, I’m joined by three voices from Dolby and two Mixing Light contributors who grade Dolby Vision professionally every day. From Dolby: Tom Graham on evangelization and creator relations, Samuel Bilodeau on product design, and Nate McFarlin, Staff Content Engineer for Commercial Partnerships, on reference displays and measurement. From Mixing Light: Zeb Chadfield and Joey D’Anna. We cover the Dolby Vision 2 launch, the new two-tier consumer structure, the Authentic Motion de-judder feature, ambient-light metadata, the state of HDR reference displays in 2026, and what working colorists need to know right now.

The short answer to the last question, as Tom puts it: for the next six to eight months, you don’t need to change anything at all. The tool partners – Blackmagic, FilmLight, and ColorFront – are receiving kits from Dolby as we speak. What you need to know today is the shape of what’s coming, and why the creative community’s choices matter more than ever for the consumer viewing experience.

Key Takeaways

By the end of this Insight, you should understand how to:

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