[TaoColor] Sunday Morning Reading, July 25 edition

Published: Sun, 07/25/10

Newsletter Issue: II the Tao Colorist
 
 
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July 25, 2010
Around the Web
News, Links, Sites, Trivia

Colorista II is shipping

If you were looking for a tricked out replacement to the 3Way Color Corrector in FCP or After Effects, Colorista was your most likely solution. Colorista II was released this week (after an annoying 2-day Twitter campaign). Highlights includes: Integrated Mask with Inside / Outside controls, Shoulder control for recovering clipped highlights, secondaries selection in a custom UI, and more. For the 3-Way Colorists out there, you should definitely check out the demo. 
 
I've linked to the Stu's blog (Colorista's creator) with his video tutorial on the plug-in.
 
 
Source: ProLost blog, ProVideoCoalition.com



The kids out at Sunday School? Got your coffee in hand? Settled into your chair? Good. You'll need the quiet time. 

Snuggle up to this little article by Art Adams as he deconstructs the color science in RED's latest build. It's got everything a Tao Colorist wants to see... parade scopes deconstructed, test charts, Color FX room node trees - all for the express purpose of mucking around with RGB signals to understand why the new build looks so good.

Source: ProVideoCoalition.com


3D A/V Receivers

If you ask me, what's the point of 3D TV if I can't run the signal through my receiver to switch between a 3D BluRay player and the New York Yankee's 3D broadcast over cable? This blog has some timely advice on how to make this sort of purchase.

Source: HomeTheaterMag.com


one bite at a time...

...Or how to tackle a big project. 
 
In this case, an editorial project. Why is this making it into the Tao Colorist Newsletter? Well, I'm editing a doc over the next 4 weeks with about 50-60 hours of interviews, so this topic is heavily on my mind (and why my Euphonix MC Color training is delayed).

Source: Digital Films blog
 
Holy sardines! It's a classic...
 
Source: via DaringFireball
 
Bigger, better, faster. A combination good enough for Steve Austin, it's a combination good enough for me. What are the fastest 7200rpm 2TB Sata drives on the market?
 
Source: BareFeats.com
 
"YouTube can now accept videos created by a limited number of professionals and stream it to the small handful of people in the world who have an Internet connection fast enough to download it and probably the most expensive playback device on the market today."
 
Source: CelluloidJunkie.com


Around TaoOfColor.com

From the Forum:

Fire & Brimstone: Is There Such Thing As 'Low Cost' Monitoring?

A Tao Of Color forum member is trying to figure out how have a something approaching a professional monitoring solution without busting the bank. 
 
Is there such a thing as 'close enough'? Is he just fooling himself?
 
What say you, Tao Colorists?
 

This is the first tutorial I've created for TaoOfColor.com. It's not strictly about color grading - but since many graders also handle prepping and finishing duties, I thought this was a good tip to launch with. 
 
It also allowed me some quality time with my screen capture software to figure out my workflow for the more ambitious control surface training I'm recording. The above link will take you to Vimeo. It will be posted on TaoOfColor.com in the next day or so.
 

 
Feedback on this newsletter is always appreciated.
 
Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!!


Editor: Patrick Inhofer

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Current Control Surface Drivers:

JL Cooper Eclipse
Updated: July 15
Eclipse Ethernet Software
version 2.1.3

Euphonix MC Color
Updated: June 8
EuControl Software
v 1.5.5

Tangent Wave
Firmware: v1.9
Software: v3.7

Tangent CP 200
Software: v3.7
CP200 Software User Warning
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