[TaoColor] Sunday Morning Reading, October 17 edition

Published: Sun, 10/17/10

Newsletter Issue XIII

The Tao Colorist

The latest news, reviews, thoughts, and humor for professional (and aspiring) moving image Colorists and Finishers.

Win a Resolve (or 10)

If you live in the UK, MacVideo has an event on October 19th in London. They'll be raffling off (10) copies of Resolve.Source: MacVideo.tv

Edumacate Yourself

I've gotta give a plug to the fxPhd guys. There's some great color grading courses being offered this term including "Smoke On A Mac", "Resolve On A Mac", "Storm". Honorable mentions include "Scripted DSLR", "Introduction To Physics", and my favorite (which represents why they're such a great site): "Mathetmatic for Visual Effects and Design". Brilliant! I'll see you over there...Source: fxPhd.com

How hard do you work? How many hours of sleep do you average a day? This blog post is essentially a confession of a Preditor who took some time to share the effects of long-term sleep deprivation.
Source: elskid.com via @artguillotine

FCP Ecosystem

Oliver Peters gives a nice roundup of core 3rd party FCP developers that work hard to solve problems for pros. The only name on that list I question is XMEdit / Traffic. I don't know that that tool has seen any development in years. Otherwise, very solid.Source: digitalFilms.wordpress.com

John Sculley, the genius who forced Steve Jobs out of Apple has given an in-depth interview about that decision. He talks extensively about Jobs' talents. This post is a wrap-up of what other bloggers have picked up from that long interview (very meta- meta, eh?)Source: theAtlanticWire.com

Weekend Workshop

Need to recover files off a failing RAID? Are the normal copy operations hanging up on you? Check out this tip using Terminal commands.
Source: lfhd.net via @comebackshane

Sunday Fun(nies)

You've heard the old saw of the director not getting a gig because he had plenty of fruit juice spots on his reel but no carbonated beverages? Well, what if you were asked if you had ever directed a car chase - but you hadn't? Maybe you'd run out and put something together? Maybe it would turn out just like this...
Source: Vimeo.com via @chrisfenwick

Oh, sure - kid. Buy a DSLR. Buy a lens. You're a filmmaker. Just ignore this chart of the gear you need but we're not telling you about.
Source: CalumetPhoto.com via @GaryPHayes

Inside Suite

Colorist Ayumi Ashley takes us inside the grading suite on the film "The Lie". A RED originated feature that had potential clipping issues.
Source: PrepShootPost.blogspot.com

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The Next Step Is A Doozy

The $8 Million Dollar iPhone 4. My question: How much will it be worth on eBay by the time the iPhone6 is released?
Source: mashable.com via @BHPhotoVideo

A Step Too Far

Imagine if Apple allowed Resolve users to do this...
Source: pyrit.wordpress.com via @StreamComputing

A Step... Too Short?

You think DSLR filmmaking is a big step forward? Here's a perspective suggesting it might just knock you, professional filmmaker, off your feet.
Source: dv.com via @comebackshane

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