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Making Connections
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Focused Intensity
For the first 18 years of our life, we spend our days broken up into tiny little blocks of focused execution (English Class, Math Class, Econ 101). Then we get a job and find ourselves constantly pulled in different directions simultaneously. If you find the latter approach to be... unproductive, then check out this little post on a few approaches to solving this dilemma. Colorists and editors will have to adjust it a bit, but there's a few kernels to work from.
Restoration v. Restoration
"BFI / Criterion" vs "French Fox / Pathe". Two restorations. Two different releases. The Film? Luchino Visconti's 1963 "The Leopard". CriterionCast.com's write up on the difference between these two restorations is pretty good. What got me wasn't how warm the Criterion version is (which is consistent across the screenshots) but that its bright and contrasty look lends a more video-y look - compared to the filmic Fox / Pathe version with thicker shadows and tamed highlights. Be sure to load up the images in different windows and toggle between them. Here's the originating blog post from BluBrew.com with more screenshots. Sources: CriterionCast.com, BluBrew.com
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Restoration v Restoration II
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Philip Hodgetts of Intelligent Assitance has launched a Final Cut Studio-centric competition, " There's NOT an App For That, Yet". Basic concept: Is there an app you wish someone would build to make you job easier? Submit the idea and if you're the winner, Philip will build it. Winner gets the choice of a free license or a 5% royalty payment. Here are the full details on the contest. And if you think the winner is getting the short-end of the stick in terms of payoff... Philip's response: " What is the Value of an Idea?". People will be able to vote on the app they want created. If you voted for the winner, you'll get a 50% discount on the app. Source: PhilipHodgetts.com
LTO is currently regarded as the best reliable archival medium - especially in a world moving quickly toward file-based acquisition / post. Most of the file systems to read / write to LTO's are proprietary. Hence, many consider the open-source file system, LTFS for LTO-5, to be good news. But is it something you'll be using in the near-term for mission-critical projects? Here's a thread on this topic from RedUser.Source: RedUser.net via Torrey Loomis on CML-Post email list
Do know a kid who would love to hear from Santa? Well, Santa now has a Google Voice number and is waiting to call up and share your personal message with your favorite tyke. It's all available on SendACallFromSanta.com. Oh, and you'll want to bookmark noradsanta.com to track his progress via GoogleEarth or GoogleMaps. Here's the original blog post with full details. Source: GoogleVoiceBlog.blogspot.com
Netflix has been making news by offering to pay for in-season network shows for live streaming. Jeff Steele rounds up several articles related to this story and comes to his own conclusion: Netflix Can't Sustain Premium Content
Source: Gigaom.com
Sunday Morning Fun(nies)
A sign of the times??
Source: PetaPixel.com
While we're linking to OK Go, here's the Rube Goldberg Machine version of OK Go's, "This Too Shall Pass"
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Chickens Have Image Stabilized Heads
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And The Winners Are . . .
The Hollywood Production Alliance (HPA) winners have been announced. Here are the winners for Outstanding Color Grading: Commercial, Siggy Ferstl "AT&T Legends"; Television, Steve Porter "The Pacific - Episode 5"; Feature Film, Stefan Sonnenfeld "Alice In Wonderland". Note: If you have a link to Riot's bio for Steve Porter, please send it to me so I can include it in the next newsletter.Source: DigitalCinemaReport.com
The Next Step Is A Doozy (Gift-Giving Edition)
If a $1500 is out of your budget... or if a $1500 control surface still doesn't provide the power you want... this $79 gamers - what do I call it? - thing'y from Logitech just might float your boat. If you know who I should contact to do a review on it, just reply to this email! Source: LogiTech.com
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Colorist Interview: Alexis Van Hurkman
- Part 2 of my 3-part interview with author, director, and colorist Alexis Van Hurkman. We talk about his latest color grading book, colorist control surfaces, vignettes, how we see color and how that influences grading. You can also subscribe to the Series via iTunes.
Grade Naturally, Without Thinking
- Impress clients, be a key member of the creative team, get confident, build your career. Do this by looking over the shoulder of a professional colorist and learn insider strategies to color grading like a pro. Check out TaoOfColor.com for full details. Note: I got sick this week and didn't increase the price. The price will go up very very soon (measured in hours, not days).
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