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If you haven't used Apple's Motion, here's a great demo of some of the power and (potential) simplicity of Motion. I find this demo interesting because it (unwittingly) also shows why so many people decide to bail on it. Source: appleMotion.squarespace.com
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New App: Airgrade - Airgrade is a free desktop software to grade images remotely with an iPhone: "When you have a 'Look' that you are happy with, it can be saved in the universally recognised ASC format developed by the American Society of Cinematographers for transferring colour decisions between different manufacturers' colour grading and finishing solutions" Source: airgrade.co.uk
Cut Notes: Screenshot of an app to take edit notes on an iPad. From Digital Rebellion.
Source: cutNotes.posterous.com
Forget the iPad. It's already passé. How about color grading with a hacked XBox Kinect? Now that we've planted the idea, get to figuring it out! Source: spliceNow.com
Shane Ross shares some notes on getting his project into Color from that purple app.
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If 'getting them while they're young' is the mass marketers key to success then 3D is in trouble. At least, if this blogger's experience is widespread, " But Dad, I Hate 3D!". Source: FilmClosing.com
Source: pcWorld.com via @filmbot
A great little doc on adult LEGO fans. Lots of fun. Well done. Watch with your kids. Needs color grading.
Source: vimeo.com via theDocumentaryBlog.com
Source: heronfidelity.com via @hdnation
Source: blackmagic-design.com via @joshpetok
Source: vimeo.com via @hurkman
Nice article that speaks directly to our business... and one of the motivations for TaoOfColor.com
Source: the99percent.com
Source: VanHurkman.com
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