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Tools We Use
- DaVinci Resolve: Creatively Using 'Track' Nodes - Nice tutorial by Warren Eagles on a very useful technique (Vimeo.com via @hurkman)
- Optimizing Performance in Premiere and After Effects - A post with extensive links on CS5 optimization, after a recent 1-hour webcast on the topic (blogs.adobe.com via FilmmakerIQ.com)
- Feature Summary: Sorenson Squeeze 7 - A nice wrap-up of SS7's new feature set. Including (nVidia) GPU acceleration. (onlineVideo.net via @zbutcher)
- Use AppleScript to pull lots of details about your .MOVs - You'll want to file this for future use when trying to figure out details on an .mov (ImNotBruce.blogspot.com via @digitalreb)
Tao On The Web
- Blur v. Blur - Michael Murie notes the opposing opinions on DaVinci Resolve's blur between Oliver Peters and myself. Oliver and I do agree on one point... it's not a Gaussian Blur. (NotesOnVideo.blogspot.com)
- Tao Of Color Podcast: Steve Hullfish Part 2 - In this episode: Steve's latest Color training DVD; color theory; early versions of Final Touch / Apple Color; using Vignettes; and more... (TaoOfColor.com)
Swimming Downstream
- Quantel Pablo PA: Software Only Conform Tool - Announced at IBC, Quantel's PA system has been released. No details on pricing. (StudioDaily.com)
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Edumacate Yourself
- 'House' Cinematographer Gale Tattersall Launching HDSLR Workshops (16x9cinema.com)
Feature Requests
- Tools For Color: 'Color Transfer' - Batch copy grades from one Color Project to another... and match them up via Source In, File Name, Directory Path, and a few others. Downside: It's an online tool requiring uploading. (MichaelCinquin.com via Benjamin Rowland)
Codecs, Schmodecs
- DaVinci Resolve: Supported Codec List - A pdf went up this week detailing all the codecs Resolve can read and write. (Decklink.com)
- Why Shoot in LOG vs Rec. 709? A video demonstration of the difference between LOG images and Rec. 709, featuring the Arri Alexa (blog.AbelCine.com)
Beyond HD
- Sony Presentation on 4K 'End-to-End' - This is a 30 minute preso, very dry, but lays out Sony's 4k roadmap. (pro.sony.com via @aehric)
- 4k @ CES 2011 - Welcome to the future... HD is barely dry and now a TV to display better stills. (YouTube.com via @4KTV)
- James Cameron Wants More Light in 3D Exhibition - I'm sure the internal memos from theater owners ask: Who's going to pay for it? (blogs.wsj.com via @brucesharpe)
Current Colorist Control Surface Drivers
| JL Cooper Eclipse |
Euphonix MC Color |
Tangent Wave |
| Software: v2.1.5 |
Mac: v2.5.6 |
Software: v3.8 |
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Color Plug-in: v 1.0.5 |
PC: v2.5.7 |
Firmware: v1.9 |
| Updated: Nov. 22 |
Updated: Jan. 19 |
Updated: Jan. 28(ish) |
Sunday Morning Fun(nies)
- Roddenberry's Original Pitch for Star Trek - Featuring the. . . U.S.S Yorktown? (Kottke.org)
- Hex Codes for the standard 133 Crayola Crayons (Kottke.org)
- Act NOW: Submit A Tip, Win A Book - The Color Correction Handbook, (among others) to be precise (ProVideoCoalition.com)
Being a Better Me
- How To Control Your "Check-In" Addiction - Techniques to keep you from being glued to email / Twitter / Facebook (the99percent.com)
- It's Time to Kill Multitasking - Sense a Trend here? It's all about focused intensity.(the99percent.com)
Road Warrior
- Portable Color Grading - I don't usually link to Press Releases... but this one contains interesting details making it worth the read. This workflow features SpeedGrade. (BourkePR.typepad.com)
- A Picoprojector, 6mm thick - 11 lumens, 800 x 400 pixels, 45 lenses. More details should be forthcoming later this month. (HardMac.com)
MASTER THE POWER OF COLOR GRADING
on a 14-minute short film:
Weekend Warrior
Oops!
- Flickr Accidentally Deletes The Wrong Account - And blows away 4,000 / 4 years worth of photos. (PetaPixel.com)
The Next Step Is A Doozy
A Step Too Far
Beating a Dead Horse? - Or - It Still Needs To Be Said?
- I am a Avid Final Cut Ho - The Cliff Notes on this blog post: I am not a Avid / Final Cut / Premiere editor, I am an editor. I ask: Why are we still having this conversation? (theBearWrestler.com via @kev_mon)
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