The Tao Colorist

The Business

• The Death of Film: Part 1 - Deluxe & Technicolor agree to combine film services. (Variety.com via @silveradosys)

• The Death of Film: Part 2 - 20th Century Fox to stop 35mm distribution in Hong Kong & Macau. And then in the ENTIRE Asia-Pacific region by 2013. (Deadline.com via @silveradosys)

• The Death of Tape: 'Californication' Leaves No Trail of Tape - Purely a file-based Arri Alexa workflow. Also interesting: The dailies are now being done in-house. (Variety.com via @Company3)

• Phantom v1610: 16,000 FPS - At full 1280 x 800 resolution. If you have to ask the price - you can't afford it. (VisionResearch.com via @ronbrinkmann)

Arri This and Arri That

• Real-Time Color Correction in Avid Media Composer 5 (download pdf)

• Alexa Dailies in DaVinci Resolve (download pdf)

• Alexa in Baselight (download pdf)

• White Paper: Alexa Log C Usage in VFX (download pdf)

Edumacate Yer'self

• Resolve 8 Training: Instant Knowledge - Over at fxPhd they've rolled out a new style (for them) of training product. Rather than signing up for a 10 week semester with 4 training courses, you can download a single class and get all 10 weeks... instantly! And they kicked it off with colorist Warren Eagles in his fxphd fastforward: Resolve Fundamentals (fxPhd.com)

• Resolve 8 Training II: Online Masterclass - Here at the Tao, I've kicked off my Resolve 8 training. It's a 6-week program that covers not only Resolve 8, but includes mentoring, a 16-minute film to grade, and In-Depth lessons of Resolve's major features. It's currently being sold at half-price while the training is being recorded and released. (TaoOfColor.com)

• Resolve Lite and the Color Correction Handbook - If Resolve Lite is in your future then Alexis Van Hurkman makes the case that you'll benefit from reading his 'Color Correction Handbook'. I completely agree. 100% (VanHurkman.com)

• THX Color Management Certification: Chicago, IL - Learn color theory, color models, profiling displays, LUTs, and color management best practices. A 2-day course. First round of drinks included. August 16 & 17. (THX.com)

Free. (As In Beer)

• Autodesk Smoke for Mac OS X - 30 day trail. (usa.autodesk.com)

• Scratch & Scratch Lab - Trial versions available. (AssimilateInc.com)

• DaVinci Resolve Lite - The free version. (BlackMagic-Design.com)

Shouting Into the Wind

• This Business Is Closed - A colorist closes shop and sticks it to his clients. Kind'a sad. Kind'a funny. Too true. (colorist.miklosphilips.info)

Sunday Morning Fun(nies)

• 360 Degree VR of the Space Shuttle Flight Deck (360vr.com)

• TV Appearance of Lincoln Assassination Witness - Okay. Not fun. Or funny. But amazing, if you think about it. You've now laid eyes on a human being who saw Booth jump from Lincoln's balcony. (kottke.org)

• Breaking Up is so Hard to Do. NOT! - Awww... Urkel is all grown up and making all the girls cry in this weird retro music video. I know. It's wrong of me to include it in this Newsletter. So go cry me a bucket... (YouTube.com via ReelSeo.com)

• Guns 'N Roses... On 2 Cellos - Pretty cool. If you grew up in the '80s. (YouTube.com via ReelSeo.com)

• What Is This Google+? - Rounding our our retro-themed musical Funnies... a video on this new-fangled Google+ thing. It gives a good insight into Google+ in a funny way. (YouTube.com via ReelSeo.com)

Outside 'The Box'

• S-Log for the Sony F3 - A firmware upgrade where they put a price tag on F-Stops. (philipbloom.net)

• Smoke for FCP Users: 3D Lighting - Yup. You read that correctly. 3D lighting in your NLE. How cool is Smoke? area.autodesk.com)

• Discover the Cool Stuff Inside Premiere Pro - A new Premiere Pro site for those of looking for a new NLE. (PremierePro.net via @robbiecarman)

• Moving between Avid and Premiere Pro - This is real 'Outside the Box' thinking... rough cut in Avid then finish in Premiere... if you wanted to do this - could you? (JefferyHarrell.tumblr.com)

• Premiere Pro: A ProRes Workflow End-to-End - If you want to edit ProRes in Premiere Pro you'll want to create a Custom Preset. Here's how. (blogs.adobe.com via @post_vfx)

• 10 Things I Wish I Knew the First Time I Opened Premiere Pro - Rounding out my Premiere Pro coverage (for the next few issues). (ClayGasbury.com)

Gear Heads

• How I Achieved Better Sleep Through Technology - You didn't think I'd come back from my mini-hiatus and not cover this topic, did you? And this is appropriately placed under 'Gear Heads'. (LifeHacker.com)

• Flash Storage Shootout - MacBook Air with three different flash storage brands. (BareFeets.com)

• Thunderbolt PCI Expansion Chassis - Might explain why we're still waiting for new MacPros. (MacRumors.com via @silveradosys)

• OWC's mini-SAS Raid-Ready 12 TB Rackmount - With a throughput of 2,400 MB/s from a single cable and a single port. (blog.macsales.com)

Your Career

• Time Management for Small Businesses - Recharge. Prioritize. Don't Multitask. And more. (FutureSimple.com)

• "It Will Be Good Exposure" - How do you decide if it's worth doing something for free? (sethgodin.typepad.com)

• How To Do the 'Right Thing' - Spoiler: You already know the answer. (ChrisGuillebeau.com)

• Pick 4: An Updated Version of Zig Zigler's goal setting program - Do the work. Reap the rewards. It includes 4 copies: One for you plus 3 to give away. Currently back-ordered but expecting new shipments by the end of the month. I just put my order in. (Amazon.com)

• If You Don't Understand People, You Don't Understand Business - An interesting presentation on the importance of trust and authenticity. (the99percent.com)

• Boost Your Brain's Willpower - Recent research on how you can train your brain to control your impulses. (LifeHacker.com)

Stop Fiddling, Start Grading

Now Shipping: Resolve 8 MasterClass

• Review: OS X 10.7 Lion - The stupidly long, completely exhaustive review. (arstechnica.com)

• Review II: OS X 10.7 Lion - A much more reasonable read-in-it-in-under-6-hours review by Mac opiner Andy Inhatko. (SunTimes.com)

• OS X Lion: The King of OS Security - Two researchers suggest Lion leapfrogs its OS competition to protect against malware and viruses. No word if this .co.uk newspaper interviewed these researchers or listened in on them talking on their cellphones. (theRegister.co.uk)

• Tips for Updating Your OS - Little Frog in High Def outlines a few simple thoughts when you embark on the path to upgrading to a new OS. (LFHD.net)

• Lion Diskmaker - Creates bootable installer on DVDs and Thumbdrives, automatically. (LifeHacker.com)

• The Official Lion Recovery Disk Creator - Not a bootable installer. But it does include the recovery partition in your backup. And it's the Official One. (LifeHacker.com)

• Hard Drive Upgrades: Not Just A Simple Clone Anymore - How Lion's hidden recovery partition complicates cloning your drives. (blog.macsales.com)

• What is Lion Recovery? - From Apple's website (support.apple.com)

A Step Too Far?

• Catnip Tea is a Natural Sedative and Digestive Aid - Huh. Sounds like a messy combination if you ask me. Also a good way to make enemies with your local friendly feline. (LifeHacker.com)

Definitely: Not News

• 'Jersey Shore' Ratings Dip but Beat Republican Debate (Hollywood Reporter)

Perspective

• The Last Moments of Life - Of a dragonfly. Well done. Don't watch if you don't want a melancholy moment. (vimeo.com)