[TaoColorist] Sunday Morning Reading (Win a Prize Edition)
Published: Sun, 08/19/12
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The Tao Colorist
for professional Video / Film Colorists & Finishers. Delivered Sunday.
Issue CII Brought to you by: Tao of Color.com
This Is Thanks to Our Sponsor Week! (and win a free prize)
Editor's Note: I'm taking this week and next week off from the Newsletter. So I thought this week is a great time to thank our sponsor Flanders Scientific for supporting the Tao Newsletter for a second year! They're a fantastic company and I love being associated with them.
In this summer-shortened edition I've collected some FSI links that I'd thought you'd find interesting.
I also thought I'd turn this into a treasure hunt... Buried in a link in THIS newsletter (that's NOT on the TaoOfColor.com website) is a photo of... ME! The first person to find that photo and tweet it to me gets my pristine copy of 'An Editor's Guide to Adobe Premiere Pro' (I ordered two copies by mistake). For all those colorists out there that need to learn how to prep a timeline in Premiere Pro... this is the book for you.
RULES:
- You MUST tweet the answer to me, publicly in Twitter using this format:
"Hey @patinhofer, I found your photo in [name of the article] at precisely [additional details so everyone can find it]"
- Replace the text in the brackets.
- TaoOfColor.com links will be disqualified (THAT would be too easy)
- The article must be in this newsletter, Edition #102.
- Your first tweet is the only one that can win you the prize!
Get Some Learning from FSI . . .
- How FSI calibrates their monitors (and why their customers never have to) - A great FAQ from FSI on the different options for calibrating their monitors, how they do it in-house and why their customers will never have to calibrate an FSI monitor (unless they want to do it themselves). It has in-depth details on the different calibration technologies and how they differ. There is some seriously great info in here, it ain't PR fluff. (FlandersScientific.com)
- What is Metamerism Failure and should colorists be concerned about it? - A clear explanation of why two monitors, perfectly calibrated, can look different. (FlandersScientific.com)
- [Video] Overview of FSI's New CM-170W - This is Flanders Scientific's newest monitor. It's a 17" 10bit, Native 1920 x1200 LCD display. A terrific monitor for small spaces or field work. (YouTube.com) For full tech specs: FlandersScientific.com
- Product Matrix - FSI has monitors for a full range of uses. Check out their pricing here on their main sales page. (ShopFSI.com)
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Software: v2.8 |
Mac: v2.6.2 |
Software: v3.8 HUB v1.0 |
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Color Plug-in: v 1.0.5 |
PC: v2.6.2 |
Firmware: v1.9 |
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Sunday Fun(nies) - The summer-shortened version
- Keep it interesting - A great cartoon proving no matter how mundane your job starts to feel... it's always possible to spice things up! (Fleurinfrance2.wordpress.com)
Beyond the Interface. Learn Technique. Includes: Resolve 9*
Color Grading MasterClass: DaVinci Resolve
DaVinci Resolve, DaVinci Resolve Lite : Mac & Windows!
Also available: Colorista II | Apple Color | FCP 7
*Resolve 9 Training available after the software's been officially released
The Next Step Is A Doozy
- [Video] I Listen to Color - What would you do if you couldn't see color and the world was grayscale? If you're Neil Harbisson, you'll use technology to turn color into sounds and learn to hear color. If you watch to the end of this video you'll see why I've put this TED talk in the 'Next Step Is A Doozy' category. Worth the watch. (TED.com)
Th- Th- That's ALL Folks! See you in two weeks. Happy Grading!
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Curated + Edited by: Patrick Inhofer, photon-wrangler & founder, TaoOfColor.com
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