[TaoColorist] Sunday Morning Reading (The CyberMonday Edition)
Published: Sun, 11/25/12
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The Tao Colorist
for professional Video / Film Colorists & Finishers. Delivered Sunday.
Issue CXI Brought to you by: Tao of Color.com
Editors Note: This is a long holiday weekend here in the US which means a Holiday Shortened Edition of the Tao Colorist. This weekend also marks the start of holiday shopping season. In the US, the busiest online shopping day is the Monday after Thanksgiving. This year, that's Nov. 26, tomorrow - and it's called CyberMonday.The Tao of Color is offering a discount to its readers - a 24 hour CyberMonday Sale - for its new Grade-Along training. Scroll down for more details. The upshot: For the next 48 hours, readers save $50 on the Premium Edition Grade-Along (which includes DaVinci Resolve 9 training) using the discount code: TaoColorist50
I hope my US readers have had a great holiday weekend! Next week I've got a full slate of articles as the Tao Colorist Newsletter swings fully back into action. There's lots of great stuff to share.
The Craft
- [Infographic] White Balance and Color Temperature - Simple chart showing the color temperature of various illuminants and the range that most camera white balance presets cover. (FilmmakerIQ.com)
- Cooking Up Unique Color Grading - Interesting profile of Encore's senior colorist Pankaj Bajpai. He discusses their distributed workflow with four networked Baselights managing seven television series, with him handling all the final grading. (DigitalCinemaReport.com)
- [Podcast] Coloristos ColorCast #7: DCP - "In this episode they cover the current shift from film negative to DCP for theatrical distribution, several popular DCP creation packages, as well as the benefits and implications for content creators and theater owners." (coloristos.podmatic.com)
- [Blog] DaVinci Resolve: Could We Split The Difference? - Alexis Van Hurkman breaks down a shot while showing a DaVinci Resolve feature for 'mixing down' the intensity of a Curves adjustment. (VanHurkman.com)
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The Horror
In honor of Tao of Color's launch of it's latest color correction training, 'Dead Man's Lake: The Grade Along' - here's a collection of links to help you get in the mindset.
- New Training - Dead Man's Lake: The Grade-Along - From initial client interview to working with Log footage to creating a Look to final deliverables - sit next a colorist and grade a film from beginning to end. Featuring DaVinci Resolve 9. This link is to the training's homepage. (TaoOfColor.com)
- [Cyber-Monday Sale] Dead Man's Lake: The Grade-Along: Save $50 - Today and Monday, Tao of Color is offering a 48-hour sale on it's latest product offering. Save $50 on the Premium Edition of the Grade-Along. Includes 6 hours of Tao's DaVinci Resolve Essentials training and 10 hours of the Grade-Along training. Plus - get an individual critique of your work (additional purchase required).
Use the discount code: TaoColorist50 (TaoOfColor.com)
- [Podcast] Interview: Director and Editor of 'Dead Man's Lake', Part 1 - In this episode of the Tao of Color Podcast I interview the creators of the horror anthology site, BloodyCuts.co.uk. We discuss their backgrounds and why they started BloodyCuts. (TaoOfColor.com)
- [Podcast] 'Dead Man's Lake': The Client Brief - Recorded as part of the Grade-Along, this is our initial conversation about the creative goals for the color correct of Dead Man's Lake. (TaoOfColor.com)
- [Blog] How to Color Correct a Horror Film (Using DaVinci Resolve 9) - Background on the Grade-Along series and what you can hope to get out of this unique in-depth training program. (TaoOfColor.com)
- [Review] Color Grading: The Horror and the Inspiration - Long-time member and contributor to the Tao, Tom Parish was part of the Beta Team that tested Dead Man's Lake: The Grade-Along. He wrote up his thoughts on this training - from someone who isn't all that keen on the horror genre. (TomParish.com)
Edumacate Yer'self
- [Forum] New Resolve Training This Week - A summary of new DaVinci Resolve training released this week from both Ripple Training and Tao of Color.com. (forums.CreativeCow.net)
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Sunday Fun(nies)
- World's Oldest Working Digital Computer Rebooted - Built in 1951 to aid in atomic energy research, it was recently refurbished. (blog.MacSales.com)
- 7 Abandoned Amusement Parks - Some interesting images in here for inspiration. (Neatorama.com)
- The Electrical Capacity of An Orange - Cool image of an orange being used as a battery to power a light. (FilmmakerIQ.com)
- The Hobbit Video Blog: Post Production - Includes a look at their color grading suite. A Mistika with Tangent CP200 panels. (YouTube.com)
- Bond's Boldest Adventure Yet: Skyfall - Great coverage of the visual effects of Skyfall - including a podcast interview with their Visual Effects Supervisor. (FXGuide.com)
Gear Heads
- How to Make Your Own Fusion Drive - No. Not nuclear fusion. But a DIY version of the hybrid platter- plus solid-state drive that Apple is selling as a Build-to-Order option. (MacWorld.com)
- Appe's Fusion Drive Speed vs the Alternatives - Can you really get the speed of an SSD with the storage capacity of a traditional drive? (BareFeats.com)
- Review: Aja KiPro vs Blackmagic HyperDeck Shuttle 2 - Considering the more than $3000 price difference this doesn't seem like a fair comparison... but this review is fair and even-handed. Now all we need is for Blackmagic or AJA to attach a legalizer to one of these things! (Freytag-Film.com via Notes On Video)
- Hard Drives - How one indie filmmakers protects his digital assets. (LilithFilm.tumblr.com)
Have a bloody good time learning DaVinci Resolve 9!
Dead Man's Lake: The Grade-Along
Featuring: LUTs & ProRes444, Roundtrip Workflows,
Creating Looks, Film Grain, Personal Critiques
48 hour Sale - Save $50 on Premium Edition with discount code:
TaoColorist50
Tweet of the Week
"Note to all Film students......Before driving 100Kms make sure you have your movie with you!" @warreneagles
The Next Step Is A Doozy
- California's First 3D Printer Retail Store (arstechnica.com)
A Step Too Far
- Is It Legal to Print a 3-D Handgun? (FilmmakerIQ.com)
Th- Th- That's ALL Folks! See you next week. Happy Grading!
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