The Tao Colorist

A D V E R T I S E M E N T

The Business

• Editing in 2013 - Oliver Peters takes a stab at 2013 prognosticating. (digitalfilms.wordpress.com)

• Edit suite floor plans - Oliver has been busy this month, with a comprehensive look at various way of designing an editing bay. (digitalfilms.wordpress.com)

• Douglas Trumbull on High Frame Rate Filmmaking, Part 1 - What do 3D and HFR have in common? Attempting an immersive experience. DP Trumbull explains why 48fps fails but 60fps could succeed - and the type of screens he wants to see rolled out. (moviescopemag.com via filmmakeriq.com)

• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Masterclass in Why HFR fails - Personally, I think Vincent takes his argument a step too far... with a sample size of exactly one tentpole film. I want nothing more than to see other filmmakers try to make this work. If we're going to stick with decisions made 100 years ago, let's not do so out of raw inertia. (blog.vincentlaforet.com)

• Scientific and Technical Oscars announced - Awesome to see Mocha and Imagineering Systems getting an Oscar! (fxguide.com)

• The truth about CES: Why the critics are right and wrong - Not much new has come out of CES the past few years. Is it still relevant? (news.cnet.com)

• [Video] How to Copyright your Video Content and Protect Ownership - The embedded video is an interesting discussion that separates Copyright ownership from Copyright Registration and the benefits of Registration (under United States law). (reelseo.com)

Outside 'The Box'

• Blackmagic Cinema Camera Update - Grant Petty posts a status update on the BMCC. (forum.blackmagicdesign.com)

• My FCPx workflow - Good explanation of one editor's project setup for FCPx. (daredreamermag.com)

• [Video] Avid Rough Cut: Bad Robot - Avid pulled this 20 minute overview video from their free webinar and posted to their podcast feed. (community.avid.com)

• Let's Cook - Leftover from December is this post on Prolost about the Blackmagic Cinema Camera. It's a fun read. (prolost.com)

• [Video] Soundworks Collection: Composer Michael Giacchino - What's the most important thing for a composer to do if they want to score a film? Learn filmmaking. Great interview. (vimeo.com via @JimWicks)

Edumacate Yer'self

• Editor's Lounge - January 25th, Burbank, CA. They'll be presenting Touch Edit, claiming to be the first professional NLE for the iPad. Oh - and the Blackmagic Cinema Camera. (editorslounge.com)

• Getting Started Editing Video in Photoshop CS 6 - January 27, New York City. Richard Harrington is hosting this 1-day workshop. And yes... editing video in Photoshop. Don't be surprised if you see me here... cause the next step is color grading video in Photoshop. (richardharringtonblog.com)

• 5D Master Class - February 9th, New York City. Best practices of shooting and posting with a Canon 5D. (endlesspicnic.com)

• Assimilate Scratch - Webinar February 5th. Workshop February 8th, 9th, Munich, Germany. Scratch basics. (dreamwalks.com)

• Colour Technology for Video Editors - 3 Webinar Series, February 4th, 6th, 7th. From leading color scientist Charles Poynton. (poynton.com)

• REDucation - February 11th - February 13th, Los Angeles, CA (red.com)

• HPA Tech Retreat - February 18th  - 22nd, Indian Wells, CA. Four-day conference. (provideocoalition.com)

• Basic 101: Introduction to Colorist Strategies with DaVinci Resolve - February 18th - 20th, Singapore. Warren Eagles' 3-day Resolve training course. Also check out his 201 and Looks classes. (media-asylum.com)

• Hands-On DaVinci Resolve at FMC's Editor's Retreat - February 27 - March 3, Cancun, Mexico. In this multi-day conference at an all-inclusive resort there's a one-day track for getting hands-on experience with DaVinci Resolve, taught by myself and Robbie Carman. The website has all the details. (EditorsRetreat.com)

• Smoke training in Montreal, Canada - They're trying to get 10 people for this course. (finalcutmtl.org)

• NAB 2013: Colorist Meet-Up - Mark your calendars, Sunday April 7, 8pm there will be meet-up in Las Vegas and all colorist-types are welcome to join MixingLight.com, TaoOfColor.com and iColorist.com. The full details haven't been locked down, other than... beer. And tons of shop talk. Plan accordingly. Link to come...