The Tao Colorist

The Tools

• OLED Calibration - Can you calibrate a Sony BVM OLED with an XRite i1 puck-style probe and Sony's White Balance Software? Ben Cain says, no... but for field monitoring--it's close enough.  Plus some  commentary calibrating the PVM OLED right out of the box. (negativespaces.com)

• [Video] Overexposed Footage on F55 Raw - An interesting 15 second clip showing highlight recovery on F55 Raw footage. More interesting is the comments. (vimeo.com via @post_vfx)

• [Avid] Basic Color Correction Tips - Features two embedded videos; one on contrast the other on chromance. (nofilmschool.com)

• What's Coming In The Next Version Of SpeedGrade? - To whet your appetite. (blogs.adobe.com)

• Canon C300 Log LUTs and More Scene Files - Canon Provides their 1D LUTs as .csv files. Andy from AbelCine converted them into proper LUT files that you can download and load up. Gotta say, I'm starting to have mixed feelings about the attention that LUTs are getting by post-pros. It's effecting my willingness to continue linking to this sort of thing. (blog.abelcine.com via @JimWicks)

• Adobe Deblurring Tools - Video tools in Photoshop and (maybe) Premiere Pro. (prodesigntools.com via @Jorge_Soto_Vigo)

• Blackmagic Camera Post Workflow - The basics on creating proxies for CinemaDNG camera originals using Resolve. (hurlbutvisuals.com via David E. Bell)

• Resolve 'How To Use Scratches, Grain and Fogging Material' - Focused on Warren's effects for sale at FXPhd but these techniques can be used with anything. (vimeo.com)

The Business

• Apple Q2 Results: iPad Sales Up, Macs Flat - Year over year Apple sales are up but margins are down. (MacWorld.com)

• Netflix Adds 3D Streaming - A little late to the party? (marketsaw.blogspot.com)

• Broadcast TV Needs a New Business Model - The 'bundling' model is unravelling. (blogs.hbr.org)

• The Form Factor of UltraHD Will Be It's Undoing - There are many uses for 4K. Home theaters? I just don't see it. This article has an interesting take on why HD television took off and why 4K isn't sufficiently different for the general public to desire. (broadcastengineering.com)

• Save Money On Your Digital Indie Film - Don't hire a DIT. Just send the dailies to a digital lab at the end of each day. (definitionmagazine.com)

• Selling Your Film to PBS: New 'For Filmmakers' Resource - A step-by-step guide to try and sell your documentaries to PBS and film festivals. (nofilmschool.com by Oakley Anderson-Moore)

• RED's Two Most Significant NAB Announcements - Which you probably didn't hear about (including new color science). (redsharknews.com via David E. Bell)

Outside 'The Box'

• [Video] Alfred Hitchcock's Seven Minute Editing Master Class - I linked to this a year or two ago. Definitely worth another look. (openculture.com)

• Intro To Slow Motion Video - Nice overview on the concepts behind slow motion photography and the various choices available to a filmmaker. (red.com)

• [Video] CGI Takes A Huge Leap - From a NVidia presentation showing Ira; a CGI face that is on the other side of Uncanny Valley... until he talks. Remarkable, nonetheless. (redsharknews.com via @AphaDogsPost)

Edumacate Yer'self

• Biscardi Creative Media Announces: Colorist FlightSchool LIVE! - 3 Days of non-stop DaVinci Resolve training taught by your humble Tao Colorist Newsletter editor. Join us! It's going to be terrific fun. Atlanta, GA (forums.creativecow.net)

• Discount Code: Colorist Flight School LIVE! - Save 5% on the training using this discount code for Tao Newsletter Subscribers: taonewsletter (TaoOfColor.com)

• Basic 101: Introduction To Smoke For Mac - 3 Days, Singapore May 20. (media-asylum.com)

• RAW Workshop With Geoff Boyle - 3 Days, Singapore June 18. Looks interesting. (media-asylum.com)