The Tao Colorist

• What Color Is Water? - Kind of a trick question that launches into the physics of light. Very cool. (johnthemathguy.blogspot.com)

• Making Digital Video Look Film-Like - "I'll preface this section by saying that if you are interested in shooting only media that looks like it was shot on film, shoot on film. If you are interested in exploring how to make video more palatable to the eye, read on." (masteringfilm.com)

• [Audio] Ridley Scott On 'Breaking In' and Apprenticeship -  (blog.vincentlaforet.com)

• Competence vs. Possibility - "It's easy to fall in love with that competence, to appreciate it and protect it. The pitfall? We close ourselves off from possibility." (sethgodin.typepad.com via David E. Bell)

• Organizing Your Crayons - "One possible way to arrange crayons is by the colors of the rainbow. . . The craynbow looks at just one of [the] three dimensions of color, that is, the hue. Us color theory guys have two additional attributes that we assign to colors: chroma and lightness." From here he explains the Munsell color tree. (johnthemathguy.blogspot.com)

• [Audio] Shane Hurlbut on Digital Emulsions - DP Shane Hurlbut talks about selecting cameras for Need for Speed and the notion of digital emulsions.  (news.doddleme.com)

The Tools

• [Video] After Effects: Combining Cartoon With Brainstorm - Use the Brainstorm module to randomize parameters in the Cartoon filter to generate unique looks. Nifty. (provideocoalition.com)

• Autodesk Smoke 2013 - Oliver Peters offers up a nice overview of Smoke 2013. (digitalfilms.wordpress.com via @JimWicks)

• Final Cut Pro X/RED Feature Film Workflow, Part 1 - Project prep. (moviemaker.com)

• [Forum] What Is Your Favorite Scope? - Good discussion. (liftgammagain.com)

• Making Video Look Like Film In Premiere Pro - Using blends and blurs. (premiumbeat.com)

• [Podcast] Art Adams on Reference Charts, Color Science and Colorists - Art Adams discusses the OneShot chart he developed and how to use it. He's got good info in here on color science and thoughts on the relationship between colorist and DP. (tomparish.com)

• Sony OLED Calibration - I'm repeating this piece this week since the website was down early last Sunday. I also want to point out it contains specific RGB values for tweaking your OLEDs colors. (negativespaces.com)

• Sending Back Your FSI Monitor For Calibration - A great blog-post-turned-post-it-note on how to ship your monitors via FedEx through customs. It's a minefield! (ilovehue.net)

 

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Cross Dressing 

• [Forum] I Plan To Build a Hackintosh To Run DaVinci Resolve - (liftgammagain.com)

Career

• Difference Between Leader and Boss - This image says it all. (@kinemadk)

• Five Small Business Replacements For QuickBooks - I've been running my businesses on the first app mentioned here. Great software... but it helps to have an accountant well versed in it. (techrepublic.com)

• Get Hired! Be Professional Pay Attention To Detail - How to hunt for a job. (magazine.creativecow.net)

• Super-Achievers Call â€^~Communityâ€^(TM) the Real Secret of Success - It turns out you can't do it all on your own. (forbes.com)

• Restore Your Natural Sitting and Standing Posture - What is a natural sitting or standing posture? (lifehacker.com)

Tweet of the Week

Forewarned is Forearmed

• Shiny Dog Bowl Blamed In Santa Rosa Fire - Title says it all. (sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com)

The Next Step is a Doozy

• The â€^~Worldâ€^(TM)s Smallest Movieâ€^(TM): Created in Stop-Motion Using Individual Atoms - As in... physically small. Too bad they don't have an Music Composition specialist on their team. (petapixel.com)

A Step Too Far

• Is It Legal To Take A Nap In Your Self-Driving Car? - The headline is far more whimsical than the article itself. And nothing yet of flying cars. Hello? Who's in charge of keeping that promise? (tech.fortune.cnn.com)