• Applying the Ethos of Craftsman to Our Life - Just before publishing I stumbled upon this story about the history of Craftsmanship, how the term was first defined... and then redefined. And how we can apply the notions of Craftsmanship to our businesses and personal life. Personally, the one element I think our business needs... Workshops / guildhalls as a social gathering point for those in the color grading community. Awesome read. (artofmanliness.com)

• The Avid Codec Guide - Everything you ever wanted to know about Avid codecs but were afraid to ask.  (digitalrebellion.com)

• Baselight: Sharing grades - With the release of Filmlight's BLG file format you can now easily share your setups. Includes free downloadable grades that can all be de-constructed and modified. ( baselight-tutorials.com)

• Resolve: Basic Node Structure and Order of Operations - Australia-based Colorist Juan Melara, lays out his general node structure - and why order of operations is important to your grades. (juanmelara.com.au )

• [Video] SCRATCH: Workflow for digital SLR cameras - From ingest to export. (vimeo.com)

• Resolve & Avid: Onlining 'Covert Affairs' and 'Suits' - Editor Scott Freeman describes the interesting way he's using Resolve to help with his onlining workflow. I like this story, but you really need to know these two apps to visualize what he's describing... (library.creativecow.net)

• [Video] In Cased You Missed It: 20 New DaVinci Resolve 10 Features In 20 Minutes -  Presented by Boston-based Colorist, and friend of the Tao, Rob Bessette. This isn't new, but provided for you in case you're Jones'ing while waiting for the Q3 release.  (youtube.com via @ilovehue)

• How To Handle Bit Depth In Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects and SpeedGrade - The various settings in these apps; which ones effect final render quality and which don't? (wolfcrow.com via @auteurial )

• Technicolor Kills Off Their Color Assist Color Grading Application - Easy come, easy go. (provideocoalition.com)

• [Podcast] Interview with the King of Fast Probes for Display Calibration - Another Tom Parish interview focused on the color science side of our business. (TomParish.com)

• FIFA and Sony Begin Evaluation Phase of 4K - During the FIFA Confederations Cup—in preparation for the next World Cup. (svgeurope.org)

• FCC Receives Nearly 16,000 Complaints Of Loud TV Commercials - ( sportsvideo.org)

• High Frame Rate (HFR) Filmmaking - This well-researched article takes you behind the scenes as Peter Jackson rolls out HFR for The Hobbit, and then looks to the future and what the trend to higher resolution movie making could look like. ( avnetwork.com)

• James Cameron on 3D - In the opinion of Mr. Titanic himself, who played a role in HFR (see above) says this about 3D: Hollywood Is Doing It Wrong. This newsletter agrees. (theverge.com via @Jorge_Soto_Vigo)

• Scratch and Scratch Lab: Annual and Daily Subscription Options - This newsletter almost NEVER links to Press Releases. But these prices are aggressive. Duly linked. (prnewswire.com )

• BitTorrent Sync: Unlimited, and Secure 'DropBox' Alternative Enters Beta - Heh. Because filmmakers are attracted to a service they describe as preying on their toils. Oh, wait. Free? Never mind. (nofilmschool.com)

• Why Leaf Shutter Lenses Matter - Boutique lenses that help make for dramatic strobe still photography. (kern-photo.com via @DanMoranColor )

• Where should you post your videos? - A comprehensive guide to choosing between Vimeo and Youtube. (daredreamermag.com)

• 13 After Effects plugins that you probably forgot you had - From ProVideoCoalition.com ( Part 1 | Part 2)

• [Video] The evolution of greenscreen compositing - This is part of Filmmaker IQ Course: History and Techniques of Modern Chromakey. Fun stuff. (vimeo.com)

• [Video] The importance of good glass in your production - This is basic stuff, I know. But it's a good reminder and nicely presented.  (youtube.com )

• Aerial Videography For Beginners - Aerial. Videography. Tao Newsletter. Of course. A DVXUser.com message board post. (Part 1 |  Part 2 )

• [Video] Stu Maschwitz's BulletProof Presentation at NAB 2013 - (prolost.com)

• How To Destroy A Red Epic With a Laser - Ouch. ( cinema5d.com via @careyd)

• [Webinar] Autodesk Smoke: Fix It In Post - Speaking of Smoke... I had an interesting conversation while teaching in L.A. this week concerning Smoke and Flame. I hadn't realized that mastering Smoke now puts you on the path to comfortably moving into Flame. Very cool. Very smart, Autodesk. (leads.autodesk.com)

• Tao of Color Workshop: Dailies, LUTs and Log Workshop in NYC- 1-day training class presented by me, your humble Publisher. This week: Thursday July 25. The LA class went great. I'm covering stuff in here I haven't talked about on the Tao or MixingLight. Don't miss it! (training.abelcine.com)

• Tao of Color Workshop: Grade A Film, Learn DaVinci Resolve - 3-Day workshops offered by the Publisher of this newsletter. Hitting multiple cities in North America. Click through to find your nearest city. (fmctraining.com | TaoOfColor.com)

• Southeast Creative Summit: Make your plans now. The Tao and MixingLight will be doing a half-dozen workshops on color grading plus a few on business. The overall agenda is much broader, from pre- through post- production. Some very interesting workshops. Save $100 with the code: tao2013  (southeastcreativesummit.com)

• [Homer Nods] Eucon 3.0 NOT for Avid Artist Color -  Last week I updated the drivers for the Avid Artist Color to include the new Eucon 3.0 drivers. Wrong! The 2.7.1 drivers are still the ones to use for Avid Artist Color. Thanks to Jason Jones for pointing this out! (community.avid.com via Jason Jones)

• [Audio] Coffitivity: Enough Noise to Concentrate - Have some sounds with that coffee, sir? Now you can live stream coffee shop ambient sounds to your office or laptop to enhance your concentration. (coffitivity)

• Finish this quote. "If I ran the world..." - A simple website with one function. To ask the question and wait for you to answer. What would you do? ( ifwerantheworld.com)

• Glas - This short film about Danish Glassblowers in the 50's is brilliant. The first 5 minutes sets up the last 5 minutes. (youtube.com via @taylem)

• Time-Lapse Proves It: 365 Days To Become a Baller Dancer (mashable.com)

• [Video] 6 Year Old Aaralyn Screams Her Original Song 'Zombie Skin' - Ummm... If he's reading this, my old college buddy @craigtozzi would be a much better judge than me if this kid has talent. (youtube.com)

• The World's First Quadrillionaire: NOT! - An Onion story gone real-life. (independent.co.uk)

• Vintage Camera Lens Bracelets by SDPNT - Kewl. For the female lenser in your life. ( thisiscolossal.com)

• Centrifugal Force and Paint-Soaked Toys - Come on... tell me you don't know where THIS is going... (thisiscolossal.com)

• Thinking about 'The Tube' - Oliver Peters with some pre-release thoughts about Apple's announced Mac Pro 2013. (digitalfilms.wordpress.com)

• Disappointing and Exciting - Other World Computing's helmer shares his take on MacPro 2013. ( macobserver.com)

• Personality v. Talent - Which will get you the gig? Good observations about how teams get built. (vincentlaforet.com via John Sellars)

• Are you passionate or delusional?  - Are you truly following your dreams, or just kidding yourself? Gutsy questions to ask.  (fastcompany.com)

• Is financing right for you? - When should you finance to buy the gear you want/need? ( redsharknews.com)

• The Lone Ranger: 'No' is the hardest word - It takes cojones to say 'No' to a project. But sometimes it's the best thing you can do.  (sethgodin.typepad.com)

• How To Start Your Editing Business (larryjordan.biz)

"We spent our budget on production so we don't have anything left for post."  You're admitting that to me and still asking for free work??

• Hitchcock Meets 'American Horror Story' - An... interesting, art exhibition. (c2meworld.com)