• [video] The Great Colorist - Julian Stanczak truly deserves the title 'Great Colorist of the 20th Century.' In this short video, Stancak talks about losing the use of his right arm during WWII, the painful process of learning how to use his left arm, and how this influenced his art. Very moving. (youtube.com)

• The History and Science Of Color Film: From Isaac Newton To The Coen Brothers - What's 2-Strip Technicolor, why did it fail? Is film additive or subtractive? How were early films colored and what iconic film was spared Ted Turner's colorization process? This 25+ minute exploration of color film is the best I've ever seen. Kudos to John Hess. (vimeo.com via @FilmmakerIQ)

• [video] The art of color design - Lionel Kopp has a long imdb credit list, encompassing numerous key positions in the production and postproduction workflow. Since 2006 he has worked as a Colorist and Color Designer on such films as, The Fall and Immortals. This is a brief interview from 2012 when he was grading Mirror Mirror in Nucoda. (youtube.com)

• A Question of Color - An interesting blog post about the use of color in science... including some ethical considerations of using color where none exists. ( blogs.nottingham.ac.uk via @moomoobull)

• Color Grading Breakdown: Bellevue Avenue - Step by step thought process, color grading a shot for a music video. (iseehue.com)

• [download] Light Leaks for the low, low price of FREE! - A compilation of 121 free film grain & light leaks for film and video editors from a half-dozen different venders. Yours to download for free. Nada. No charge. (vashivisuals.com via @vashikoo)

• [download] I see your LUT and raise you 8 more - VisionColor is selling a collection of 9 high quality cinematic film LUTs under the product name, Osiris. The LUTs are optimized for color spaces of all current generation cameras and color grading applications. Introductory price of $49 (US). Available at VisionColor's website, here and also available at Colorist Denver Riddle's site, here.

• [app update] Light me up - the next time you open Lightroom 5 on your computer you should see a pop up box with info to download the new update to v5.2. New features include: improvements to auto exposure, spot healing tool, and color noise reduction. (fstoppers.com )

• Blog Roundup: DaVinci Resolve 10 Beta Update - Featuring a variety of opinions on Resolve 10 Public Beta. Good reading and watching in here. (jonnyelwyn.co.uk)

• Resolve 10 Top 5 Creative Features - Boston colorist Rob Bessette shares his Top 5 Creative Features in this new update. His Top 3 are my Top 3. (robbessette.com)

• [Forum] A Few Favorite Things About Resolve 10 - Have you been using Resolve 10 Public Beta and have a favorite feature (or 5) that you'd like to share? Head over to this thread at LiftGammaGain and share your thoughts. ( liftgammagain.com via @leeNiederkofler)

• And, you can quote me on this - This is a collection of quotes from Filmmaker David Zucker, one third of the production team behind the Airplane!, Naked Gun, and Scary Movie films. Lots of sage advice for those just starting out in the business. (quotes.lifehack.org)

• [infographic, kind'a] Average Shot Length - A visual comparing the average length of an edit over the past few decades... (vashivisuals.com via @vashikoo)

• [profile] Worlds apart - Growing up in northern Ontario and loading mags for his nature photographer stepfather - these are part of Cinematographer Trent Opalochare's journey to Halo, District 9, and Elysium. Very nice story about lensing one of the year's top box office hits and working with RED Epic.  (theasc.com)

• Hollywood's Biggest Bang For Its Buck - A look at the most profitable genres of films... with some important caveats on the raw data. ( economix.blogs.nytimes.com)

• [blog] From Editorial to Color Grading - A guest post on MixingLight from editor Scott Simmons... with his advice to editors on how to prep for a color grading session. Man, I'd LOVE to have Scott prep one of my sessions! (MixingLight.com)

• [blog] Son of From Editorial to Color Grading - MixingLight's Robbie Carman posts over on ProVideo Coalition a companion article... with advice on how to prep for a color grading session - from the colorist's point-of-view. It's cool how they give a lot of the same advice but with unique tweaks and considerations.(ProVideoCoalition.com)

• [members only] Dan's Secondary Corrections - Colorist Dan Moran recently recognized that he relied on some rules when deciding when to do selective color corrections. In this video, he shares his recent Insight into how he works. (MixingLight.com)

• [members only] Resolve 10: Power Windows and Node Resizing - A quick introduction into working Resolve's new Power Window toolset. And how to combine it with Node Resizing to do some actual re-touching and repair. (MixingLight.com)

• [members only] Resolve 10: Where's My Master Session? - In a nod to the influx of newbies attracted to Resolve, Team DaVinci decided to bury the confusing concept of Local vs Remote Grading... and killed the Master Session timeline in the process. Or did they? Here's how to get it back, along with all your shot linking. (MixingLight.com)

• [members only] Merging Color in Symphony - Josh Petok takes a look at one feature in Avid Symphony  that has set it apart from the competition for a decade. (MixingLight.com)

• [blog] DaVinci Resolve 10 Public Beta: Late-breaking New Features - Colorist Alexis Van Hurkman takes us through a bunch of features that no one has seen until the Public Beta. One that I *completely* missed and is super-cool... Gallery Grades! If you've installed Resolve 10, you've got to read this post. (VanHurkman.com)

• [video] Canon C300 vs C500 - What's the diff? The cameras are based on the same design, same frame and same sensor. So what is the difference? Watch and find out. (youtube.com)

• [video] Your co-pilot into darkness - Andrew Kramer, the brains and talent behind Video Co-Pilot, takes you behind the scenes for an overview of how he created the end title sequence for JJ Abrams' Star Trek into Darkness. (youtube.com via @videocopilot)

• [pdf download] This little light of mine - ARRI has put together a nice pdf handbook of lighting basics, free to download. The examples use ARRI lighting kits (naturally). This is good, basic info designed to help you create the best possible images with your kit on location or in studio. Good information here for Colorists to know. Reminds me a lot of the Quantel Handbook. (arri.com)

• [book] 10th Edition: American Cinematographer Manual - Known as the 'Filmmaker's bible,' this edition has been completely re-imagined to reflect the sweeping digital changes that our industry is experiencing. (ascmag.com)

• Tao of Color 3-Day Workshop Fall Tour: Grade A Film, Learn DaVinci Resolve 10 - Intensive workshops offered by the Publisher of this newsletter. Put theory into action grading a real-life project. We'll be using Resove 10 Public Beta. The workshop is in DC in two weeks, Chicago two weeks after that and Orlando in November. ( 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 than our craft, from pre- through post- production. Some very interesting workshops. Save $100 with the code: tao2013  ( southeastcreativesummit.com)

• [video] - I'll take birthdays for $200, Alex - Jeopardy turns 30! This post has a bunch of video embeds highlighting some of its most interesting moments during the show's long run. (thedailybeast.com)

• [Infographic (kind'a)] The Creative Process - As a single bar graph. From a colorist. (@Davehussey)

• [iApp Review] Thunderspace Provides Your Own Private Storm - For when you just want to kick back, relax and listen to Mother Nature's fury. (tidbits.com )

• How Did Shakespeare Pronounce It? - It turns out, there's a ton of hidden wordplay in his plays... but you'd only know it if you pronounced the words like he did back in his day. Fun stuff. (filmmakeriq.com)

• [video] The Hauntening - A house infested by an evil spirit that just can't get its act together. (youtube.com)

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