• This past Tuesday I emailed all of you a special offer from our newest sponsor, SpectraCal. Did you miss it? If so, you can read it here in the Tao Colorist Newsletter archives. This offer is good through October 31, 2013 and I'm thrilled that SpectraCal was able to put this package together.

• Do you live near D.C.? I'm teaching my 3-Day DaVinci Resolve workshop on Friday, Saturday, Sunday this week! Join me and we will color grade a short film using DaVinci Resolve 10 Public Beta. Appropriate for beginner to advanced users. Click to learn more and sign up for my intensive workshop.

See you next week. Happy Grading!

• [review] The color interface Apple should have designed - Final Cut Pro users were disappointed to see the Color Board as the replacement for the color wheel when FCPx debuted. A new color app is now available as an add on for a decent price, $49 US. Oliver Peters has a review with plenty of links that you should check out. (digitalfilms.wordpress.com )

• [audio] Auto-Calibration of Displays - An interview with SpectraCal about their AutoCal technology. (tomparish.com)

• [video] IBC 2013: Windows Version Of Baselight Plug-In For Avid - Windows users need not wait any longer. (televisual.com)

• [video] IBC 2013 Supermeet: Working with Pocket and Blackmagic Cinema Cameras in DaVinci Resolve 10 - James Tonkin walks us through a commercial shot on a Red Epic, and two different Blackmagic cameras… matched and graded in DaVinci Resolve 10. ( youtu.be)

• [video] IBC 2013: After Effects CC Optimized For Performance - Some nice speed bumps, especially if you use the tracker or warp stabilizer. (tv.adobe.com)

• [video] IBC 2013: What's New in Creative Cloud - A big CC update is coming up in October, including direct timeline integration between Premiere Pro CC and SpeedGrade CC. Here's Adobe's round-up. (tv.adobe.com)

• [video] IBC 2013: Autodesk Smoke Goes To The Movies - Alexis Van Hurkman walks you through a short film he's Directed and then edited and composited in Autodesk Smoke. (youtube.com)

• [video] Members-Only: Node Duplication - Guest contributor Rob Bessette explores a variety of ways you can pull a key in DaVinci Resolve and then exactly duplicate that key to perform additional operations. (mixinglight.com)

• [audio] Members-Only: From The Mailbag Episode 4 - Rob, Dan and Pat answer more emails from MixingLight members covering… how to keep your Power Windows and mask edges hidden when grading on monitors with extremely deep blacks, chroma subsampling and selecting codecs for your DSLR workflows. (mixinglight.com)

• [video] Members-Only: Tonal Range Sliders in SpeedGrade CC - Despite its uncluttered interface, SpeedGrade CC is an extremely capable grading app and Patrick shows how to use one of it's less obvious features… the Tonal Range Sliders that allow the colorist to vary the boundaries between Shadows / Midtones / Highlights. (mixinglight.com)

• [video] Avid Media Composer: Grading in Sections - Guest contributor Josh Petok shows us several methods to apply an overall correction to a series of shots. He also points out some gotcha's to avoid. (mixinglight.com)

• [discount offer] SpectraCal Tao Colorist Newsletter Special Offer - In case you missed it earlier this week (or at the top of this Newsletter), here's the link detailing an $800 savings on a hardware / software bundle to test the accuracy of your reference monitor and decide if it's time to get the display re-calibrated. Offer ends October 31, 2013. (archive.aweber.com)

• Late-Breaking New Features in Resolve 10 - We've already featured this blog post in the Tao Colorist Newsletter… but so what? It's chock full of great details about last-minute features that Blackmagic has put into Resolve 10 Public Beta. And since Alexis Van Hurkman is a good friend of this Newsletter, here it is again. If you didn't read it last time and work in DaVinci Resolve, stop and read this. (vanhurkman.com)

• [video] Fotographia de Gabriel Figueroa - The famed Mexican Cinematographer is profiled in this lovely story by the ASC. To American audiences Figueroa may be best remembered for lensing Night of the Iguana, and two Clint Eastwood films. But his work in Mexico was pure art, by one of the medium's best artists. (theasc.com )

• Directing Movies: Role reversal - Few crafts see more directors in action than the Cinematographer. So it's only natural when some switch career paths. Great interviews and great quotes. (variety.com)

• [video] 3 Low Budget Editing Tips for Action Movies - Cut two frames and your video will pack a punch. Seriously. Filmmaker Vashi Nedomansky has 3 editing tips that will help your next low budget action movie. (vashivisuals.com | vimeo.com)

• YouTube Audio Library - 150 free audio clips. This blog post breaks down this new YouTube service. (mentorless.com)

• TypeMonkey: Auto-Sync VO With Premiere Pro - Is your VO reading on-screen type? If so, this tutorial shows you to sync the two automagically. ( aescripts.com via Orrin Zucker)

• [video] Dumbing it down - Stephen Hawking is one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists in the world. But his ideas get lost by a populace distracted by internet cat videos, memes, and gifs. The UK's The Guardian, has turned one of his Big Ideas into a two minute simple animation …for those who are distracted by internet cat videos, memes, and gifs. More interesting than fun or funny. (youtube.com )

• [video] Lip Sync Battle With Joseph Gordon Levitt, Stephen Merchant and Jimmy Fallon - Funny. (youtube.com)

• [cartoon] NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette - Funny cause it's true. ( wisebread.com)

Just as I curse how bad the radio is, Bohemian Rhapsody comes on. I take it all back.