• The Colorists - This article from the CGSociety was written in 2006, but it's still timely. It serves as a reminder of where we've been and how far the color community has traveled. Great interviews with some of the best in the business. (cgsociety.org)

• Digital Cinema Demystified - Filmmaker Richard Lackey goes in-depth to try and demystify color bit depth, dynamic range and linear/logarithmic scales. (dcinema.wordpress.com)

• Images: A Conversation - Bill Feightner is an image scientist who made his name as co-founder of E-FILM, was a pioneer of Digital Intermediate and racked up distinguished industry awards. Now with Colorfront, he talks about the future of color and image science, image management, ACES, calibration, and more. Great read. (library.creativecow.net)

• Understanding Color Gamuts - Do you know what color gamut is? If you're a Colorist, you absolutely should know. A good article that provides a basic introduction. (redsharknews.com)

• Are light meters racist? - The Washington Post goes in-depth about the aesthetics and the politics of filming black skin. Including statements that the underlying technologies of film emulsions exhibit 'embedded racism'. ( washingtonpost.com)

• Defining the DIT - The evolving role and responsibilities of the Digital Imaging Technician is explored in this excellent 3 part series. The articles go in-depth on why the DIT is critical on set, knowledge and experience required, and the tools necessary to perform the job. ( NoFilmSchool.com Part 1), (part 2), (part 3)

• Smoke and Resolve Interoperability - Three intermediate level tutorials from the Smoke Learning Channel show you how to work with Autodesk Smoke and DaVinci Resolve. The tutorials show you how to prepare for Resolve, conform in Resolve, and round trip to Smoke. (YouTube.com Part 1)  (Part 2)  ( Part 3)

• FCPx + LUT Utility - Colorist Denver Riddle demos a new LUT Utility for Final Cut Pro X. Support for Arri Alexa Log C, Blackmagic Cinema Camera, Technicolor Cinestyle, Sony SLog. $29 (US) for full version. (colorgradingcentral.com)

• Colorfront announces cloud services - This is a company news release with info on what services Colorfront plans to offer DITS, and how it will affect your productions.  (onscreenasia.com)

• [DaVinci Resolve] Adding grain - Aussie Colorist Nikolai Waldman recaps a basic method of adding grain in Resolve v10 without killing your playback frame rates. (niwa.nu)

• Testing da' LUTs - If you like playing with LUTs, then click to see film editor Vashi Nedomansky put VisionColor's OSIRIS LUTs package to the test. ( vashivisuals.com)

• Upscaled 1080p vs 4K - Hint: there is an advantage, and there are the limitations. (red.com)

• What is the point of 4K? - HD was all the rage just a few years ago. Is 4K pointless, perfect, or both? This is a very good article written for consumers with valid points for and against. (redsharknews.com)

• Deciding Against Black & White - Filmmaker Kat Coiro explains why she listened to her distributor and changed 'And While We Were Here' from B&W back to color. (indiewire.com)

• Closing the gap between filmmakers and venues - A service designed to help filmmakers and venues connect. (nofilmschool.com by Micah Van Hove)

• Rule Eleven: Qualifying your Doc for an Academy Award - What is Rule 11 and how do you qualify your doc for the most prestigious award in the film industry? Read on to find out. (nofilmschool.com)

• Gravity: In 3D'ish - Debra Kaufman at Creative Cow has a very good article on how the production team created the 3D world of 'Gravity.' It wasn't shot in 3D and it wasn't exactly converted to 3D in post, either. How'd they do it? Read on to find out. (library.creativecow.net)

• Son of Gravity - Filmmaker Vincent Laforet can't get enough of Gravity. He's been in space for the past 72 hours ...at his local movie theatre watching the film 3 times in a row. Why? Vinnie believes that the film is a technological masterpiece. Read on to find out why. (blog.vincentlaforet.com)

• The sound of Captain Phillips - Henry Jackman talks about scoring a layered thriller and about the creative collaboration between director and composer. Includes video and audio embeds. (fastcocreate.com)

• Cinematography's Outlier: John Alton - This is part 2 (the Newsletter previously featured Part 1) of an article from the ASC on the famed Cinematographer, John Alton. (part 2). 

• Mavericks warning - Avid is warning Pro Tools users not to upgrade to OS X 10.9 Mavericks. Avid does not support the new OS yet. If you haven't upgraded, read on to find out why it might be wise to wait. ( pro-tools-expert.com)

• Cookie Monster: Share it Maybe - Last night at the Southeast Creative Summit Dinner Ball, the Diamond Brothers presented their two Sesame Street videos. This one has gone viral, currently with over 14 million views. It's a spoof on the song 'Call Me Maybe'. (YouTube.com)

• What the gif? - 155 years before the first animated gif, Joseph Plateau set images in motion old school. Back then old Joe use something called the phenakistoscope. Check it out. You'll probably need to be patient while the page loads, after which you can see the animations in motion. (thisiscolossal.com via John Sellars)

• The Best Movie Poster from 1964? - Movies from 1964 are turning 50 next year. To help celebrate, Seek & Spark is running a contest where you can vote on the best movie poster from that year. 16 movies to choose from. (seedandspark.com)

Commandment #4: Thou shall not name thy exports "final" "final_v2" "finalv3_temp" "final_v4_kindofapproved_notreally"