• Ten Lessons From A Maker - David Hieatt makes jeans. What do jeans and color grading have in common? Quite a lot, as you will read in David's top 10 list of things he has learned along the way, (theholbornmag.com via 99u)

• Appreciation for the craft - Michael John Angel, Master of the Angel Academy of Art in Florence, Italy, posted a lesson about "Colour Composition" on his school's blog. Good stuff for Colourists (or, Colorists) to know. ( underpaintings.blogspot.com)

• Shooting In The Dark - "which gamma curve should I use?"  This is a DP oriented website, but this article offers GREAT insights into Log recording. Colorists will do well to get the DP's perspective on the post workflow - if for no other reason than have an intelligent discussion about these choices.  (alisterchapman.com via @tparish )

• [Video] Dave Hussey: A Short Talk On Color Correction - A-List Colorist Dave Hussey is profiled on the DaVinci Resolve product page talking about the craft of color correction. He offers insights in how he starts his grading sessions. Good stuff. Scroll down the page to find it. And follow him on Twitter, he's fun to read. (blackmagicdesign.com via @Davehussey)

• SpeedGrade CC (7.2) Update - If you're running SpeedGrade on a Mac with NVidia hardware... this update is for YOU since Direct Link is now supported on NVidia cards for the Mac. ( blogs.adobe.com)

• [video] Vintage Instagram - visual designer David Lindberg shows you how to get an Instagram Vintage look using After Effects. Oh, and did we mention that the tutorial is under a minute in length?  (vimeo.com via @davidhjlindberg)

• [video] DaVinci Lite Import settings and xml's - this tutorial explores how to change your settings and import both XMLs or EDLs from either FCP or Premiere Pro. (vimeo.com )

• Neat video 3.5 Update - now supports DaVinci Resolve 10 - experimentally. ( neatvideo.com)

• [Podcast]About the Fujifilm IS-Mini 3D LUT Box - Discussion with Fujifilm about their new LUT box. With a nice blog post explaining the device. (tomparish.com)

• AbelCine Releases Custom Canon LUTS - Because the good peeps at AbelCine enjoy creating LUTs for the rest of us to play with. (blog.abelcine.com via @tparish )

• Understanding Log and Exposure Levels - An interesting article explaining to DPs why they can't judge exposure on a reference monitor when looking at Log (or RAW) encoded images. Useful for a colorist to understand the confusion of their DP peers. (xdcam-user.com via @tparish)

• When Should You Use Raw - and When Should You Avoid It? - This seems to be a theme on the Intertubes the past few weeks... this post focuses on the Magic Lantern hack. If you don't know what that is, that's double the reason to read this post. ( redsharknews.com)

• Introducing Pomfort ClipHouse: RAW Processing Software - An overview of this app for creating proxies. ( nofilmschool.com)

• [Video] What File Formats and Codecs Are Best For What? - The eternal question answered. For now. But refresh that cup of Java... it's 20 minutes long. (filmmakeriq.com )

• Simplicity - Oliver Peters turned his adventure in getting his computer repaired into an insightful life observation for all of us. He takes note of how simplicity is being re-built into everything. (digitalfilms.wordpress.com )

• Mirror, mirror - Walt Disney Studios confirms that its streamlining its film strategy across all its owned film companies. Lucasfilm is going to mirror the production and post-production workflow of Marvel Studios. (news.doddleme.com)

• NetFlix Streaming 4K Videos At... 3Mbps - it's a miserly data rate compared 2GB per second being recorded on some 4K cameras. (hdtvtest.co.uk)

• Introducing 8K: The Final Frontier? - NHK recently demoed their 8K solution in an experimental film. Do they see 8K as our final destination or are they looking to go 16K and beyond? Click through to find out. (filmmakermagazine.com)

• Lasers: The Future Of Movie Theaters? - This post doesn't answer the question but does offer a short profile of a company working on the concept of Laser projection, "Laser Light Engines last 50-100 times longer than Xenon lamps and are 30-50% more fuel efficient as well, which helps offset retrofitting costs over time." Click through for the full story. (redsharknews.com)

• How to cut well - good video editing techniques in a short excerpt from the Video Production Handbook, Fifth Edition by Gerald Millerson and Jim Owens. (masteringfilm.com  | amazon.com)

• [video] The sound of Disney - it figures that a guy named, 'Doc,' would work at a place called Walt Disney Studios. That aside, check out the SoundWorks profile of veteran ADR Mixer Doc Kane. (vimeo.com)

• DSLR Stabilization: Edelkrone's Pocket Shot - A Swiss Army Knife of stabilization options for handheld cameras. ( nofilmschool.com)

• The First Assistant Editor: Julian Smirke - a GREAT write-up from a recent Boston Creative Pro User Group meeting on the work of the First AE on the most recent Star Trek movie. ( notesonvideo.blogspot.com)

• [Video] Life In Ikea Is Impossible - this is funny spoof trailer. In our family, it's the Tao Treasurer calmly eating those meatballs. (kottke.org )

• Celebrity Portraits Carved Into Corrugated Cardboard - Definitely fun. (twistedsifter.com)

• Middle-Earth Chrome Experiment Live - You'll either find this fun. Or... sickly. (middle-earth.thehobbit.com)

• [video] Planet Money Makes A T-Shirt - There are so many reasons you should click through and watch this mini-documentary: it's well produced; well graded; great story; fantastic supporting website that marries video with web. A GREAT link to share with your documentary clients. (apps.npr.org)

YOU, production supervisor who insisted on shooting the show with two cameras of the same model and settings... I LOVE YOU!