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The Tao Colorist Curated links of news, reviews, thoughts, career advice, and humor for professional Video / Film Colorists & Finishers. Delivered Sunday. Issue CXCVI
A TaoOfColor.com Publication Publisher: Pat Inhofer Managing Editor: Jim Wicks
From the Publisher |
- To my U.S. friends, have a safe and great Memorial Day weekend
- There's a new option to have the entire Home Study delivered via USB 3 thumb-drive.
- It's a long weekend, so a short intro! Enjoy this week's edition.
See you next week! Happy
Grading! |
The Craft |
- Welcome to my cave - if you think Colorists
are particular about their suites, you should see some editor's workplaces. Check out this roundup of photos of professional edit suites by freelance editor Jonny Elwyn. (jonnyelwyn.co.uk)
- Skin color - L'Oreal, yes, the cosmetics company, does a lot of research into color. One of the
studies focused on the actual color and the perceived color of skin of women around the world. Dig deep into a chart with 66 shades with specific hues. (loreal.com | LiftGammaGain
discussion)
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The Tools |
- [video] Offset Controls in DaVinci Resolve - workflow specialist Cédric Lejeune explains the Offset toolset (printer lights) in DaVinci Resolve. And tips on using it with other Resolve tools. (vimeo.com)
- [video] How to fix lens vignetting - Colorist Jesse Borkowski uses DaVinci's power window and the Offset tool to correct an unwanted vignette caused by vintage camera lenses. (youtube.com)
- Pixelmator 3.2 - the Mac-based image editing tool has a new upgrade that revamps the repair
tool, adds locked layers, 16-bit support and more. (9to5mac.com)
- Final Cut 'Studio 2014' - looking for an alternative to Adobe's Creative Cloud? Click through to learn how Master Editor Oliver Peters has built a multi-app toolkit with interoperability and doesn't
require a monthly subscription. (digitalfilms.wordpress.com)
- Resolve Collect - this cool little app copies source files used in a DaVinci Resolve project (Media Pool or Timeline) to a single destination using DaVinci's .DRP file. Works in both V9 and V10. Public beta v2.3 is now available
for download. (niwa.nu)
- Avid Everywhere For Video - Catch the exclusive demo from NAB 2014 - almost free; email required. (apps.avid.com)
- [video] Mocha lmport+ for Nuke -
webinar on importing a bunch of different Mocha data points into Nuke. As a Davinci guy, one thing I enjoy is seeing the node based compositing of Nuke - and wish I had some of those node organizational tools. (vimeo.com)
- Is This LED Hard To Color Correct Or Is It Just Me? - having trouble with skin tones? Maybe your clients are shooting with LED lights. Why do I say that, you ask? Check out this thread to find out. (liftgammagain.com)
- [video] Dodge and Burn in Photoshop - I love Photoshop artists at work, there's so much that us
video folk can learn and adapt. Click through to see how Adobe's Bryan O'Neil Hughes uses Dodge and Burn and see if it inspires you on how you'd replicate this technique in your grading app. (youtube.com)
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The Business |
- [obit] Gordon Willis- legendary Cinematographer Gordon Willis lensed 'The Godfather,' 'Annie Hall,'
'Manhattan' and many more classic films. Known as the Prince of Darkness for his artful use of shadows, Willis died from cancer. He was 82. Click through to read one of the last interviews he did. (fdtimes.com)
- TV in 2025 - ever wonder what the future holds for television? Yes? Well, wonder no more because
Netflix has gazed into its crystal ball to see what TV looks like in the year 2025. Click through to find out what's on, and whether commercials will live or die. (wired.com)
- Watch 'broken' TV Pilots - move over Hulu, YouTube, et al. ScreenHits is the new kid in town. A new website backed by Lionsgate and Relativity will offer 200+ titles, including TV
Pilots that never made it. (variety.com | screenhits.tv)
- 2014 PrimeTime Scorecard - For my American audience... did your favorite PrimeTime TV show get renewed or cancelled? (tvline.com)
- Verizon: Waiting for FiOS? - If your town doesn't already have a FiOS commitment - then you're out of luck. (stopthecap.com)
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Friends & Family |
MixingLight.com is a companion membership website to TaoOfColor.com. Want to read a story listed here but not a member? A free 24-hour test drive is
available. - Narrative Grading: Setting A Time Period - "A great exercise is to practice putting a scene into different time periods and having them ready for when ever a director asks for a flashback or a film set back in time." (mixinglight.com)
- [video] Using Adobe Media Encoder For Dailies and Screeners - quickly apply Looks and burn-in Metadata. (mixinglight.com)
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Outside 'The Box' |
- [video] The one shot - this is one of the most entertaining and informative videos that we've seen about the 'oner' or, the 'one-scene.' Click through to learn what it is, it's history, and how Steven Spielberg has become its greatest practitioner. NSFW. (vimeo.com)
- ISO like my
job - A key feature in some digital formats is the ability to change metadata, including ISO. Click through to learn why it's critical to know the base ISO of your HDSLR. (noamkroll.com)
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Current Colorist Control Surface Drivers |
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Sunday Morning Fun(nies) |
- [video] A Chant From 600AD - and how it found its way into the Lord Of The Rings, The Lion King, and Star Wars. Frankly, if I could click on only one link today… this would be it! (filmmakeriq.com)
- [video] Honest Trailers: The (original) Spiderman
Trilogy - Funny. (youtu.be)
- [video] Mac Pro No - A video for Apple-haters. Otherwise, not-funny. (youtube.com via
Avid-L2)
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Gear Heads |
- [video] DIY How to assemble a
RAID - freelance Colorist Jesse Borkowski rolls up his sleeves and shows you how you to assemble your own RAID array. As Jesse points out, this is a functional tutorial, not a technical one. (youtube.com)
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New Kid on the Block |
- [app] Academy Color
Predictor - the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has a free app to help filmmakers understand the interaction of the key ingredients in cinematography: lights, camera, and filters. Free to download for iOS. (itunes.apple.com)
- [app] Word Lens - Google just purchased Word Lens and
plans to evolve it into Google Translate very quickly. Meantime, Questvisual, the app's inventor, has made the app available for iOS and Android. The price? Free, Libre, Gratuit. бесплатно. (youtube.com | questvisual.com)
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Getting Ahead |
- [podcast] How we define ourselves as Creatives - your roles and responsibilities change quickly. Click through for a solution we like to call: the fill-in-the-blank business card. (designsponge.com)
- The Simplest Way to Avoid Wasting Time - this isn't your typical 'squeeze more time out of your
work day' story. Learn how you can supercharge your career with 6 creative ideas. Our personal favorite, 'Come back to your purpose.' (linkedin.com)
- Burnout - a pair of psychologists have identified the 12 stages of burnout. Hopefully, you're not on the spectrum. (scientificamerican.com)
- Child of Burnout - If you find that you are feeling burned out, we have solution. (medium.com)
- Battle of the slump - how do you fight the stagnation that ultimately sets in with most any creative endeavor? There are lots of ways, but they all
pretty much start with leaving your desk. (99u.com)
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Showcase |
- [video] High Flight - filmmaker Charlie Tyrell emailed us to say that his short film was shot on Canon 5Ds (from inside the
planes) and a Red One (slowmo footage). Graded by Conor Fisher in Baselight. (vimeo.com)
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A Step Too Far? |
- [video] DIY Magneto's magnetic shoes - this just proves one thing: some people have a lot of time on their hands. To quote Seinfeld, 'this has got disaster written all over it.' (youtube.com)
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Th- Th- That's ALL Folks! See you next week. Happy Grading!
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The Book Shelf
- Color Correction Handbook, Updated - Alexis Van Hurkman has updated his Color Correction Handbook, which has set the standard for learning all things color correction. (amazon.com)
- Color Correction Look Book - This is the second part of the Color Correction Handbook, exploring the creative techniques for over 200 different visual looks. A sort-of recipe book for colorists.
(amazon.com)
- The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction - Read how a dozen different colorists grade the same footage with the same gear, differently. A fantastic approach to learning the craft of color grading by Steve Hullfish. (amazon.com)
- Autodesk Smoke Essentials - Walk through grading a short sci-fi film (with downloadable ProRes4444 source material) while learning the ultimate online finishing app... Autodesk Smoke. (amazon.com)
- Color Grading with Avid and Symphony - Written for version 6. Fully applicable to version 7. I was a contributor. (amazon.com)
- Adobe Speedgrade CC: Classroom in a Book - A solid book for a solid grading app. (amazon.com)
- Digital Cinematography: Fundamentals, Tools, Techniques and Workflows - Don't let the title fool you. I'm only a third way through this book and its explanations of how digital images are recorded, sampled and viewed is essential knowledge for anyone who's craft intersects with digital images. Not light reading. But not filled with math either. I highly recommend this book. (amazon.com)
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