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Trouble reading this newsletter? Read it online: http://www.aweber.com/t/BdlFx The Tao Colorist Curated links of news, reviews, thoughts, career advice, and humor for professional Video / Film Colorists & Finishers. Delivered Sunday. Issue CCXXI A TaoOfColor.com Publication Publisher: Pat Inhofer
Managing Editor: Jim Wicks
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- [podcast] Advanced Color Grading - Austin-based Colorist Tom Parish continues his series of terrific podcasts with an interview of ICA co-founder Kevin Shaw. Kevin talks about how he thinks and perceives color. (tomparish.com)
- [podcast] Patrick Inhofer On Color Grading - The Digital Convergence Podcast interviewed
me about color grading. We chatted LUTs, Looks, workflow, shot matching and learning. (carlolson.tv)
- What is 'Finishing'? - from New Zealand’s famed Park Road Post to New York City and LIght Iron, Finishing Artist Katie Hinsen is profiled.
(postperspective.com)
- The Language of Color - different languages have different ways to describe color. Here's an interesting visualization of English vs Chinese, using Wikipedia entries for color. A nice, quick excursion. (muyueh.com)
- What Color Is That Temperature? - "the low energy colours — reds, yellows and oranges — are considered Warm and Visually
Active, while the higher energy blues and greens are classified as Cool and Visually Passive. Unfortunately, this view of colour is the total opposite of the relationship between colour and physical temperature in light sources." (videoandfilmmaker.com)
- [video] Visualizing The XYZ Color Space - click through for a golden oldie from Siggraph’s 2005 Electronic Theater. If you're delivering (or want to deliver) to digital cinema, take a few minutes to edumacate yer'self on this, the mother of color spaces.
(youtube.com via @ilovehue)
- Color of the Year - Pantone has named the 2015 Color of the Year. Find out what this color is and why New Yorker magazine says, "It's a color that makes you want to go to Olive Garden or order Tampax in bulk," (adweek.com)
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- First Look: Red Giant Universe in DaVinci Resolve - Your Tao Newsletter publisher posts on the Mixing Light blog his initial impressions of this newest plug-in package running inside Resolve. (mixinglight.com)
- Review: Red Giant Universe - The history of this plug-in package and why one editor thinks it's finally hitting its stride.
(provideocoalition.com)
- [videos] Understanding The Technical Side of Color Grading - you’ll want to put aside plenty of time to wade through editor Jonny Elwyn’s latest posting with a ton of links. He covers a lot of ground, mostly
on the topic of color critical monitoring and calibration. (jonnyelwyn.co.uk)
- Avid to DaVinci Resolve Roundtrip for DPX - If you need to do this, you'll want to check out this workflow. (library.creativecow.net via Marc Wielage)
- [review] DaVinci Resolve, The Editing
App - Oliver Peters reviews DaVinci Resolve 11—not as a color program but as an editing app. And the Tao was with him as he explored it's new Collaboration feature. (digitalfilms.wordpress.com)
- GenArts: Public Beta For Sapphire 8 - Download now to
play with these great plug-ins while you can. The Public Beta period is short. It'll start watermarking your images on Dec. 10 and stop working in January. (info.genarts.com via Marc Wielage)
- Dear Vimeo... - An open letter asking for support of
other formats more important (and prevelant) than 4K. (provideocoalition.com)
- Finishing Codecs: ProRes vs GoPro CineForm - Windows-using creatives... is the CineForm codec a viable alternative to ProRes as a 10-bit mastering codec? (hackermovies.com via Marc Wielage)
- A Power User’s Guide To OS X Server, Yosemite Edition - "OS X Server is in
maintence mode . . . this article should be thought of as less of a review and more of a guided tour through everything you can do with OS X Server." (arstechnica.com)
- [download] Film-Style Digital Countdown - Frequent Tao Newsletter stringer Marc Wielage has created a film-style Digital Countdown–updated for
our digital needs. Oh, and you can download it for free. (vimeo.com)
- [podcast] The Coloristos Episode #19: Displays, Displays, Displays - Oh, so many technologies, what to do? (itunes.apple.com)
- Which is more color accurate? Apple vs Samsung vs Surface - The iPhone 6+ and iPad Air 2 is pitted against the Galaxy and Microsoft Surface 3. This article summarizes (and
links to) a DisplayMate detailed analysis. One of these is *definitely* a big loser. (9to5mac.com)
- How To Grade S-Log2 Using Adobe Speedgrade: A Complete Walkthrough - Mostly, this is in here because of the definitive disclaimer of the associated color grade. I chuckled reading it. But the workflow outlined? It works. (wolfcrow.com)
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- Panavision Buys Digital Workflow Specialist Light Iron - Yup. (studiodaily.com)
- [forum] Digital Vision Bought Out by Management Team - Nucoda colorists are pleased by this turn of events. (liftgammagain.com)
- Kateeva Heralds Curved & Flexible OLED TV - A start-up with major backing from Samsung has announced they've come up with a new manufacturing process that will
dramatically increase yields. (hdtvtest.co.uk)
- 4K Cell Phones: How many are there? - Think 4K isn't going mainstream? Then how do
you explain this? (nofilmschool.com)
- Hackers Steal Social Security Numbers from Sony Pictures - Have you worked for Sony Pictures in the last decade or so? You best pick up some Identity Theft Protection. LifeLock is good. But Zander.com will help you clean up the mess. (theverge.com)
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- Holiday Marathon: 25 Color Correction Tutorials in 25 Days - From creating multiple Looks, to the LAB colorspace, to new calibration gear, to color
correcting in Final Cut Pro X... Team Mixing Light has kicked off their 2nd Annual Marathon. This link gives you the listing for the first seven 2014 Insights, plus last year's Marathon. (mixinglight.com)
- [videos] How do you measure your progression as A Colorist? - How one colorist is measuring his progress through the years. (mixinglight.com)
- What Does It Take To
Be A Supervising Colorist? - Tips for managing others and keeping everyone happy. (mixinglight.com)
- [video] How to Selectively Apply The ‘Instagram’ Look With YSFX - Using windows, intensity and key
gain to help you create a bespoke look. (mixinglight.com)
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- Neil Young: Color Blind and Painting - How the famous musician overcome a major disability when he took up painting and turned a liability into an asset. (somethingelsereviews.com)
- [pdf] Aspect Ratios - multi-talented Brad Allen created a comprehensive 4-page list of just
about every aspect ratio you’ll ever come across. Includes native aspect ratios, unusual variations and more. Link is direct download. (unravel.com.au)
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- [video] A Bird’s Eye View - who better to give you a bird’s eye than a bird. Challenger is a bald eagle who loves to soar ...with a GoPro. Hey, doesn’t everybody? (youtube.com)
- [infographic] Periodic Table of the Greatest Movies of All Time - someone took your infamous high school chemistry periodic table and turned it into the greatest movies of all time periodic
table. Download the graphic to zoom in and read it. (imgur.com)
- Toll House Cookies: A Long Secret History (with Recipes) - Dad, if
you're reading the Newsletter this week... my contribution to this year's Christmas Eve meal? Toll House Butterscotch Pecan Biscuits. Cool article which includes Duncan Hines (a real person) and the Kennedy clan. (the-toast.net)
- [video] Honest Trailers: Dawn Of The Planet of The Apes - This is one of my favorites of theirs. (filmmakeriq.com)
- Brits Label A Map of the United States - A Buzzfeed holiday tradition. Very funny. (buzzfeed.com)
- [video] World Record Truck Jump - EMC, the Data Storage Company sponsors Formula 1 racing. Here's their world-record setting jump. Of a truck. Over a Formula 1 car. (youtube.com)
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- HDTVs To Buy Today - 'cause we all need to indulge for the holidays. (hdguru.com)
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- [video] DaVinci Resolve, LightSpace and FSI - How to set up your FSI display for proper calibration. (youtube.com via @PanoptikTV)
- Sony VPL-VW300ES 4K Projector
Review - Possibly another gift idea? It definitely tests well. (hdtvtest.co.uk)
- Will iMac Retina 5K drive an external 4K display? - (barefeats.com)
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It’s official: According to music and decoration I see everywhere Thanksgiving has been skipped, and Black Friday is a week long this year. @jasonmyres
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- [video] Wanderers - check out the short film color graded by Caj Müller. Caj used DaVinci Resolve with a Dolby grading monitor. The original material was provided in 16 bit DPX. Caj emailed us to say, “the director, Erik Wernquist, wanted a realistic and authentic look so we held back every temptation to go ‘national geographic’ style. We held back on contrast and saturation in every frame. We've shown it on all possible platforms and it's great to see how good it works.”
(vimeo.com)
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Th- Th- That's ALL Folks! See you in two weeks. 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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