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Trouble reading this newsletter? Read it online: http://www.aweber.com/t/ABsp7 The Tao Colorist Curated links of news, reviews, thoughts, career advice, and humor for professional Video / Film Colorists & Finishers. Delivered Sunday. Issue CCXXII A TaoOfColor.com Publication Publisher: Pat Inhofer
Managing Editor: Jim Wicks
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- It’s Not About The Tools - filmmaker Vincent LaForet says if you want to stand out in the filmmaking crowd, focus on the evolution of your craft, not the tools. Sage advice that we should all - production and post - take to heart. (vincentlaforet.com)
- The Cinematographer Asks: Who Killed The Color? - A DP goes public with his displeasure at the final color grade. Next? Screenwriters start attacking film editors. (variety.com via Marc Wielage)
- (Color) Rules For Creating Gorgeous User Interfaces - It starts knowing with how light works, then moves to
grayscale before finally adding color. Good read. (medium.com via Joe Stern)
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You can never have too many holiday gift ideas. - 7 Gifts Ideas For A Man’s Shower -
because it sets the tone for the rest of your day. (artofmanliness.com)
- Malaika For Life - buy a braclet. Save a life. Ebola gets the headlines. Malaria is the epidemic. A nice gift that supports a
great cause. The group is founded by a woman who travelled to Tanzania to make a documentary (which I color graded) and almost died from Malaria while filming. (malaikaforlife.org)
- Gifts for Her - a recommendation by the Tao Treasurer for
all the females in your life. (uncommongoods.com)
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- [podcast] Getting To Know The Colorimetry Research CR-100 & CR-250 - is it possible to buy a high quality spectroradiometer for accurate display calibration for under $7,000? Listen and find out. Free for non-members. (mixinglight.com)
- [review] Corel VideoStudio Ultimate X7 - this is an NLE program designed for the beginner. It includes some simple tools to help you fix color or lighting problems in your footage. (tomsguide.com)
- Eliminating Banding and Color Shift Issues in AE Renders - "[Compression Preview] enables After Effects artists to preview sequences prior to rendering, check for unwanted artifacts, banding and color shifts and make tweaks and changes to the compression parameters to ensure the best possible end product." (provideocoalition.com)
- Submitting Better FCPX Feedback
To Apple - "actual human beings on the other end read [your feedback]. For a while, I was one of those humans on the other end. So I thought you might like to know how you can tailor your own feedback to be as effective as possible" (fcpworks.com)
- Mac Won’t Boot? About Yosemite and Your Third Party SSD - "Apple is disabling the TRIM function for third-party SSDs in the Yosemite OS update. I have installed third-party SSD drives (in my case Samsung) and until I saw the article was thinking about updating from Mavericks. Should I hold off and what does this mean in the long
run?" (macworld.com)
- [videos] How To Correct Color and Create Stylized Looks with SpeedGrade - a series of short video tutorials. (helpx.adobe.com)
- [forum] Scans From Different Scanners - "if someone [has a] LUTs setup for scans made on an Arri... Are they supposed to work if they get scans from another machine of a different make?" (tig.colorist.org)
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- Online Video Streaming Up 60% - while TV consumption has dropped 4%. But total hours viewed? Take a guess the percentage that TV has over online—then click through for the answer. (reelseo.com)
- The Death Of Videotape - the date is set. In 2016 say b-bye to 1/2" videotape. Includes a history of videotape formats
and one engineer's walk down memory lane. (philtechnicalblog.blogspot.com)
- [video] F* You. Pay Me. - Creatives often find themselves getting pushed around by their clients. Here's how to end that. We featured this two years ago when it first appeared. It's been making the rounds again. Worth the
re-share. (youtube.com)
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- [video] Neo Noir Black & White - "This week I had to come up with a Sin City style look for a music video that will be shot in the next couple of weeks so I thought it would be great to share my method with you guys." Using transfer modes. (mixinglight.com)
- [video] Primary Color Corrections In Final Cut Pro X, Part 1 - If you sat me down on a desert island with a project to color correct and only FCPx with it's default filter set... what Color Board controls would I touch first? And WHY? (mixinglight.com)
- [podcast] The Most Frequently Asked Color Grading Questions - plus a discussion about Mixing Light's
25 Color Correction Tutorials in 25 Days Holiday Marathon. Free for non-members. (mixinglight.com)
- Photochemical Grading Part 1: The Theory - how was traditional film color timing done? And what was the creative process? (mixinglight.com)
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Photochemical Grading Part 2: In Practice - looking to create the Film Look? How about restricting yourself to film tools when color grading? Dan shows you how he's going to do precisely that on a job next year... and why it's not just about the tools he's not touching. (mixinglight.com)
- [video] Adding Some Clarity In DaVinci Resolve - Robbie explores 3 different methods for replicating Photoshop's ever-popular Clarity slider. (mixinglight.com)
- [video] Color
Correcting In LAB Part 4: Optimizing Your Node Tree - after executing several jobs using the LAB colorspace, I share my thoughts on how to build a node tree for speed—and share my Powergrades. (mixinglight.com)
- [video] LAB Fundamentals Part 5: Dealing with
Saturation - Mixing Light members have been asking me questions about LAB and alternate workflows. In this Insight, I share my thoughts. (mixinglight.com)
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- [video] Blackmagic At The Speed of 80fps - A recent update to Blackmagic's URSA has made it able to capture 4K at up to 80 fps. Click through to read a review about it, and see what 80 fps in low light looks like. (redsharknews.com)
- KEEP CALM: The FAA and sUAVs/Drone Rules Examined - in my opinion, there's reason to be
slightly freaked out by arbitrary nature of these rules . . . although now it's becoming clear which lobbyists are inserting themselves in these Drone Rules. (provideocoalition.com)
- Color Grading Uncharted 4 - think gamers aren't serious about their visuals? Sony released a preview trailer for Uncharted 4 and gamers were upset the images look so flat. One gamer processed the images from 'limited
range' RGB to full range RGB and shared the results. It's nice people noticed, eh? (gamingbolt.com)
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- [video] May the Farce Be With
You - Saturday Night Live nails the new JJ Abrams Star Wars trailer with its own version. A comedic teaser that is one for the ages. It's got chuckles. (nbc.com)
- Canoers and Kayakers Movements Revealed With LEDs - in long exposure photography. Very cool. (boredpanda.com via
@tparish)
- Black & White Photos: Colourised & Brought Back To Life - Now it's cool. Ted Turner was WAY ahead of his time, apparently. (sobadsogood.com)
- Delightful Metal Sculptures - made of car and motorcycle parts. This made me smile. (laughingsquid.com)
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- SmartView 4K Monitor: Like A DreamColor Monitor With Built-In Teranex? - a bit of a strange article that asks: does this new Blackmagic display compete with a Dreamcolor? (provideocoalition.com)
- [forum] DaVinci Resolve Render Problem With New MacPro - it seems if you're
wanting to use the New Mac Tube to do 4K... it's as likely to function as not. (forum.blackmagicdesign.com)
- HDMI to SDI Does Not Colour-Accurate Pictures Make… - are you thinking of feeding the HDMI output of a device and use it for color-accurate purposes via an HDMI > SDI converter? You might want to rethink that plan... at the
very least, test the signal path. (philtechnicalblog.blogspot.com)
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- ‘Follow Your Passion’ Is Bad Career Advice - I agree. (99u.com)
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- [video] Motorcycle on a Roller Coaster - if you love riding roller coasters, betcha never tried to do it this way. Ride the rails with a French motorcycle legend on one of the world’s most terrifying and yet prestigious wooden roller coasters in Mexico City. (youtube.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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