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humor for professional Video / Film Colorists & Finishers. Delivered Sunday. Issue CCXXVII A TaoOfColor.com Publication Publisher: Pat Inhofer
Managing Editor: Jim Wicks
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- [video] Geoff Boyle: An
Interview - if I had to pick one link for you to click this week, this is it. Great answers to interesting questions. A chat with a craftsman. I LOVE his attitude and observations about 'The Film Look'. (DarkArtOfLight.co.uk)
- [video) HindeSight - photographer John Hinde was obsessed with perfect color reproduction. This 1994 documentary film
unravels his life as pioneer of early color photography. (rte.ie via Celine O’Sullivan)
- Gods, Kings, and Colorists - Colorist Stephen Nakamura talks about grading director Ridley Scott’s 3D film, Exodus: Gods and Kings. (library.creativecow.net)
- [video] Anatomy of a Grade - Colorist Chris Hall continues his series on
deconstructing grades. It's a look inside the thinking of a colorist. (vimeo.com)
- Color Grading: Order of Operations - whether you are just starting out or you’re a long time Colorist
there is an order to the way you approach color grading. (noamkroll.com)
- The Wachowskis Talk About Their Career - a 100 minute interview where "the writing/directing team talk about everything from developing projects to their influences and much more." (geektyrant.com)
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- How To Use Blend Modes In Adobe Premiere Pro - to fix overexposed images. (youtu.be via wolfcrow.com)
- [video] Transcoding: Are You Wasting Your Time? - good explanation of why you'd want to transcode and if you need to. (youtu.be via nofilmschool.com)
- Understanding Render Options In Adobe Premiere Pro
- these options are "switched off by default because they either degrade quality or increase rendering times, however they can all be useful in particular situations." (digitalrebellion.com)
- Flanders Scientific: New Features Are a Firmware Update Away - I haven't installed this update yet but the new CIE scope looks interesting. Also adds a Pixel Analyizer
and BT.2020 color space emulation. (provideocoalition.com)
- LightSpace Lineup Is Restructured - Steve Shaw over at Light Illusion emailed us to let us know he's revamped the LightSpace product matrix. Pay for just the functionality you need. (lightillusion.com)
- 3-Day Rental: LightSpace XPT - If you only need to run calibrations or export LUTs a few times a year... you can rent the full-blown version of LightSpace for only £64.00. This is a fantastic new option for solo operators! Click the
link for full details. (lightillusion.com)
- Inside Sapphire 8 - an interview with a
developer and a user of Sapphire 8, which features the new Builder to create your own effects. (provideocoalition.com)
- [video] Webinar: Creating VR Content for Oculus Rift - from Assimilate. (vimeo.com)
- [review] Measuring the Color of Light -
"I test several color meters side-by-side. I also compare the spectral quality of various lights, and may have figured out one reason why color meters often overestimate required tint corrections." If you ever chat with DPs in a color session, this is good info to understand. (dvinfo.net)
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- How to Survive the Post-House Implosion - the power of finding and thriving in tiny
niches. (provideocoalition.com)
- Plagiarism Isn't
Funny - an artist creates a painting from a photo and is found guilty of plagarism. (hyperallergic.com)
- Verizon: No FiOS Expansion - If you're looking for super-high-speed fiber-optic internet, don't look in Verizon's direction. (stopthecap.com)
- Ultra HD Blu-ray - Panasonic’s UHD 10-bit Blu-ray prototype generates a lot of buzz at the Consumer Electronics Show. The new format supports high dynamic range BT2020
wide color gamut. (redsharknews.com)
- Dish's Sling TV Liberates ESPN from Cable - "Consumers will also be able to add additional packages, including for news programming, family content and sports, for five dollars each." (gigaom.com)
- UHD Alliance Hope to Stop 4K Confusion - what do you think? Late to the party? (redsharknews.com)
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The stories featured in this section are from MixingLight.com, a companion color correction membership website to TaoOfColor.com. Want to read a story listed here but not a member? Sign up for a free 24-hour Test Drive. - Rediscover The Basics Part 3: Color Temperature - several different ideas for manipulating the overall look of an image with color
temperature. (mixinglight.com)
- [video] Using Resolve’s ‘Color Match Part 4: Building A Reusable Power Grade - some ideas on a node tree
structure for saving off a Color Match Power Grade. Plus, reflections on member comments on earlier Insights in this series. (mixinglight.com)
- Colorist Block: When Nothing Looks Good - Dan had a bad day at the office. He shares what went wrong and offers some ideas on how to snap out of it. (mixinglight.com)
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- [video] Undeveloped World War II Film - the Rescued Film Project discovers and processes
31 rolls of film shot by an American WWII soldier over 70 years ago. The first 5 minutes details how rescued film is processed. 5:50 is when you see the developed images. (vimeo.com)
- Formatting and Archiving in the Digital Age - Colorist Lenny Mastrandrea takes on the
two-headed dragon: what format is best, film or digital. (postperspective.com)
- Coming Soon: Avid
Pro Tools Free - free, as in, limited functionality. (nofilmschool.com)
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- 'Inside The Edit' Gets Re-priced - Last year we linked to a high-end mentoring website for editors. This year they've completely re-vamped their pricing and service. (nofilmschool.com)
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- How To Build A Batmobile Baby Stroller - Holy funnies, that looks like fun! (filmmakeriq.com)
- Cinema Etiquette Slides From The 1910’s -
apparently whistling was a problem. Times have changed! (imgur.com via @WilliamHPerkins)
- Photographer Captures Rare Pictures Of An Upside-Down Iceberg - gorgeous. (petapixel.com)
- CES 2015: First Person View Quadcopter Racing - Quadcopters. Cameras. Goggles. What's not to love? (tested.com)
- CES 2015: Ultimaker Family Of 3D Printers - I'm
trying to figure out how to get one of these companies to be a Tao Newsletter sponsor and get demo units sent to me. (tested.com)
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- How To Get More From Your Home Theatre Without Paying A Dime -
tips, from setting optimal view distance to tuning your subwoofer crossover. (lifehacker.com)
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- LG Reveals Its 4K OLED at CES 2015 - including a 77" flexible OLED. (hdtvtest.co.uk)
- Why OLED Is Superior To Quantum Dot - LG explains why their long-term focus is on OLED, even though they are shipping Quantum Dot displays. (lgdnewsroom.com)
- Fuji IS-Mini Manager + Software - new software for the IS-mini includes 12 vector color correction functions, tone curve enhancements and expanded color management workflow allowing you to create and export LUTs. You may need to scroll down the page to read all the features. (fujifilm.com)
- [review] iPad Controller for your NLE
- what's it like using a controller with no physical controls? Check out the review for the CTRL+Console app for iPad. (redsharknews.com)
- LG OLED’s - last week in the newsletter we profiled Sony and Panasonic’s new 4K displays, which was generating buzz from CES. The other big news is LG’s 4k OLEDs panels that come flat or curved. (lg.com)
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 GPU
Benchmarks - if you’re looking for graphics power on a budget, check out the comparison test between the 960 vs. the 760, 970, R9 285. Just remember, if you plan on working 4K you'll want to hunt down a version with 4GB of VRAM. (gamersnexus.net)
- [review] CalDigit’s Mac Hub Thunderbolt Station 2 - it's similar to the competition but also includes an eSata connection. (9to5mac.com)
- What Is The Best Hard Drive? - 41,000 hard drives. 4 manufacturers. 12+ models. Which drive had an annual failure rate of over 40%? It's one you've probably bought - and will never buy again if you're smart and click through. Tip: Be sure to examine the 'Average Age in Years' column for meaningful analysis. (backblaze.com)
- HP Joins The 5K Game With New 27” Monitors - this post includes major tech specs and pricing. (nofilmschool.com)
- [review] Duet, The App That Turns Your iPad Into A Lightning Connected Mac Monitor - my first thought? Turn your iPad into a
scopes display! (9to5mac.com)
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Stupid Mac tricks: nMP with 5 displays. HDMI, duet display, asus displaylink, display port, dvi. o.twimg.com @TWEAK
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- [video] SpaceX: Video Of The Falcon First Stage’s Hard Landing - a few weeks ago I watched from my bedroom window the launch of the SpaceX rocket. 90 miles away, I was still awed to see this with my own eyes. A secondary mission was to vertically land, recover and reuse the Falcon 9 booster rocket.
As I posted in here last week, it was a hugely successful failure. How much of a failure? The video of the 'landing' was just released . . . Falcon 9 was just one step too far. (tested.com)
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Th- Th- That's ALL Folks! See you next week. Happy Grading! 7,600+ Stories Now Shared
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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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