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Managing Editor: Jim Wicks
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- Why We Color - veteran L.A.-based Colorist Mark Todd Osborne delivers a great read about the
role the digital colorist plays. "Once I began to sit in the colorist’s chair, I quickly realized there was so much more to do than (create looks).’ (hurlbutvisuals.com)
- The History of Technicolor - what did Technicolor do before they invented Technicolor? And why did they have to use different colors of costumes when filming? Cool read. (latimes.com)
- [video] Remembering Technicolor Dye Transfer Printing - for younger Colorists there was a time when movies were not color graded in binary digits. Back in the day, film was color timed. This post is about Technicolor's dye-imbibition process and its five decade run. (redsharknews.com)
- Colorist Pro Tips - A series of 140 character tips from Tweeting Colorists to help you improve your color correction. (jonnyelwyn.co.uk)
- [podcast] The DP—Colorist Relationship - what can a Colorist learn from a Director Of Photography? Plenty. (tomparish.com)
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- Avid Advanced 4K Workflows Part 1: HD Projects - "There are a lot of things that you need to
consider when working with 4K footage in your HD timeline . . . This lesson scratches the surface, and covers transcoding, and the issues you might run into with multi-frame rate clips in your sequences." (provideocoalition.com)
- DaVinci Resolve Edit Timeline - frustrated with the wonkiness of the timeline when working in the EDIT part of Resolve? Colorist Nikolai Waldman has a workaround for
speeding things up. (niwa.nu)
- [video] Export To ProRes And H265 On A PC - yup, they’ve got a plug-in for that. Works in Premiere Pro and After Effects. Overview video:(youtube.com) Buy the plugin: (cinemartin.com) Just remember: Buyer beware. Many of these plug-ins produce .mov files that don't play universally or will pass a
Broadcaster's Q.C. department. This Newsletter points—but doesn't verify.
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Track an Eye in Adobe After Effects - and changing its color. (wolfcrow.com)
- [videos] DaVinci Resolve in Under 5 Minutes - a new series from Ripple Training and Alexis Van Hurkman. First three episodes: Stabalizing; FCP X Round-Tripping; Mixing Mixed Lights. (rippletraining.com via fcp.co)
- 5 Things You Should Know About ProRes - Includes a great matrix of frames rates, frame sizes and data rates. (premiumbeat.com)
- [video] FCP Works Secret Sauce: Advanced Dailies Workflow - " I take you from FCPX to Shot Notes X to Sync N Link to Resolve to FCPX to Primaries Exporter to show you how all these tools can combine to create
a fully synced, properly renamed library with completely searchable metadata with high end dailies deliverables that have source timecode embedded in a highly automated way" (fcpworks.com)
- Avid MC Advanced Tip Organizing Media - "if you have media that isn’t for one project…but is to be used in multiple projects, you want to keep that media separate from the project specific media. Say the same music cues, sound effects, basic b-roll or stills. Well, I have a solution." (lfhd.net)
- Clean Up The Adobe Premiere Pro Viewing Monitors -
from a series of quick tips from Scott Simmons. (provideocoalition.com)
- Export LUTs from Lightroom - in the .cube format using this plug-in. (johnrellis.com)
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- How to Ask - need a professional favor for your film or video project? There’s a right way and a wrong way to ask. Master editor Jonny Elwyn lists the top 5 ways to do it
right. (premiumbeat.com)
- HPA Tech Retreat Day 1 - Adam Wilt
offers links and extensive 'live blog' of several Panels dealing with the future of Post, penetration of viewing technologies in the home, evolution of cinema. (provideocoalition.com)
- A Modern Way to Shoot Modern Family - the top rated network show steps outside the box and shoots an upcoming episode on an iPhone and an iPad. (recode.net)
- Using Copyrighted Music In Videos: When Is It Legal? - "we discuss the legal implications of using copyrighted music in
your videos, and confirm royalty-free, public domain options. We also highlight some of the biggest myths about copyright and music" (reelseo.com)
- Saving Private FIlm: Kodak Cuts Deal With Major Studios - "Kodak did not reveal terms of any of the agreements, including duration, but Kodak reps tell us the contracts are for multiple years." (studiodaily.com)
- CES 2015 Recap: Thoughts On Color - "Since nearly every LCD from the last few years has used “white” LEDs (actually a blue LED with a yellow phosphor), there wasn’t that much difference between them,
color-wise, either. That changed in a big way at CES 2015." An article on Quantum Dots. (hdguru.com)
- YouTube Now
Defaults To HTML5 video - direct from the developer's blog, they're deprecating the Flash embeds. (youtube-eng.blogspot.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. - [video] Creating Skin Contrast - with High and Low Key lighting techniques. (mixinglight.com)
- [video] Understanding Resolve’s ‘Projects Presets’ Part 1 - learn how to create, save and revise your Project Presets like a Guru. (mixinglight.com)
- [video] Stop Wasting TIme on Resolve's 'Project Preferences' Part 2 - become a Preset Ninja and start grading ASAP. (mixinglight.com)
- Colorist Look Inspiration: Car Commercials - "I might like the contrast from one film, the texture and color temperature of the other and maybe the grain or sharpness from a third. I then use those as inspiration to build my look. Grading is hardest
when you don’t know where you want to take the image!!" (mixinglight.com)
- Colorist Look Inspiration: Food
Commercials - "The most important thing you need to have ready when working with food is a good knowledge of what these food items SHOULD look like. I have a library of hundreds of photos of fruit, vegetables, meat and dishes that I keep for inspiration when preparing for a grade." (mixinglight.com)
- Hands On With The HP Z840 Part 1: Making The Switch - from a Mac and configuring a system. (mixinglight.com)
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- [video] Digital Android Choir - Google Japan wires up 300 smart phones in a Tokyo shopping mall to bring attention to an app that makes tiny avatars—which all seem to sing in the key of G#. Kind'a fun? (adweek.com)
- [video] Lord of the
VFX Breakdown - VFX breakdown videos are a lot of fun. This one focuses on a commercial shot over 3 action-packed days for a Swedish creative agency. The product? Who cares? (youtube.com)
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- HPA Tech Retreat Day 3: The 101 on ACES 1.0 - summaries of the panels that day include: the basics of ACES; Filmlight's ACES pipeline; 4K sensors; metamerism failure; drones for dummies; deliverable codecs; cloud services as eating a pizza. (provideocoalition.com)
- HPA Tech Retreat Day 4 Remastering without
timecode: - Panels include: many displays, one master?; MPEG-H and Immersive Sound; Lightfield capture and post; automated file QC; re-editing SD shows into HD with no timecode... very cool. (provideocoalition.com)
- [video] Using A Motivated Key Light - "mixing practicals with additional lights". (filmmakeriq.com)
- [video] Recording Infrared with the Alexa XT
B&W - how does it work? And look? (nofilmschool.com)
- [video] What Is Lens Diffraction - and how does it affect your image? - (filmmakeriq.com)
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- [video] mLogic mTape LTO-6 System - overview of this thunderbolt-based archiving system. (blog.abelcine.com)
- MacBook Pro Repair Program for Video Issues - are
you having video issues with your MacBook Pro? Apple has finally acknowledged the problem and is offering a fix. Details on the problem at TidBits.com. Click the link
for models effected and getting repaired. (apple.com)
- Epson Launches 4K Laser Projector - for
'aspirational' home enthusiasts... except it's not really 4K. Or UHD. (hdtvtest.co.uk)
- The Mac Pro and
Final Cut Pro X One Year On. What Has Changed? - "The traditional areas where other NLEs would bog down in have been removed. Rendering isn’t an issue. You tend to finesse an edit more, more attention to colour correction, stabilisation of shots, fine tweaks that make a visible difference." (fcp.co)
- HPA Tech Retreat: Day 2 - An interesting graphic on High Dynamic Range displays vs Ultra High Definition; which gets the most bang for the viewer's buck? Plus advancements in digital piracy protections; a panel on drop vs non-drop timecode; a CES 2015 review from an industry pro; Immersive Sound; and much more... scan through and pause on those topics you find interesting. (provideocoalition.com)
- HPA Tech Retreat: Final Thoughts - Adam wraps up
with his final thoughts on the week just passed. Includes some very hard trivia questions... answered. (provideocoalition.com)
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- [video] You Crazy Kids - one wrong step and splat, this show was over. Three Russian kids take the ultimate selfies on top of the world’s fifth tallest building. Editor’s note: turn off the music, it’s audio
torture. But the video? K-razy. (youtube.com)
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Th- Th- That's ALL Folks! See you next week. Happy Grading! 7,700+ 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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