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- "War Room" Part 1: Acquisition and Editorial - Author, colorist, editor and a really good friend of the Tao, Steve Hullfish, was co-editor of 'War Room' a Labor Day released feature film that was #1 at the Box Office for
two weeks. He does an amazing job explaining their pipeline, from picking an NLE, to digital acquisition, syncing, subclipping and more. (provideocoalition.com)
- "War Room" Part 2: From Picture Lock to the Final Color Grade - from the extensive 'delivery prep' through to the actual conform process itself, the grade in Nucoda and delivery. Lots of great detail in here that everyone should read. A classic article on the entire color grading process. (provideocoalition.com)
- Impossible Mission: Becoming an Editor - if you are in need of career inspiration, read Eddie Hamilton’s story. A kid who was turned down by film schools, who took odd jobs to make ends meet.
Eddie just finished cutting MI5: Rogue Nation. (provideocoalition.com)
- What Makes Colorists So Special? - a terrific piece interviewing several colorists about their craft. Black
arts, sorcery, magic, twiddling knobs; their words, not ours. “They’re artists helping to make moving images more powerful.” But the final line in the article is the best! (beakstreetbugle.com via Marc Wielage)
- How Hollywood Is Helping To Design The Perfect TV - after you read the story (above), dive into this one with feature film colorist Mike Sowa. For counter balance it begins by discussing the color grading process: “Digital colour, basically, is a confusing, paradoxical mess.” (wired.co.uk)
- [ebook] The Color Wheel and Beyond - want to see colors like master painters such as Van Gogh, Botticelli, and Whistler saw them? Download this free e-book on color theory, mixing colors, and how to create complementary color schemes
(artistdaily.com)
- Mad Max: Fury Road - Q&A with George Miller - I'll be watching this sometime on Sunday (after the Jets crush the Dolphins in London). Looks very interesting. (youtu.be via mentorless.com) And Dolphin fans... I can be reached: @patinhofer
- [video] The Sound of Paint - Lincoln MKX turns into a private & colourful concert hall in Paint graded by colorist Adam Scott at The Mill. Great visuals. (themill.com)
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- Codecs, Codecs, Codecs - "so how, as a Media Composer editor, do you know where to begin when it comes to choosing and working with a codec. Well, we’re going to tackle that exact question in this article." Colorists should read this article as well! Most excellent with a PDF you can download and keep near to your heart. (provideocoalition.com)
- DIT Workflow ‘No Escape’ - "I had a fairly large DIT crew on this shoot . . . This luxury allowed us to have split shifts on set, and to run 24 hours a
day, seven days a week. We essentially created our own near-set post house and lab in a hotel room." Great details in here. (ditspot.net via @stevehullfish)
- [Update] Magic Bullet
Suite 12.1: Resolve, Mercury, Trackpad - why would you want Magic Bullet Looks, Cosmo, Mojo and Film in DaVinci Resolve? For its "diffusion filters, vignettes, flares, haze, chromatic aberrations, local contrast, lens distortions, and over 200 modern, badass Looks just a click away". Plus other new features in this free update. (prolost.com)
- Quick Tip: Saving Lumetri Color Presets In Premiere Pro CC - a pithy walk-through for creating presets. (premiumbeat.com)
- [video] Autodesk Updates Flame 2016 - "configurable on-demand proxy workflow, new batch context views, a refined cache status, full-screen reviewing capabilities, and a redesigned tools page." Plus the new Connected Conform workflow. The link embeds a video demoing the new features. No word if the video was recorded in 2016. (studiodaily.com)
- [video] The 4-Way Color Tool In Magic Bullet Looks - a tutorial plus a link to a whole batch of new tutorials supporting the latest update to the Red
Giant toolset. (prolost.com)
- [videos] 4 Deadline-Crushing Final Cut Pro X Tips - a collection of tips FCPX users should really understand. (premiumbeat.com)
- Timecode Window Bug With Final Cut Pro X 10.2.2 and El Capitan OS X 10.11 - You're not doing this combo on your production rig, right? If so, please sit still until after I've stopped by your house and slapped you a few times—then you may continue. (fcp.co)
- GenArts Releases Sapphire 9 - four new effects, plus new utilities and enhancements to the Builder. (studiodaily.com)
- Cheat sheet: Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts - because keyboard mastery makes you an app master. And clients LOVE creatives who are masters of their apps. (sixrevisions.com)
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- ‘Happy Birthday’ Copyright Ruled To Be Invalid - but that doesn't mean it's public domain. Technically, Happy Birthday is now an orphaned work - leaving it open for someone else to claim. But it's great news, anyway! Just wait until Mickey Mouse is up for expiration to watch some real copyright shenanigans in action. (filmmakeriq.com via David E. Bell)
- Trends and Stats: Digital Cinema PLF
Investments - "Premium large format (PLF) is one of the fastest growing and most active areas of cinema exhibition with significant potential to grow in size over the next ten years." With 4K hitting homes at an accelerated pace via online distribution, this is how cinema will stay a step ahead. (celluloidjunkie.com)
- Being Professionally Personable On Facebook - "We use Facebook to share our professional news . . . We also use Facebook to share our personal news . . . So how do you keep these worlds separate, without cutting yourself off from either the personal or professional benefits of Facebook? Here’s what I recommend." (hbr.org)
- When It’s OK to Ignore Feedback - "Feedback from the right people—who are informed, helpful, and have your best interests at heart—is invaluable. But when it comes to everyone else..." you'll have to click through to find out. (hbr.org)
- Sony Launches All-4K YouTube Channel - "dedicated to collecting examples of 4K and UHD cinematography captured with Sony cameras and behind-the-scenes information about how the cameras work, and techniques and best practices for
capturing 4K content." (studiodaily.com)
- ATSC 3.0 Progresses Toward Approval - "the physical layer of The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 digital TV broadcast platform has
achieved candidate standard . . . Work continues on the other parts of the suite of ATSC 3.0 standards, which is expected to number 20. " (hdguru.com)
- Amazon Brings Prime Instant Video To Android Phones -
like the headline says. (etcentric.org via John Sellars)
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companion color correction membership website to TaoOfColor.com and paid sponsor of this Newsletter. Want to read a story listed here but not a member? Sign up for a free 24-hour Test Drive. - [video] Scarlett’s Revenge: Building A Haunted House ‘Look’ - your humble Tao Newsletter Publisher shares a look he built for a short film about a new Haunted House for the Bush Gardens theme parks this Halloween. I also offer up some of my best tips on effectively hiding your color correction keyframing. (mixinglight.com)
- [video] Colorist Inspiration: Best Color Grade Nominations - "The nominations for the UK Music Video Awards are out today and it is the annual chance to take a look at the best work coming out of the music video world." (mixinglight.com)
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- Why Don’t All Pictures from All Cameras Look the Same? - this article never gets around to answering the question asked. And it takes a while to even ask the question. But the notion of comparing image rendition to music? Interesting. (redsharknews.com)
- Everything You Want To Know About The Red Raven - including frame rates and sizes, base package details and pricing and estimated delivery date. (wolfcrow.com)
- GoPro Introduces New Entry Level Hero+ & Price Drop - save some cash on a Hero+ if you can live without the LCD. And there's a price drop on the Hero4 Session. (nofilmschool.com)
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- FCP eXchange - workshop for FCPX users. October 24th, Los Angeles, CA (fcp.co)
- [User Group] New Features Of Adobe’s ProVideo Apps - October 15, Orlando, FL (orlandoedits.com)
- Video Insight Seminar - Tektronics presents a
full-day seminar on video signals. More for engineers than colorists - but the technically minded finisher might find value. October 14th, Philadelphia, PA (tek.gcsevents.com)
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- Seeing Double: The 1800's - Dressing your dog up for a picture has always been a thing, apparently. Presented for your viewing and entertainment pleasure: the earliest form of 3D. (atlasobscura.com)
- What Do The Different Lightsaber Colors Mean? - about halfway through I found myself getting more annoyed than informed, so... fun - for a while. (filmmakeriq.com)
- [video] Say (Sing) What? - sooooo... what language is being sung in this song??? (youtube.com)
- [video] Google Dad Directions - watch what happens when your dad gets turned into an app that gives you directions. If you thought the teen years were tough, it’s nothing compared to this. (youtube.com)
- [video] Hell’s Club: Movie Mashup - It's like the bar scene in Star Wars Episode IV. But with all your favorite movie characters. And none
of the plot line. (youtube.com via Rusty Rogers)
- Pumpkin Decorating - more yum than fun. (brit.co)
- 8 Healthy Halloween Treats For Your Little Spooks - some
really smart and fun ideas in here. But the Tao Treasurer can’t believe that Candy Corns aren't considered healthy. (bargainbabe.com)
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- SmallHD Announces 7-inch 1,000 Nit Display - shipping later this month. (studiodaily.com)
- Bluefish444 Announces Epoch 4K Neutron SDI Cards - for Assimilate Scratch, "features support for 3G SDI I/O configurations, allowing 4K SDI workflows. An HDMI mini connector provides a lower cost 4K/2K/HD/SD HDMI monitoring preview, and allows for color critical monitoring on consumer sets" (studiodaily.com)
- Nvidia Announces New Quadro Mobile GPUs - "boast up to 8 GB of GDDR5 memory. The company said they are up to twice as fast as the previous generation
of mobile processors." (studiodaily.com)
- Is The iPhone 6s Faster Than A Mac? - the results may surprise you. (barefeats.com)
- LG To Introduce New Flat Series of 'HDR-Compliant' 4K OLED TVs - I'm still not sure what 'HDR-compliant' is compliant with—but who ever let that stop a consumer electronics marketing campaign? (etcentric.org)
- Best TV Ever? Panasonic's Curved 4K Offering - "Panasonic believes that by combining . . . professional-grade video processing system and direct input from the Hollywood film-making community,
the 65CZ950 can reach picture quality parts even other OLEDs cannot reach." And the term '3D LUTs' makes it into this article. (etcentric.org via John Sellars)
- [review] Epson LS10000 Laser
Projector - "may well be one of the most revolutionary projectors we’ve seen in recent years alongside Sony’s groundbreaking native 4K models." (hdtvtest.co.uk)
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- Color Correction Look Book - This
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- 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
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- 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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