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I've been getting emails and Tweets asking: When will Mixing Light and Tao of Color have new DaVinci Resolve training for Version 12? The good news, we wrapped 13 days of studio time shooting a 'Fundamentals' and 'Advanced' title at the end of September. I just got the first batch of movies from editorial - and am really happy. This was the first time I shot training like this in a proper studio; and I was so busy worrying about my responsibilities that I just trusted everyone else involved is a professional. And they are. These movies are working better than I thought and we can't wait to share them
with you. Also in production: Color correction for Premiere Pro CC editors For Adobe editors looking to 'up' their color
correction game. The Premiere Pro version of Colorist Flight School is using a documentary project I promised those members almost a year ago. It has everything, CinemaDNG, ProRes, GoPro, archival footage, web screen captures. Just like half the projects we all work on every day. Plus, it's a terrific story with lots of social value. This color correction documentary project has been delayed for almost a year for reasons I'll be at liberty to describe soon. And once the Premiere Pro version is released, I'll turn my focus to using the same, complex project for Davinci Resolve 12 coaching. Now, sit back, pour yourself a cup of coffee (or wine, for our readers in later time zones) and enjoy this edition of the Tao Colorist Newsletter.
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- [video] The Man Behind a Mysterious Miniature Town - craftsmanship is about dedication to excellence and digging deep until a skill becomes a passion. This is one such story. Enjoy! (youtube.com)
- [video] How Filmmakers Use Color to Manipulate Our Emotions - color grading is making it into the mainstream consciousness and popular culture website The Verge has posted a video about color and filmmaking. Finally, someone in the mainstream gets the whole Teal & Orange color palette theory. (youtube.com)
- Adult Coloring: A Welcome Break - do you remember coloring with crayons when you were a kid? A California program is trying to reconnect adults
with their inner child: “It’s kind of like being a kid, but different.” (sacbee.com)
- [video] What Color is the Moon? - hint: the answer ’appears to be’ found at the halfway mark. The answer is not what you think. Entertaining 4 minute video. (youtube.com)
- Macbeth’s Colour Leads The Narrative - the newest stab at this Shakespearian classic is punctuated by some bold color grading decisions. One of
the several interesting tidbits from colorist Adam Glasman: "You'd think having that dominant colour would be easy because you'd just copy it from one shot to the next but it was really sensitive to mismatching. This would really jump out when you'd watch everything as a sequence." (definitionmagazine.com via @stevehullfish)
- Color Grading The Dressmaker - colorist Trish Cahill talks about her workflow on the Australian film ‘The Dressmaker’. Love the part about making stars using one pixel windows. That
takes patience. (if.com.au)
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- How to Calibrate Your Monitor - a look at what it takes to calibrate a display for color correction using calMAN. (redsharknews.com)
- [video] How To Blur Out Faces and Logos In After Effects - a roundup of videos. (premiumbeat.com)
- [videos] Adobe Max Sneak Peeks - videos of the technology demos featured at this yearly gathering of Adobe pros. (blogs.adobe.com)
- El Capitan: Red & Yellow Stripes On Monitors - when videos are paused in Premiere Pro in Mac OS 10.11. In case you didn't get the hint in last week's newsletter. (forums.adobe.com via R Neil Haugen)
- Software Compatibility List: Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan - toolfarm performs a public service and does a software roundup, in case you're tempted by new Shiny Things. (toolfarm.com)
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- HDR Video and Creating Better Pixels - a colorist’s perspective of HDR and the change it will bring. (digitalmedia-world.com)
- The YouTube 'Paramount Vault' - how would you like to watch free movies? Now you can, thanks to Paramount Pictures. More than 100 full length films are available on YouTube—but for now, only in the U.S. (youtube.com)
- Steven Spielberg Looks Back - the famed director is on a publicity tour for his new film, ‘Bridge of Spies.’ He offers insight into the current state of movies, television, and why he and Clint Eastwood would rather be working 70 years ago during the Hollywood studio system. (nytimes.com)
- Roku Unveils 4K Ultra HD Streaming Player - everyone's getting in the game. No word yet on when the Intertubes will melt. (hdguru.com)
- Dolby Vision Tries To Set Bar For HDR with Vizio - "To help understand some of the differences that we will soon be able to observe between competing HDR systems, we caught up . . . Dolby Labs at Vizio’s recent Reference Series launch event for a
Q&A interview on this complicated topic." (hdguru.com)
- US OLED TV Price; Panasonic 4K Blu-Ray; Vizio HDR TV - with some instant rebates, the LG 55" OLED has broken the $3k barrier. Plus other news this week. (hdtvtest.co.uk)
- MythBusters, DaVinci Resolve and Virtual Reality - a Blackmagic Press Release that reads like... a Press Release. But it does include a few
tidbits for those of us interested in grading live action Virtual Reality, "To have the flexibility to work in the native resolution of the stitched image meant no blanking was introduced to the final output, which would affect the way the image wraps around to create the VR 360 degree image." (bosfcpug.org)
- FAA Misses Deadline for Creating Drone Regulations - our tax dollars (not) at work. But this probably better than the alternative. And let's cut them some slack, they probably had a Las Vegas junket to attend before typing out the new regulations. (filmmakeriq.com)
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The stories featured in this section are from MixingLight.com, a
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] Breaking Down ‘The Outer Darkness’ - your Newsletter Editor breaks down his approach to creating a 'filmic look', using a
recent project. (mixinglight.com)
- Tales From The Grading Suite: DP-Colorist Communications -
Colorist Dan Moran, "It is not often that I get to speak to the DOP before the shoot and discuss both the look and technical aspects so I thought it would be great to share!" (mixinglight.com)
- [video] LAB In Davinci Resolve 12 - building curves for the LAB colorspace and how it's improved in the latest update to DaVinci Resolve. (mixinglight.com)
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- iMovie: Closing The Editing Gap - Apple updates iMovie, unifying the consumer-level editing app’s experience across Mac and iOS. (techcrunch.com)
- PDFviewer for Premiere Pro - want to declutter your edit or color desk? Oliver Peters reviews PDFviewer for Premiere Pro. It’s a nifty little plugin for the low, low price of $10US. (digitalfilms.wordpress.com)
- Audio Post Workflow For ‘War Room’ - another insightful post from Steve Hullfish on the post-production workflow of this feature film. (provideocoalition.com via @stevehullfish)
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- FCP eXchange - workshop for FCPX users. October 24th, Los Angeles, CA (fcp.co)
- Premiere Pro World 2015 - including several color correction presentations from your humble Tao Newsletter Publisher. November 17 - 20. San Jose, CA. (adobevideoworld.com)
- SMPTE 2015 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition -
Oct 26 to 29, Hollywood, CA (creativecow.net)
- New York Post | Production Conference CCW - November 11 to 12, New York, NY (magnetmail.net)
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- Star Trek Delta Logo Car Seat Cover - yeah. It's uber-retro geeky. (thinkgeek.com)
- Lost In Space: The Complete Adventures Remastered - "Thankfully, colorization of the first black and white season was never even discussed, and the first season looks fantastic here –
in many ways even better than the two color seasons". But there are some caveats if you're thinking of owning this set. (bluray.highdefdigest.com)
- Mapping Historical NYC Photos From The New York Public Library - Here's the corner where I lived for 10 years, from the 1930s. There was an elevated train line
right there! And that florist? They were there until ~2005. From the following link, click the red dots to historical photos from specific street corners. (oldnyc.org)
- [video] Time Lapse: Watermelon Dragon’s Head - watch an artist transform a watermelon into a carved beast. A little long but worth two minutes of your time. (twistedsifter.com)
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- iPad Pro: Why Is Bigger Better? - 4 reasons to support the new, bigger iPad Pro. (barefeats.com)
- New Apple Gear: iMac, Keyboard, Trackpad, Mouse - yet no word on the MacPro. Is anyone surprised? (fcp.co)
- Epson: Announces 4 High Brightness Pro Cinema Projectors - from $2500 to $7000, "Brightness output for each model ranges from 4,000 to 6,000 lumens of both color and white brightness" (hdguru.com)
- iMac 5K: Performance Improvements - no benchmarks here, just a roundup of what's new. (barefeats.com)
- [video] Explaining Surge Protectors - quick video explaining what
these are NOT before telling you what they do and how to select one. Here at Tao HQ, we recommend at least a UPS for your gear - ideally with power conditioner functionality. (filmmakeriq.com)
- New Point-and-Shoot Camera With 16 Sensors - with different sensors at different focal lengths, the pictures produced will be zoomable to degrees that traditional cameras can't
replicate. All using cell phone camera sensors. (bgr.com)
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- [video] Tesla Autopilot First Ride - full disclosure: the Tao Treasurer wants a Tesla so bad she’s hoping secret Santa will bring one for Christmas. Just in case her dream comes true, see how she'll be helping publish the Tao Newsletter while sitting in the drivers seat using Tesla's new Autopilot. And imagine the day when you too can read the Tao Newsletter, in the
driver's seat while breaking the speed limit. Oh, this video watching someone not-drive their car is worth a few smiles. (youtube.com)
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- The McRib Industrial Complex - "the Army gets staff, labs, and help developing new foods, while the private companies hope for innovations, a jump on the rest of the market, and a chance at some intellectual property rights.". Assuming you call the McRib a 'jump on the rest of the market'. (vox.com)
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Th- Th- That's ALL Folks! See you next week. Happy Grading! 8,750'ish 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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