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- Russia Before the Revolution, in Color - a pair of pioneering photographers from the turn of the last century used three separate black-and-white exposures, each taken through either a red, green
or blue filter to come up with the full chromatic spectrum. (mashable.com)
- Black & White Movies - Patrick has taught students who won’t watch B&W movies. Jim has made a career out of turning old rundown B&W movies into high gloss classics. The
point is B&W movies are really good. Here’s a list of 25 worth seeing. (provideocoalition.com)
- Colorizing a TV Classic - over the holidays CBS-TV network aired a colorized version of a classic Andy Griffith Christmas special. Whether you agree with turning black and white shows
into color there is one thing for sure: it takes a lot of work to do it. (nypost.com)
- Meet the Colorist: Matt Osborne - FilmLight continues its ongoing series with interviews of some of the best colorists working today. First up
for 2016, Matt Osborne. (filmlight.ltd.uk)
- Use of Light in Gone Girl - his love of the craft comes through as DP Jeff Cronenweth details his use of light in David Fincher’s hit movie. (timeinpixels.com)
- [video] Is 70mm The Future Old Film? - a discussion with Quentin Tarantino & P.T. Anderson (nofilmschool.com)
- Success Requires Failure! - "most of us are scared of failure, or at least want to avoid it, so we never get past the point where we suck – always at the beginning – and start to improve." (philiphodgetts.com)
- Quantel's Snell's SAM's Digital Fact Book, Online - for my entire career, Quantel's Digital Fact Book has been a tremendous resource to any technically curious post-production professional. Now Quantel and Snell have merged their brands to SAM and the Digital Fact Book gets its fourteenth major update. (digitalfactbook.tv)
- [Podcast] That's A Wrap: Discussing 2015 Trends - post-production pros "discuss the trends of 2015, the influx of new cameras, how DaVinci Resolve has become the undisputed color king, and the exciting and challenging projects we all shared throughout the year." (gocreativeshow.com via @robsbessette)
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- Resolve 12.2 Update - 'twas just before before Christmas, when all through the midst, not a creature was stirring, not even a colorist. The stockings were hung by the chimney, we recall, in hopes that Blackmagic would soon update Resolve. 12.2 now available.
(hdslrshooter.com)
- Color Correction with Color Cone - “Color Cone is a brilliant idea, a great concept” but where does this first iteration of the HCL color model based app fall short? (photo.it-enquirer.com)
- Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve 12 Studio Now Just $500 - on the Mac App Store. Keep an eye out on the Tao Colorist blog, I'll link to my upcoming Mixing Light article about why this Mac App
Store version is very different from the $995 version of Resolve 12 Studio. (nofilmschool.com)
- [videos] Color Grading Breakdowns - a roundup of colorists breaking down their work. (jonnyelwyn.co.uk)
- How To Avoid Sepia Looks While Warming Up Footage - personally, I plug Step 4 in at Step 2... kick up that saturation first because it may turn out your footage already has
the warmth you're looking for. (premiumbeat.com)
- [video] Next Generation-imaging, Higher Dynamic Range - Mark Shubin has started a series on Next Gen technology. We pick up this series with the future of High Dynamic Range. (youtube.com)
- Editing, Grading and Coloring A
Short Film - using DaVinci Resolve 12. A pithy article that takes you through the very basics of getting a job in (and out) of Resolve. (moviemaker.com)
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- Mogul in the Middle - the chairman of Hollywood’s newest studio wants to reinvent the movie-making business. An interesting read on how the movie industry thinks. (newyorker.com)
- Not In The Mood - a week after the New Year and it's time to get back to the grind, right? What’s that you say; you’re not in the mood? Check out some ideas to kick start yourself back into action. (qz.com)
- Holiday Season Top Movies Heavily Pirated Before Releases - it was the Oscars screeners that start them all. (etcentric.org)
- ‘Star Wars’ Smashes Box Office, Rallies Blockbuster Strategy - bad news if you're not a fan of Hollywood's Series & Sequels business model. (etcentric.org)
- UHD Alliance Sets '4K' Specs - "The specification outlines performance metrics related to resolution, high dynamic range, and wide color gamut, as well as recommendations for immersive
audio, among others." (hdguru.com)
- Most 2015 UHD TVs Don't Meet the New UHD Premium Label - "mainly because of insufficient peak brightness." (hdtvtest.co.uk)
- HEVC Lowers h.265 Licensing Fees - making the path to UHD streaming much clearer. (etcentric.org)
- Dolby Finds Partners for Dolby Vision / ATMOS - and Sony Pictures will be the first to incorporate both Vision and ATMOS. (etcentric.org)
- [video] YouTube Will Support HDR Video - plus GoPro mentions a more affordable 360º rig. You can watch the CES Keynote with the YouTube CEO at the link, which many people are suggesting is worth the watch. (nofilmschool.com)
- What CES Cleared Up (And Muddied) About UHDTV - a good overview of the new specification, where manufacturers are differing on the spec, and how long it'll be before home viewers will get a sense that they're missing something. (studiodaily.com)
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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. - New Year's Resolutions to Strengthen Your Color Grading Business -
five areas to improve upon in 2016. (mixinglight.com)
- [video] Neat Video 4: Revisiting The Popular Noise Reduction Plugin - "Neat Video still has the stupidly easy ability to make in 2 or 3 mouse clicks noise pretty much disappear, but
version 4.1 also has a insane amount of advance control and . . . better methods of displaying information about noise in a shot and what your adjustments are doing". (mixinglight.com)
- [audio] HDR Musings + Saturation Levels For Log Encoded Footage - Team Mixing Light
"offers our take on two discussion topics; what is HDR all about? And do we have any best practices for setting saturation levels on log encoded footage?" (mixinglight.com)
- [video] Look Inspiration: Colorized Film Look - Dan Moran explores strategies for recreating this look. (mixinglight.com)
- [video] Understanding How The ‘Lumetri Color Panel’ Works: Part 2 - finishing an overview of the Lumetri Panel and finding a flaw you'll want to avoid. (mixinglight.com)
- [video] Building IR LUT Variations In Photoshop - "I want to discuss building a couple IR looks including doing a rebuild of Dan’s excellent Aerochrome look, but do that all starting in Photoshop" (mixinglight.com)
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- [video] Katana Breaks, Help May Be On the Way - the next time someone you know wants to buy an item from a shopping television channel, send them this video. The on-camera call for help by one of crew at the end is priceless. (youtube.com)
- Free Spirit Spheres - with the New Year, it's time to start planning your 2016 vacations. Here's an idea from the Tao Treasurer. (atlasobscura.com)
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- The Nightmare of Servicing a Mac Laptop Battery - "in Apple’s insane quest to get laptops a few millimeters thinner, a standard repair like a battery swap takes 3 days." On top of that, your machine might be lying to you and the battery is far from actually failing. A disappointing story, all around. (linkedin.com)
- Review: Lexar Professional 2000x SDXC and USB 3.0 Reader - "to get the best performance when importing your photos to your Mac, you will want to use the bundled Lexar USB 3.0 reader
(plugged into a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 port)." (barefeats.com)
- Review: Trans International’s 64GB Memory Kit For The iMac 5K - "The 'late 2015' 27" iMac 5K can be ordered from the factory with up to 32G of 1867MHz DDR3 RAM. Need still more? Trans International is offering a 64G kit running at the same 1867MHz clock speed." But how does it compare? (barefeats.com)
- LG 65EF950V Flat OLED TV Review - "the EF950V is not only LG’s most compelling OLED TV to date, it’s also one of the best televisions we’ve tested all year. While the 65EF950 is not without its flaws especially near-black, for most people they’re far outweighed by the positives…" (hdtvtest.co.uk)
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- [video] Helicopter Landing on a Ship in Rough Seas - from the ‘Do Not Try This At Home’ files. Video includes view from the cockpit. (youtube.com)
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- CES: The Autonomous Flying Taxi - "The cockpit has no controls, just a seat for one passenger, a tablet stand and air conditioning. Navigation is controlled by a mobile app using Google Maps, so passengers do not require a pilot’s license" (etcentric.org)
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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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