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- [video] Storytelling with Color - Terence Curren of Alpha Dogs does another nice job of explaining color grading to the uninitiated. (vimeo.com)
- Composing The Color of Lovesong - “By the time the final cut was locked, most of the decisions for color had been made, and it was really just a matter of fine-tuning.” Colorist Sal Malfitano describes the art and the craft that went into grading ‘Lovesong’ for
Sundance. (shootonline.com)
- [video] Color and the RGB Parade (Part 1) - David Hover continues his excellent series of tutorials on light, color and video scopes. This one does a great job showing how Red, Green and Blue combine to create all the colors in our visible spectrum. (vimeo.com)
- Meet the Colorist - FilmLight profiles Mexico-based colorist Fernando Medellin. (filmlight.ltd.uk)
- [video] Lighting and Color In Hotel Transylvania
2 - as a colorist, which one of you would NOT want this type of control over every element of your images? (tested.com)
- [video] How The Color In Sicario Reveals The Battle Between Good & Evil - or not? Watching thesis breakdowns
like this I sometimes wonder to myself, would they ever say a cigar is just a cigar? Or admit that as a film gets darker and darker, color naturally desaturates? (nofilmschool.com)
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- Adobe Creative Cloud Deletes Mac User Data Without Warning - oops, "Upon sign in, a script activated by Creative Cloud deletes the contents in the alphabetically first folder in a Mac's root directory." (arstechnica.com)
- [video] DaVinci Resolve 12 Collaborative Workflow - colorist Mathieu Marano and editor Louis Fortin methodically demo Resolve's collaborative workflow between an editor and a colorist. (vimeo.com)
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Grading in your NLE - editor Jonny Elwyn has an overwhelming roundup of tutorials for FCPX, Premiere and Avid editors who want to color grade right in their NLEs. (jonnyelwyn.co.uk)
- Assimilate Adds VR Workflow To Scratch Web - "users just have to launch a Scratch Web media link in Chrome, tap a goggles icon at the bottom of the screen, slip the phone into a Google Cardboard or other VR viewer, and review the content in an immersive 360-degree environment."(studiodaily.com)
- FCP X
10.2.3 Is Out, Here’s How To Get The Most From It - more stable, more codecs and faster on a SAN. (fcpworks.com)
- Adobe Stock Rolls Out 4K Content - for your sky replacements. But you better add a line-item in your quotes since it's not priced as pocket change. (studiodaily.com)
- [video] Final Cut Library Manager Updated To Version 3 - "lets you look at all your FCPX libraries in one window with their associated optimised, proxy and render files." Article embeds a video overview of
the new version. (fcp.co)
- Resolve 12.3 Improves Codec Support - a cut & paste from the Read Me of this week's update to Resolve 12. (nofilmschool.com)
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- Russia Cuts Film Subsidies - filmmakers are seeing red after Russia declares 2016 the ‘Year of Cinema’ and then cuts its film budget 7 percent. (hollywoodreporter.com)
- Are LED Backlights Dangerous? - "It seems to me that if there is a genuine issue of potential damage, it ought to be
taken into account by those that are developing the next generation of HDR displays. After all, a typical desktop monitor has a maximum brightness of 250 -350 cd/m², while the minimum specification for an UltraHD Alliance Premium display based on LCD technology is around 1,000 cd/m²." (displaydaily.com)
- New Ticket Purchasing App Earns Studio Support - "Atom’s revenue comes through ticket surcharges, plus “a cut of popcorn and soda preorders,” and advertising . . . theaters using Atom “generated higher ticket and concession sales,” but Regal chief financial officer David Ownby says it’s too early to “gauge the impact.” (etcentric.org)
- YouTube Bets Big On Live 360-Degree Video - "as it seeks to position itself as a lead player in the burgeoning field
of virtual reality and immersive live broadcasts" (thedrum.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] Introduction To Shot Matching - "Shot matching is the hardest area of color grading and in all honesty where I spend most of my time. With that in mind welcome to my
first insight in a series about this battle." (mixinglight.com)
- [video] HDR Essentials: Reading The Scopes In DaVinci Resolve - "in a tool like Resolve when using [Resolve Color Management] to aid you in working with HDR footage, the Waveform & RGB parade can get confusing – particularly when it comes white level and where
clipping may occur." (mixinglight.com)
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- 150 Movie Scripts - if you’d rather read the movie than color grade it click through to this site. You can download scripts of your favorite movies to read at your leisure. Oh, and did we mention they’re all FREE. (gointothestory.blcklst.com)
- Cameras Used By Sundance 2016 Filmmakers & Why
They Chose Them - like the title says. (nofilmschool.com)
- How 5 Teams of Filmmakers Completed The Mobile Film Challenge - "many of the filmmakers were first timers who had never edited (or even made) a movie before, and on their first project were all easily working off shared storage, syncing dailies, learning how to organize their media, and in general, seamlessly picking up the fundamentals of how to make a movie." (fcp.co)
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- FCP Exchange: Session Two - "features Collaborative Workflows and Shared Storage Solutions." Saturday March 5, Abel Cine, Los Angeles. (fcpworks.com)
- The Psychology Of Immersive Storytelling
- "learn why certain approaches may help, or hinder, virtual reality (VR) storytellers in creating the ultimate immersive environment within which a compelling story can be told." Webcast, Thursday February 25. (smpte.org)
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- [video] Why Some Tutorials Are Annoying - ever think to yourself ‘just get to the point, already!’ This is a cute send up of that moment. But you'll get the point soon after hitting play. (youtube.com)
- Watch Sundance 2016 Shorts - or the ones which are available online... (nofilmschool.com)
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- Apple Trashcan Repair Program - got the trash can blues? An internal memo says Apple will launch a repair program for the late 2013 Mac Pro video issues. Fixes: distorted video; no video; system instability; freezing;
restarts; shut downs; no system start up. (macrumors.com)
- First SIngle-Slot Graphics Card To Drive Nine Displays - for 3x3 video walls. (displaydaily.com)
- Set-Up Tips For Your HDTV or UHD TV - written for watching the Super Bowl, but works a week later. Send it to friends
and family so they make sure they get their inputs setup correctly. (hdguru.com)
- Sony Announces Newest Laser Projectors - "From 2,000 lumens up to 7,000 lumens, the laser-based projectors are available in WXGA, WUXGA and 4K resolutions." (displaydaily.com)
- Sharp Shows World’s First Commercial 8K Display At ISE - "This ultra-high resolution 85” monitor features Sharp’s IGZO technology, its broadest ever colour
palette and High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging for true-to-life image reproduction." (displaydaily.com)
- [review] 2TB Mercury Electra MAX SSD - "joins the 'two terabyte SSD club' with plenty of speed, competitive pricing, and OS independent wear, space, and error management." (barefeats.com)
- Update: Tangent Ripple - in this forum post, Tangent details design changes that have delayed release of this streamlined control surface saying, "it looks likely that it will go on sale at the end of April. The good news is that we
will be showing Ripple on our booth at NAB (SL5507) . . . so you will be able try out early production models there." (liftgammagain.com)
- StoreDot: An Organic Quantum Dot Alternative - "Just when I had convinced myself that quantum dots were THE answer for allowing LCD to compete with OLED image quality, it seems it may only be one of several answers." (displaydaily.com)
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- [video] Australian Ocean - filmmaker Tim Eddy spent over a month shooting whales off the coast of Australia. He used a DJI Phantom 3 Advanced. Did we mention he is 18-years-old, and was writing his high school finals while shooting this video? Talk about balancing life and work. (youtube.com)
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- [video] Free Fall - this one is a little too real, because it is. The good thing, for all the trouble of this guy, he only gets a fractured leg. (youtube.com)
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