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- Breaking Rules with Color - best line in this article about learning how to break the rules when setting the color for a project, "When we white balance, we're really creating a lookup table, albeit one over which we have precious little control." (redsharknews.com)
- What Is Color Temperature? - veteran colorists and longtime readers of the Tao Newsletter should know the answer to this. For everyone else, the answer
is just this click away: (cinema5d.com)
- [video] Color and the RGB Parade (Part 2) - continuing with this excellent series on understanding scopes, this video gets into the nitty gritty of
using RGB Parade scopes to balance shots. (vimeo.com)
- The Look of Carol - colorist John Dowdell, one of New York City's most storied colorists, opens up about the DI process of bringing 1950s New York to life for Cate Blanchett’s new movie. (postperspective.com)
- HDR Survival Guide - Senior Colorist Dado Valentic has written an overview of the next generation TV technology. What it is, HDR Standards, and more. (linkedin.com via Marc Wielage)
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- [video] Antiquing with YSFX Controls - “it’s just a way to trash your different channels to create something that looks a little bit different.” Friend of the Tao, Alexis Van Hurkman, shows you how to get an antique look
using the YSFX controls. (youtube.com)
- [Photoshop] Fixing Color Fringing - a work around when the built-in tools to fix chromatic aberration (aka color fringing) don’t work. (petapixel.com)
- [review] Red Giant Magic Bullet Looks - if you use the plugin you know what it does. If you don’t, this review might help you decide whether version 3.1 is right for you. (studiodaily.com)
- Final Cut Pro X Keyboard Tips - " interestingly the “F” or function keys are not already mapped. This leaves you fertile ground to add your own commands without changing the standard map." (digitalfilms.wordpress.com)
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- Larry Jordan Says Goodbye - after a 15 year run of producing podcasts and training videos, Larry Jordan has announced he’s closing his website and selling Digital Production Buzz. Click through for details... (larryjordan.com)
- Stating The Case For a 2nd DP Oscar Category - why? Because ”a great deal of what viewers are looking at is not in fact shot by the cinematographer but is created by artists on a computer.” (hollywoodreporter.com)
- How The Pros Handle HDR In Post Production - "the projects that work the best are when the cinematographers and post houses are able to talk the day
before the first day of the shoot, so that there are no surprises,” plus more words of wisdom from a panel at the HPA Retreat in California. (etcentric.org)
- Production Experts Talk High Dynamic Range - also from
the HPA Tech Retreat, "what HDR isn’t [is] a plug-in or processor that can 'add' HDR to source footage, nor is it multiple exposed images combined into one (that’s HDRI)". Click through to find out what HDR is. (etcentric.org)
- Producing ‘Mozart In The Jungle’ In HDR/4K - "HDR can make a different statement, but we’re not trying to create something that’s uniquely, completely different, but what is intended by the director, DP and show creators." An interesting and pithy write-up of the HDR workflow for a show that is executing it for a second season. (etcentric.org)
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of this Newsletter. Want to read a story listed here but not a member? Sign up for a free 24-hour Test Drive. - [video] Working With LUTs In Premiere’s Lumetri Panel: Part 1 - "The Lumetri Panel has two specific places for inserting LUTs—and we’ll look at both of them and how Adobe is thinking you’ll
use them." (mixinglight.com)
- [video] Colorista III, Part 3: Exploring Its Innovative Keyer - "Specifically, I love that this HSL Keyer maximizes the use of our limited screen real estate by allowing us to select the pixels we want to key… directly on the
vectorscope itself! It’s a terrific way of working and in this Video Insight I’ll take on a tour of this interface." (mixinglight.com)
- [videos] Showreel 2016: Who Is Your Target Audience? - "I fell into a trap that I didn’t even realise when I was getting my new reel cut by one of the
most talented editors I have ever met. I gave him all the footage that I was most proud of and thought would make a good reel . . . but as you’ll find out a little later on I made a few fatal mistakes." (mixinglight.com)
- [video] Getting Grainy: 3 Different OFX Grain
Plugins - "I wondered if plugins like the OFX ones used in Resolve had a good solution for realistic looking grain and in this Insight, I’d like to share my thoughts on a few of these plugins." (mixinglight.com)
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- Cutting Deadpool with Premiere Pro - editor/colorist Vashi Nedomansky talks with Steve Hullfish about training a team of Avid editors and assistants for their switch to Premiere Pro for ‘Deadpool.’ (provideocoalition.com)
- Editing and Match-Cuts In VR - a terrific post on editing fast-cutting scenes in Virtual Reality narratives. (medium.com)
- Shooting In Zero-G In A Single Take - behind the scenes of OK Go’s new music video. (nofilmschool.com)
- Overcoming Creative Block - 15 professional designers weigh in on beating creativity blocks. (designschool.canva.com)
- [video] Brick Your iPhone - the date 1/1/1970 bricks your iPhone. Weird, right? Well, it makes sense when you dig into it. Here’s why. (youtube.com)
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- Orlando Post Pros Meet Up - a casual gathering that will include your humble Newsletter Publisher. February 23, Winter Park. (orlandoedits.com)
- [Seminar] Charles Poynton: High Dynamic Range, Wide Color Gamut, and ACES 1.0 - Vancouver, BC. February 23. (poynton.ca)
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- [video] Cardboard Fender Guitar? - this is just too cool. (youtube.com)
- [video] Finally, A Tesla You Can Actually Afford - well,
maybe not for you exactly. (time.com)
- ThingMaker: A $300 3D Printer For Kids - "The device works in conjunction with a 3D printing app developed in collaboration with Autodesk that offers a simple interface for designing items that can then come to life via Mattel’s
ThingMaker" (techcrunch.com)
- 13 Awesome Wolfram Alpha Tricks for The Average Person - including a useful 'trick' for photographers. (lifehacker.com)
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- First Impressions: LG 65G6 Signature OLED TV - "after spending a day with the early OLED65G6, we can confidently state that 2016 is going to be a big year for this display technology." (hdtvtest.co.uk)
- First Impressions: Sony’s New Premium UHD HDR HD TVs - "At a special Sony press and installer meeting in New York in early February, we had a chance to get some updates and demos of the latest Sony UHD TVs sets." (displaydaily.com)
- Philips Embrace UHD OLED TV But Ditch 3D - " the source of the Philips OLED panel: it’s going to be supplied by LG Display, which comes as no surprise at all since the South Korean vendor is
pretty much the only player in town as far as OLED is concerned." (hdtvtest.co.uk)
- [video] A Peek Into A Barco DP4K-60L - "In this video I discuss why this projector is leader the way for PLF (Premium Large Format). Covering what
makes it the best selling projector of its class." (cinetechgeek.com)
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- MySpace Was Just Acquired By Time, Inc - yup. Seems about right... including the reason for the purchase. 1 billion email addresses. (businessinsider.com)
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- I’ll Be Watching You - If you are an Airbnb renter you might have heard hidden Wi-Fi cameras are watching you without you knowing it. If you want to ensure your privacy in a rental, Detect and disable the hidden Wi-Fi
cameras with this script. (lifehacker.com)
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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)
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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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