Quick note: Next Monday the show floor at NAB opens. But here at Tao HQ, it starts a few days earlier, since we're teaching and are one of the hosts of the Colorist Mixer.

That means next Sunday's edition is likely to be somewhat shortened. We apologize in advance.

And keep on the lookout for a special message from this Newsletter's Managing Editor, Jim Wicks. He's been working on a special project that he's almost ready to announce. Many of you will be very very interested in what he's got up his sleeve.

Enjoy this week's Newsletter! We'll see you next Sunday.​​​​​​​

Happy Grading!

• The Color Thesaurus - a talented writer, illustrator, and graphic designer takes the Farrow & Ball color chart (us.farrow-ball.com) to new heights. But if you spend time reading the comments and you’ll see that her color thesaurus found a new audience - helping teachers teach multiculturalism. (ingridsundberg.com via Andrew Webb)
  

• Paint Your Home In Neutral Colors To Maintain Its Selling Price - “The wrong paint color can drop your home’s selling price.” The craft of color permeates everywhere. (twocents.lifehacker.com)

• [video] Resolve in a Rush: From Premiere to Resolve -  Alexis Van Hurkman shows you an ‘under 5 minutes’ tip on sending Premiere Pro projects to Resolve 12. (youtube.com)
  

• [video] Animating Grades in DaVinci Resolve - Casey Faris demonstrates the methods he uses animating parts of a grade using keyframes. (youtube.com)
  

• [video] Rec.2020 Demo: Why HDR Is Such A Big Deal - and why it won't flame out like 3D or High Frame Rate. (cinetechgeek.com)
  

• [video] When To Use Rec.2020 - "Rec.2020 means more beautiful pictures.. But like 3D, not all content is suited to Rec.2020." (cinetechgeek.com)
  

• [video] Frame.io + Adobe Premiere Pro Integration - collaborate on your edit in real time, "it’s the entire Frame.io application, redesigned and reengineered for the Adobe panel architecture." (nofilmschool.com)
  

• [review] Boris Continuum Complete - "After testing the suite for a week, however, I admit I was wrong—BCC 10 is a professional-quality effects package that can be compared to plug-in tools from companies like GenArts and Red Giant." (hdvideopro.com)
  

• Film Emulation For Digital Video, Explained - "This video examines film emulators, reviewing their common features and suggested uses." (filmmakeriq.com)
  

• Setting Up The Teradek Color To Work With The Bullet M2 - "I am mainly focusing on how to set up the COLR network and how to troubleshoot it (and my experiences troubleshooting also)" for you DITs. (dorkinatent.com)
  

• Nodes vs Layers - "We’ll look at both systems and explain why they are awesome and where they just don’t make the cut." Discusses After Effects, Nuke, Smoke, Resolve and more. (videomaker.com)
  

• CIne Meter: A Light Meter and WFM on your iPhone - "Cine Meter gives you an RGB waveform monitor and a false-color picture in addition to a cine-style, shutter-priority reflected light meter, using the camera in your iPhone / iPod / iPad" for $5. (itunes.apple.com)
  

• New: CoreMelt LUTx Is Now Available - for FCPx, "comes with 40 Feature Film looks designed by feature film colorist Shane Bartley in our first LUT collection" (toolfarm.com)
  

• Fusion Comes To The Mac - in case you hadn't heard. (studiodaily.com)
  

• Sleuthing An Avid Media Composer Start Up Beach-Ball - "Using this technique you can often identify problems beyond just startup issues and incompatible plug-ins" (provideocoalition.com)

• Sony Pictures & Producing Drama In UHD HDR - why did Sony switch gears and decide to finish 'Mad Dogs' in High Dynamic Range? Sony explains to itself (and you) all the dominoes that lined up before deciding to execute HDR. (youtube.com)
  

• 5 Must-Attend Conferences & Events For Web Video Professionals - you probably haven't heard of these. (premiumbeat.com)
  

• Spike In Takedown Requests Questions Effectiveness of DMCA - the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is being abused??????????????????? Who'd'a'thunk? (etcentric.org)
  

• IMAX goes Virtual Reality? - "IMAX is planning to launch a virtual reality (VR) headset and service for the ultimately immersive of movie experiences. Called I’M@X" and "will promote the service as, “the biggest movies – on the tip of your nose.” Take note of the date of publication of this announcement. (celluloidjunkie.com)
  

• Avid 2015 Revenue and Profitability Decrease - as they continue their transformation into... something less profitable? (devoncroft.com)
  

• LG Display To Build 5th Generation OLED Light Panel Plant - "with the larger glass substrate, LG Display will be able to produce a wide range of different size light panels, including giant ones." (displaydaily.com)
  

• iOS Night Shift: Warming Screens Everywhere, Messing Up Your Color Work - "I stopped laughing last night when I saw exactly how yellow the Night Shift made my iPad." Personally, I like it and find it calming at night. But yes, it's just another thing our clients will yell at us about. (provideocoalition.com)
  

• FCP Exchange, FCP Works, NAB and Getting To Know FCPx - I attended several of their workshops last year and found them well produced. But the presos I want to see this year overlap with my full-day color correction workshop, so it looks like I'll be missing it. Check it out if you've got the time. (provideocoalition.com)

Items in this special section of the Newsletter will recur until after NAB, which is April 16 - 21 in Las Vegas.

• [event] 4th Annual Colorist Mixer UPDATED - the colorist annual meetup is happening again, so make your travel plans accordingly. Registration is now open! Sunday, April 17, 7:30 PM (eventbrite.com | coloristmixer.com)

• NEW! FCP Exchange Presentations - with Apple non-existent at trade shows, FCPWORKS and FCP.co have teamed up for two days of FCPX-centric workshops, in the hotel directly next to the South Hall. The current line-up and registration (required) is at the link. (fcp.co)

• Free Exhibit-Only Access Pass - Get your free exhibits-only access pass to NAB with VIP Code LV8353. Courtesy Tao Newsletter Sponsor, Flanders Scientific. (registration.experientevent.com)

• [edumacate] Post | Production World : Overview - "In addition to the general sessions, P|PW offers multi-day, certification-prep and hands-on training that allows attendees to dive deeply into [software]. New this year, P|PW offers a track dedicated for graduating students to provide them a leg-up in navigating the industry."  Runs April 16 - 20th. Use this Discount Code to save $100: PPW06 (nabshow.com/attend)

• [edumacate] Team Mixing LIght: Full Day Color Correction - Tao Newsletter Publisher Patrick and his Mixing Light business partners are leading a full day of color correction training, with a Keynote by Colorist Juan Salvo on grading a Virtual Reality film that screened at Sundance. At the bottom of the listing, click through our names for more session listings. (nab16.mapyourshow.com)

• The Official ToolFarm Guide to NAB - from Exhibit hours to various social meetups to Exhibitor Booths you'll probably want to visit, a good collection of NAB information. (toolfarm.com)

• [event] Media Motion Ball 2016 - a sit-down dinner with stage presentations. A great place to meet your favorite industry notables. Monday, April 18,  5:30 PM (eventbrite.com)

• [event] SuperMeet 2016 - Watch stage presentations and then participate in NAB's biggest give-away of software and hardware. It's also a good place to launch a meet up with friends for late night festivities. Tuesday, April 19, 4:30PM (eventbrite.com)​

• NAB Show To Host Kaleidoscope Virtual Reality Showcase - "NAB Show attendees will have the opportunity to travel to virtual worlds and experience the most innovative narrative, environmental and interactive content." (displaydaily.com)

• RED Nine Years On -the little 4K camera that nobody was talking about in 2007 is now one of the kings of production world. How RED is handling the challenge by competitors to its dominance? (redsharknews.com)
  

• How Actors Get Plastic Surgery With a Mouse Click - what we all know about the special effects industry and the craft of de-aging older actors. (vulture.com)
  

• Will Apple’s Night Shift Help You To Doze Off? - "[a display expert] went back into the recent research on melatonin production and the effect of the blue light and posted an article on his website that looked at this topic." This article is a very good summary of a longer discussion on the topic. (displaydaily.com)
  

• Standing Can Also Be Bad For You, Says Scientist Studying Desk Set-Up - damn! Next, they'll tell us that living guarantees we'll all die. A pox on them all! (arstechnica.com)

• Chicago Creative Pro User Group - "We will be presenting an intensive half-day set of sessions for you to learn about the latest in HDR and 4K production and workflow techniques from the industry leaders who are developing the technology." April, Wednesday 27, 2016   (chifcpug.org)

• [video] A Metal Tribute to the iPhone Ringtone - have a listen to this heavy metal cover of the iconic iPhone ringtone. Although, it should really be in the craft section because he is very good. You'll smile. (youtube.com)
  

• Entire Village Up For Sale For £20m - some people buy the home of their dreams. Some, fixer uppers. But if you’ve ever wanted your very own village here’s your chance.  (msn.com)
  

• Guess Who’s Coming For Dinner? - the Florida Panther is an endangered species. And seeing one up close is rare. Except for a family near Fort Myers. They got a panther sighting to end all sightings. Except maybe for the one on their Facebook page, linked to in this story.  (mentalfloss.com)
  

• [video] Artist’s 3D Hand Art Optical Illusions - you have to see this to believe it. Once you start watching though you may not want to stop. (mic.com)

• LG HDR OLED TV Review - "No longer marred by off-hue dark scene color reproduction, severe screen uniformity errors or sluggish interactive response, LG have set new standards for themselves in 2016. That’s not to say there isn’t room for further improvement, of course." (hdtvtest.co.uk)
  

• Sony HDR 4K TV Review - "our 65-inch sample only managed to hit a maximum of 875 cd/m2 (the UHD Premium specifications demand 1000 nits for LED LCDs) before tailing off gradually, which may explain why the XD93 is not UHD Premium-certified." (hdtvtest.co.uk)
  

• HP and Nvidia Partner To Create VR-Ready Workstations - "Each configuration is tested with optional HTC Vive head mounted displays to ensure a smooth path to the creation of inspiring, immersive content." Based around the Z840 workstations and dual Quadro M6000 GPUs. (displaydaily.com)
  

• Nvidia Announces full specs of upcoming GPU - "With HBM2 and 40% performance boost over Titan X, Pascal is going to be a beast." A really good writeup on this announcement. (arstechnica.com)
  

• LG’s New OLED TVs Set To Sweep 2016 With PQ Upgrades - "Whilst every 2016 LG OLED television will carry the same core features (3840×2160 resolution, Ultra HD Premium certification, HDR10 and Dolby Vision HDR support), a company executive said there’ll be subtle differences in picture quality between ranges due to different SoC (system on chip) used." More details at the hyperlink. (hdtvtest.co.uk)
  

• Bought a used Avid Color Panel? - this forum thread describes how to transfer the registration from the original owner to allow you access to the software driver downloads. (liftgammagain.com)