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Welcome to the 300th Edition of this (mostly) weekly Newsletter
- And it's fitting that it's filled with a ton of items.
- In fact, the past two weeks have been jam-packed with news, product updates and opinions on all sort of topics color grading related.
It's on weeks like these I like to remind readers...
- The point isn't to click through every link and read every article. That would take all week.
- The point is to skim the entire Newsletter and pick 2-3 items to focus your attention on.
Trust us, just reading through these summaries will keep you 'in the know'.
- When something really intrigues you or is particularly relevant to your career, that's when it's time to click.
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- Oh - and their blog makes it into this Newsletter from time to time.
Happy Grading!
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- Being a Copycat is a Good Thing - “copying master drawings is something many artists, for centuries, have incorporate into their studies because it is an excellent way to evaluate incredible artwork.” Advice about the craft written for artists (and colorists) just starting out as they search for their
’style.’ (artistdaily.com)
- [video] Meet the Colorist - “HDR is really amazing. It will be great when more theaters switch to laser projection, and when more televisions have HDR capability because it will redefine the way
we do DI…” Colorist Maxine Gervais talks about her craft and workflow on the Clint Eastwood film, ‘Sully.’ (filmlight.ltd.uk)
- 5 Tips for Bringing a Fantasy World to Life with Color - “save the most colorful areas for where you want the viewer's eye to linger. . . be
very conscious of how you are 'composing' your image.” A blog post for illustrators and concept artists, but good info for the working colorist. (cgsociety.org)
- FilmConvert Color Up Competition - "the competition jury is handling the main prizes but you can help FilmConvert award the People's’ Choice Award, chosen from among the entry categories: Creative Storytelling, Music Video, Action, Documentary, Commercial, and Wedding." (newsshooter.com)
- Why Film Has Not Been Disrupted Yet, Part 1 - "We have yet to see any challenger make a serious run at the studio system. So either the film and media industries are bullet-proof, or we are just
lagging a little behind other industries. At the risk of giving away the ending: we’re just lagging behind a little." So begins the thesis. (endcrawl.com)
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- Blackmagic Design Announces DaVinci Resolve 12.5.3 Update - features support for the latest FCPx XML language, improved Media Composer interoperability, ACES 1.0.3, and revised 3-Way Color Wheel behavior. (provideocoalition.com)
- [book] New Definitive Guide to Editing with DaVinci Resolve - “The official hands-on training book will cover all aspects of editing with DaVinci Resolve 12.5 and will teach you the skills necessary to be a professional Resolve
editor.” (provideocoalition.com)
- [videos] Final Cut Pro 10.3 Tips and Tricks - nearly half a dozen videos on getting started with or upgrading to the new FCP X. Includes a good video
on enabling wide-gamut (Rec2020). (provideocoalition.com)
- Pantone Studio - "Apps today are a dime a dozen, so you have to go above and beyond to make something unique, and, for the most part that's what Pantone Studio does." An overview. (creativemarket.com)
- [FAQ] Why Are Episode Products Entering EOL? - correct. Episode is going bye-bye. This FAQ lets you know what's replacing it. And why. (marketing.telestream.net)
- [video] Virtual FCPx User Group Roundtable - covering the 10.3 release, recorded at the end of the FCPx Creative Summit. (fcp.co)
- [video] From Premiere Pro To DaVinci Resolve - without rendering. (premiumbeat.com)
- [FCPx] Something Old, New, Borrowed, Blue - "Since Final Cut Pro X 10.3 might make some editors who’ve never looked twice take a closer look, I’ll use the classic wedding metaphor to take us
through." (provideocoalition.com)
- [video] Color Correction In Adobe Premiere Pro - "In this tutorial we will cover: The Waveform, RGB Parade and
Vectorscope". An introduction. (library.creativecow.net)
- Get An ACES Crash Course With Mixing Light - "concurrent with an industry-wide push to raise awareness of ACES — including the establishment of the
official ACES Central website as an information clearinghouse — the series is available to all readers for free." (studiodaily.com)
- [review] Xsend Motion - "[it] isn't laden with
options, but it doesn't need to be. You can control how many layer groups will be created in Motion, how secondary storylines are handled, and if audio is included. You can also control where its intermediate files will be stored." (macprovideo.com)
- [overview] Red Giant Takes Magic Bullet Suite To Lucky Number 13 - in case you missed this item last week. (studiodaily.com)
- What’s New In Smoke 2017 - with the release of the latest update, we figured we'd link out to what's new overall. This newsletter hasn't mentioned Smoke much this year. (help.autodesk.com)
- [video] Avid Advanced: Vertical Video Projects Part 2 - not because you want to... but because, you know... those clients. Oh, and digital signage. (provideocoalition.com)
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- BBC Describes Gamut Compression Method - "for color outside of the display gamut, the idea is to project the color of that point back toward the D65 white point and find the intersection with the display gamut. That will produce a color of the
same hue, but lower luminance, which appears as a desaturated color . . . which can mean loss of texture from the original image." (displaydaily.com)
- China's rising threat to Hollywood - "By gaining a foothold in the U.S. movie industry, Wanda assumes greater control of the production and distribution process, including the capacity to censor movies pre- and post-release." More on this line of thinking at the link. (politico.com)
- Mad Max: Fury Road Black & White Edition Is Now Streaming on Amazon - Click through to find out why they've released this version. (movieweb.com)
- Dolby 2016 Results: $1,000 Million - "Among the revenue drivers . . . were the growing adoption of Dolby Atmos, Dolby Vision and Dolby Cinema . . . 550 feature films using Dolby Atmos have been announced or released." Lots more detail
at the link. (blog.devoncroft.com)
- Google + NFL: 9-Episode VR Series - "This VR deal should help Google market its new Daydream viewer to the public and give the company another piece of
exclusive content to push in its marketing efforts." (9to5google.com)
- New York Times launches Daily 360 initiative - using Samsung Gear 360 VR cameras. (newsshooter.com)
- Warren Beatty's New Movie Has 16 Credited Producers - the Producers Guild is not happy, "Knowing Warren and having worked with him on
several films, there's one person who produced that movie, and his name is Warren Beatty." (hollywoodreporter.com)
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- The Wrong Way To Introduce People Over Email - "surprise introductions like this are fraught with dangers. If you’re doing them, you’re running the risk of a couple things going wrong." Yeah, I'll be changing a few of my habits. This article is
dead right. (hbr.org)
- Best Color LED Smart Bulbs - a roundup of the best smart bulbs and the family of technologies that drive the different brands. (techhive.com)
- 10 Tips To Shoot Cinematic Smartphone Video - sooner or later you’re going to get a call from someone asking if you can color grade their smartphone video. This is advice you can give to your clients, since they're going to shoot on a
smartphone anyway. (cinema5d.com)
- Delta App Lets You Track Your Bag’s Location In Real-ish TIme Via RFID Tags - road warriors rejoice. (9to5google.com)
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- NAB Show New York - Jacob Javits Convention, November 9-10 (nabshowny.com)
- SMPTE Timecode Timelabel Summit, London - Tuesday, November 1 - 09:45 to 16:30. Click for full itinerary. (smpte.org)
- SMPTE Timecode Timelabel Summit, New York - Wed, November
16. 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST (eventbrite.com)
- FCPX Tour Moves To Barcelona - "the new line-up for the next
session in Barcelona has just been announced. Jesús Pérez-Miranda tells FCP.co all about it." November 4th (fcp.co)
- DIT Week at AbelCine - "made up of courses covering everything from understanding scopes to monitor
calibration." In New York, Chicago and LA. (training.abelcine.com)
- FCPx World in London and Berlin - "So whether you are new to
Final Cut Pro X, or already a fan and want to find out all about the creative power of FCPx and the huge ecosystem that’s been created to support it." November 15th, London. November 18th, Berlin. (fcp.co)
- Apple, Inc. Presents at the Next LACPUG - "Apple itself will
present all of the latest features of Final Cut Pro X 10.3. Following the Apple Presentation, our own Sam Mestman will present a comprehensive soup to nuts workflow highlighting [its] latest advancements." November 30, Hollywood (fcpworks.com)
- Drone Day Afternoon With Brooklyn Drones and DJI - "Learn the basics then try your hand at flying a drone. No previous experience necessary. Brooklyn Drones may close registration if they reach a certain capacity so don't delay." November 27th, Thanksgiving weekend. (meetup.com)
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- 450 HD Moon Photos from Lunar Polar Orbit - "Japan's Kaguya spacecraft spent the better part of two years in a polar orbit around the Moon . . . the spacecraft carried two 2.2 megapixel CCD HDTV color cameras, one a telephoto and one a
wide-angle." The full dataset of photos has been released. Very cool. (arstechnica.com)
- Determine Which Shakespearean Play You Should See
First - with a flowchart, of course. If you have even a passing familiarity, you'll get some good laughs out of this. (lifehacker.com)
- [video] The $35,000 Racing Simulator - this item is a
shout out to friend of the Tao, colorist Joe Owens. And the mad modded CPU driving it? Put together by my New Jersey ex-next-door-neighbor, owner of gaming PC company, Maingear. (youtube.com | maingear.com)
- Real or Fake 4K? - we just stumbled on this website which answers one essential question for the home theater enthusiast: "Real 4K, Nearly 4K or Fake 4k?" Love it! And you can sort by those categories. The link is to a sample film, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. Bookmark this. (realorfake4k.com)
- [video] Google Assistant vs Siri! (2016) - "battle of the smartphone voice assistants!" Which actually gets stuff done for you? (youtube.com)
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- new MacBook Pro isn't just a laptop - "the latest flagship portables from Cupertino are more in line with the iPad Pro than the MacBook Pros they replace, and it could signal major changes ahead for the rest of the lineup." (macworld.com)
- 2016 MacBook Pros Not Compatible With Current Thunderbolt 3 Docks - "the version of OS X on the new MacBook Pros (late 2016) will not work with
existing Certified Thunderbolt 3 docks and adapters (released prior to November 2016)." (9to5mac.com)
- Lacie: Fast, High Capacity Thunderbolt 3 Storage - from pocket drives to RAIDs. Plus a neat graphic showing
Apple's fastest-growing product category. (newsshooter.com)
- Collapsible DLP Solution Takes Big Screen Video Anywhere - "Called the SPUD, the 24-inch display screen
supports up to 720p HD resolution and looks something like an inflatable CRT monitor, but is extremely light (weighing less than 2 pounds) and ultra-portable." (hdguru.com)
- [re-review] LG OLED55B6V: Firmware Update Improves PQ -
"A public firmware update (version 04.30.50) which landed on the 28th of October in the UK resolved so many issues that we felt compelled to revamp the format of this review to highlight the improvements." (hdtvtest.co.uk)
- Netgear Nighthawk 4K Streaming, VR Gaming Router -
"features quad-stream Wave 2 Wi-Fi architecture, a 10-gigabit port and a 1.7-gigahertz quad-core processor." If your facility has wide internet pipes, this might be for you. (etcentric.org)
- Spec For Spec, The iMac Is A Bargain Over The Surface Studio - "As we wait for new iMac models, we thought we’d compare the high-end Surface Studio to the best iMacs you can buy today. The Surface Studio isn’t cheap by any stretch of the imagination, but what premium will you pay for its clever mix of power and flexibility?" (macworld.com)
- Be Careful When Buying Apple Accessories On Amazon - this is a running problem with Amazon. And Apple-related gear is a Prime target due their
price premiums, "it’s third-party merchants selling via Amazon who are foisting the phony products off on customers." (tidbits.com)
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- [video] The Tale of Thomas Burberry - gorgeous production values are at the heart of this video, which is not so much a long commercial but a mini film. Starring Domhnall Gleeson (Star Wars), Sienna Miller (American Sniper), Lily James (Downton Abbey), and Dominic West (The Wire). Directed by Academy award and BAFTA award winning Director Asif Kapadia. Color
grading by The Mill. (youtube.com)
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- Since You Can Live Anywhere, Where Should It Be? - "A new free site called The Earth Awaits offers to help you kick the planning into another gear. You tell it which factors are important to you, and it gives you customized recommendations." (chrisguillebeau.com)
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- "You're All Going To Die" - a scientifically proven pep-talk for winning? (arstechnica.com)
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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)
- Color Grading with Avid and Symphony - Written for version 6. Fully applicable to version 7. I was a contributor. (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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