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- [profile] Coloring Sully - “Because it was freezing that day, we wanted to make sure that it looked and felt that way — and that’s what you experience when you see the movie,” Colorist Maxine Gervais on working again with Clint Eastwood and cinematographer Tom Stern. (postperspective.com)
- [podcast] 99% Invisible: The Trend Forecast - "Who decides that the color this season is “mint green” or that denim jackets are “back?” A fascinating listen about a company you probably never heard of—but if you work in commercials, the person hiring you probably knows them well. (itunes.apple.com)
- There Are No Shortcuts To Making Great Work - "singularly focused on mastering the craft of woodworking alongside her father, her perfectionist teacher. After finally taking over the family’s studio, she looks back and answers the question: Was the sacrifice worth it?" (99u.com)
- More Interviews With Film Colorists - "I’ve rounded up some of the best places to hear from professional colorists working in industry covering a wide range of feature film, TV, commercial and documentary projects." (jonnyelwyn.co.uk)
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- [review] Genarts Sapphire 10: For Media Composer - "With a reduced price and Node-based compositing in Media Composer, Sapphire 10 will make you take notice!" (provideocoalition.com)
- Plotograph Magically Move Static Clouds - "extremely simple app is designed with some basic masking tools to identify areas in the frame that should move (clouds, water, smoke, etc.) and what direction they should move in, and, most importantly, what areas in the shot should not move." (nofilmschool.com)
- [photoshop] Color Grading Your Photographs - “Color can play a role in all the senses making sure your viewers feel the story behind the capture.” An introduction to color grading for
photographers using Photoshop. (fstoppers.com)
- Working With Vector Graphics In Final Cut Pro X - "if you want the most flexibility for working with vector files in Final Cut, then you’ll want to turn to Final Cut’s excellent companion
application..." (provideocoalition.com)
- SMPTE Time Code Summit Survey - if you can't (or didn't) make it to the London, New York or LA events you can still let SMPTE know about your workflows. Take the survey. (survey.constantcontact.com)
- OS X Sierra’s Storage Management Tools Are A Complete Disaster - "Sierra’s storage-management aren’t a ‘bit of a mess’ at all: having just seen what they did to my MacBook Air, seemingly prompted
by the update to 10.12.1, they are a complete and utter disaster . . . " (9to5mac.com)
- Final Cut Pro X 10.3: First Look - "I’ll be providing the TL;DR (too long;didn’t read) version for FCP X and
talking about what it’s like to actually use it. Let’s start with the headline features, then go a little in depth." (fcpxpert.net)
- Let’s Edit With Media Composer: BCC Transitions - "Fast forward to BCC 10 and we have a staggering thirty seven
unique transition effects, that have the ability to be altered and changed to make them into different looks . . . basically a new effect every time you use it." (provideocoalition.com)
- [videos] Overview: Magic Bullet Suite 13 - "a massive update to our color correction and look creation tools. This is such an epic update that I barely know where to start." New versions of Looks, Colorista, DeNoiser, Renoiser, Film and more... (prolost.com)
- Samurai Sharpen For Video - "edge-aware sharpening software that uses a number of intelligent algorithms, as well as GPU acceleration to give users working with HD and 4K footage unprecedented image quality control." From Digital Anarchy. (provideocoalition.com)
- Final Cut Pro 10.3 Link Roll - "Things move fast, so we thought a centralised list of everything [FCPx 10.3] published would be a good idea." (fcp.co)
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- SMPTE Panel Warns of Restoration Challenges - “Does it still constitute a restoration if it becomes something that wasn’t there before [such as a new sound mix or visual effects]?” A SMPTE panel warns of film restoration challenges as new formats
loom. (hollywoodreporter.com)
- The Russians are Coming - actually, by the
time you read this edition of the Tao Newsletter, the Russians will already be here. Tvzavr, one of Russia's leading online video services, launched in the United States on Oct. 27 (hollywoodreporter.com)
- NFL Ratings Plunge Could Spell Doom - "A continued slide, executives say, could pose an even bigger danger: If football can’t survive the new age of TV, what can?" A good piece on this line of thinking. (washingtonpost.com)
- NBA Digital: The Television Set Is Now The Second
Screen - "On the heels of NBA Digital’s announcement that it would stream one live game optimized for VR per week, on Tuesday, the NBA will introduce another feature: “Mobile View,” which offers a tighter zoom on the action for better viewing on phones and tablets." Interesting. (etcentric.org)
- DirecTV Now: AT&T Streaming TV Service To Undercut Cable - "AT&T announced that its streaming TV service, launching next month, will offer 100-plus channels for $35 per month." (etcentric.org)
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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] White Balance 101 Part 2: Tint & Temp Slider - plus mixed color temperatures. (mixinglight.com)
- [podcast] Syncing Resolve’s LUT Folder + Viewing HDR & SDR Simultaneously - two discussions from Team Mixing Light. (mixinglight.com)
- [podcast] Special Report: The State Of The Mac Desktop - "This edition of the Mailbag is Team Mixing Light’s initial reaction to the Apple presentation and how our industry (and careers) may be effected." (mixinglight.com)
- [video] DaVinci Resolve 12.5.3: Is ‘Mouse Math’ Fixed? - "As you’ll see in the video below, Blackmagic fixed that big overall problem . . . I point out the other two bugs we found in Parts 1 and 2 of DaVinci Resolve Detective that have yet to solved." (mixinglight.com)
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- What Happened to the Cult Movie? - "nn today’s fragmented, ever-churning pop culture ecosystem, the long tail of home video that once gave oddball movies a shot at a glorious cult afterlife has shortened to the point of vanishing." The love of, passion
for, and praise of the cult movie. (latimes.com)
- Cinematography Technique: Cutting Light and Creating
Shadow - Colorists, pay attention, "why do you need to cut light? Why would you bring in a set of lights and then stop them doing their job?" (premiumbeat.com)
- [video] Why Cameras Shoot 29.97fps - "It's pretty much the same reason why there's an option to shoot in
23.98fps, too, and it has to do with math—and the introduction of color—and TV—and interlaced video—and the NTSC system—and—well, just let stand-up comedian/mathematician Matt Parker explain it to you:" (nofilmschool.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)
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- [video] The Man Who Never Clicks - this video is so smooth that you might feel yourself actually believing it. Don’t. The man who hasn’t used a computer mouse in 7 years is, in fact, a parody. Most people who have watched this, however, swear the
shortcuts are real. (youtube.com)
- [video] How many Drones Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb? - maybe it's not drones you should be counting . . . (youtube.com)
- [video] Hand Gestures to Avoid - take a look at what are considered offensive hand gestures in countries around the world. (youtube.com)
- The 15 Scariest Games To Play On Mac Today - because it's that time of year. (macworld.com)
- [videos] 'tis The Season - "if you need some time to kill inbetween the Trick-r-Treaters check out some of our explorations into the world of horror: The History of Horror, The Psychology of Scary Movies and The Cinematic History of
Fake Blood." (filmmakeriq.com)
- The Original iPod: A Re-Review - “today, carrying around an original iPod in your pocket is almost akin to putting those velcro weights on your ankles and then riding a unicycle to work.”
An ode to the original iPod. (arstechnica.com)
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- Astra Backlit Keyboard - “A keyboard is just a keyboard, right? Wrong. Enter Logickeyboard’s new backlit Astra keyboard." (redsharknews.com)
- MacBook Pro’s 16GB Ram Limitation - what's the deal with shipping a laptop that can't have its RAM updated? And can't be configured with beyond 16GB of RAM? (9to5mac.com)
- Xbox One S To Get Dolby Atmos Update - "the consoles will be receiving a free update as part of Microsoft’s spring 'Creators Update' adding support for the object-based audio format bitstreams."
(hdguru.com)
- MacBook Pro Storage Solutions For FCPx 10.3 - "now you can see the clear path toward leveraging your existing peripherals with your shiny new MacBook Pro. But let’s say you’re ready to make the leap into purpose built storage for
higher levels of performance than previously possible?" (fcpworks.com)
- Will Your Next Mac Be A Surface Book? - "Truth of the matter: Windows 10 doesn’t suck. Gone is the clunkiness and bloat that in years past left me sanitizing my hands as I fled back to the elegant minimalism of OS X. Windows 10 shows
up to work as a clean, easy to navigate environment." (provideocoalition.com)
- [video] FCPx to Resolve Workflow + Collaboration - "ending an FCP X project to Resolve is pretty straightforward, but not without some pitfalls." Plus a video on Resolve's multi-user
collaboration feature. (fcp.co)
- Cine X Insert, version 1.30 - "single frame inserts
supported, tone generator for audio insert added, added support for 59i wav file insert and rewrap" (us6.campaign-archive1.com)
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- [video] The Last Mambabatok - filmmaker Brent Foster’s short film is a powerful reminder of good stories told well. Shot on a Sony FS7, FS5, DJI Phantom 4. Color graded using FilmConvert, which is sponsoring the “While I'm Here: The Legacy Project,” a series of videos that profile everyday people with amazing stories, while they're still here. (vimeo.com)
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- Google Merges DoubleClick Database with GMail - the firewall has been dropped, "new language says instead that, “browsing habits ‘may be’ combined with what the company learns from the use of Gmail and other tools.” (etcentric.org)
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- Google's 4K touchscreen whiteboard designed for real-time collaboration - "A built-in HD camera, speakers, and Wi-Fi allows for video conferencing and broadcasting through Hangouts." No word if DoubleClick is integrated as a bonus. (9to5google.com)
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