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- [video] David Lynch on Where ideas come from - “I like to think of it as, in the other room the puzzle is altogether. But they keep flipping in one piece at a time.” The answer to the follow up question about 'where is ‘the other room’? Brilliant. He's musing on the craft of creativity. (youtube.com)
- Meet the Colorist: Philipp Horsch - “I don't think that colourists should have a personal style. Our job consists of understanding the bigger picture and the vision of the DP, and transforming it accordingly. A colourist should be capable of using all the tools and reading the DP's mind before even thinking of anything.” Senior Colourist, BFS Entertainment (filmlight.ltd.uk)
- What Is The Point of Art? - “Where Plato tends to see the artist as offering tempting fantasies, Aristotle explores how to
use art to align the audience’s desires and emotions to their “true” targets.” Food for thought that might inspire you to become a better colorist. (prospectmagazine.co.uk)
- The Joy of Filmmaking - “Oil painting, pastels and watercolors are all different media. You are free to choose one over the other in your personal hierarchy, but your preference is only yours. So, I think, is the claim for the superiority of digital cinematography over film or vice versa.” The ASC’s John Bailey on choice and
medium. (theasc.com)
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- [video] Uncompressed 4K Post-Production Workflow - "freelance colorist Warren Eagles shows the key benefits of Flow’s toolset when working with Adobe Premiere Pro CC and DaVinci Resolve." Using EditShare's XStream RAID. (youtube.com)
- Update: Red Giant PluralEyes 4.2.1 - adds support for
Premiere Pro CC 2017 and Vegas Pro 14. (toolfarm.com)
- [review] Blackmagic Design Fusion 8.2 - "I will look at some of the key features that come with Fusion 8.2 and
see what it has to offer. I will also take a look at how it fits into the compositing software’s landscape, when put up against competing software like Nuke, After Effects, and HitFilm." (cgpress.org)
- FCPx 10.3: The Wait Is Over - "despite the point numbering, the bump from 10.2 to 10.3 is a full version change". As usual, Oliver Peters does a great job filling you in on the details of this update while providing useful context. (digitalfilms.wordpress.com)
- Frame.io Gets Adobe After Effects Integration - "Queued After Effects compositions can be uploaded for review by specified collaborators with just two extra clicks. Comments and annotations . . .
can be imported directly to AE as live shape layers." These guys are really killing it, as this integration follows their Slack integration. (studiodaily.com)
- Project Clover: VR Video Editing Goes Meta - "[the
creating] VR-within-VR approach is making its way to 360 video with Adobe’s Project Clover . . . the special version of Premiere Pro allows users to edit their VR videos from within an Oculus Rift headset." (newsshooter.com)
- Wipster Collaboration Tool Announces Slack Integration - "Wipster notifications can now be set up to appear in a team's Slack channel, keeping the group up-to-date with the status of a review. The notifications are accompanied by a link that takes users straight to the appropriate frame on Wipster." (studiodaily.com)
- Looking Back At The 2016 FCPx Creative Summit - "the absolute best part of the Creative Summit were the people. You could take five steps and run into 7 or 8 of the best and brightest in the FCPx
community, AND THEY WOULD TALK TO YOU!" A look at why pros attend these types of events. (fcp.co)
- Mocha Pro 5 Compatible With Adobe CC 2017 - "both for After
Effects and Premiere Pro. Happy tracking!" But it doesn't support the Teams function. (toolfarm.com)
- [forum] Resolve 12.5.3 Not Detecting h.264 Files - on Windows 7. It's a OS thing and you need a patch from
Microsoft to get it working again. Click through for the link. (liftgammagain.com)
- Resolve 12.5.3, MacOS Sierra and PostGres Databases - this Twitter thread reminds you that your PostGres databases need to be manually updated, if you can't keep your hands off Sierra. Oh - and it seems the commands in the
manual aren't quite right? (twitter.com)
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- YouTube Adds Support for HDR - “to make sure creators can tell awesome stories with even more color, we’ve been working with companies across the industry.” Yes, they're also supporting wide color gamuts - but don't really define it in this
blog post. They do define the hardware that will 'see' the HDR goodness. (youtube.googleblog.com)
- Why Film Has Not Been Disrupted (Yet) Part 2 - "As long as we stay focused on tricking out our gear, no matter how fun and exciting that may
be, we’ll be doing nothing to change the underlying economics of visual storytelling. It’s time for film technologists to aim higher." An interesting, and short'ish, read. (endcrawl.com)
- Watching Video On Mobile Devices Increases 85% - since
2010, "Overall TV and video viewing is up 1.5 hours per week, while there has been a 2.5 hour per week decline in television fixed screen viewing." I gotta think, plus-sized mobile screens have got to be a huge driver of that metric. (etcentric.org)
- Who Actually Streams Movies, and What Do They Want? - "a new study on viewer streaming habits and preferences just confirmed everyone's suspicions: original content is king." Some interesting results in here. (nofilmschool.com)
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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. - Color Inspiration: British Arrows Best Colorist Nominations 2016 - "This is the first part of this insight where I show you the entries . . .
Before we jump into the commercial nominations I have an update on the best music video grade of 2016 which was announced last week!" (mixinglight.com)
- From The Grading Room: Behind The Looks Part 1 -
colorist Dan Moran asks: After watching the British Arrows nominations, what Look would you like him to deconstruct? (mixinglight.com)
- Conforming ‘Giants’ Part 1: What Is ‘The Golden Rule Of Conforming Timelines’? - your humble Tao Newsletter Publisher is starting a series on
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- Conforming 'Giants' Part 2: Prepping The Timeline For XML Export - in Premiere Pro CC. Plus some initial insights into why conforming can take so much
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- Getting To Know ACES, Part 4: ACES 1.03 & ACEScct - " I want to discuss ACEScct and how it’s different (and maybe better than ACEScc) . . . You’ll also see ACEScc & ACEScct in action and how they differ when grading, in a video at the end of this article." Free, no login required.
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- How To Travel Safe With Lithium Batteries - "Old alkaline batteries . . .NiMH or . . .NiCad are not subject to specific restrictions, but once you get to lithium . . . it is important to know the rules before taking them for a trip abroad."
YES! If you're not careful, those Lithiums will get confiscated. (provideocoalition.com)
- DMCA Exemption To 'Reverse Engineering' Takes Effect - "people risked a lawsuit if they reverse-engineered their cars, PCs or even insulin pumps. Now, there’s an exemption to the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act that protects those who want to hack a device they own, without fearing that the manufacturer will sue them." But, there are still limitations. (etcentric.org)
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- SMPTE Timecode Timelabel Summit, New York - Wed, November 16. 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST (eventbrite.com)
- 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)
- New Mexico Post Alliance: On-Set DIT Workflows - full details aren't posted yet. December 10, Albuquerque, NM. (newmexicopostalliance.org)
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- [video] The 100 Greatest Movie Threats of All Time - “you pound me with one more can, kid, and I’ll snap off your cajones and boil them in motor oil.” Can you guess which movie that’s from? That’s one of the ‘clean’ ones. The rest are NSFW.
(youtube.com)
- [video] You’ve Got Uber - there was a time when this man’s voice was the most recognizable voice on the planet. What’s he doing now? Driving Uber in Ohio. You've got to hear this to believe it. (youtube.com)
- [video] Create a Spellbinding Doctor Strange Shield - in After Effects. Fun with the kids over the
holidays! (premiumbeat.com)
- [video] MPC Ghostbusters VFX Breakdown - "a video detailing the work it performed on some of the more than 250 shots it completed for this summer's Ghostbusters, including a recreation
of Times Square in the 1970s." (studiodaily.com)
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- Is it finally time to move on from the Mac? - The chorus singing “You’ve lost that loving feeling” is growing louder since Apple introduced the new MacBook Pro. (redsharknews.com)
- USB-C Could Kill Lightning - an interesting trip down memory lane of Apple's various connectors - and why the appetite isn't there to change the Lightning port on the iPhone. (slashgear.com)
- Philips 65PUS7601 4K TV - ““Obviously due to the set’s limited peak brightness and colour gamut, its HDR presentation couldn’t reach the dazzling heights of top-tier FALD LED LCDs.” (hdtvtest.co.uk)
- [crowdfunding] Loupedeck: Control Surface For Photo Editing In Lightroom - the images and layout are interesting. It's currently raising funds. (petapixel.com)
- Performance Analysis Of The ‘Late 2016’ Retina Macbook Pro 15” - "And how does it compare to a competing Windows laptop?" (barefeats.com)
- 12” MacBook vs 13” MacBook Pro vs 12.5” Razer Blade Stealth vs 12.9” iPad Pro - they're calling it, 'The Battle at the Bottom'. (barefeats.com)
- The New Teradeck Bolt 500 - "Teradek says that the Bolt 500 is the new standard in short range zero delay wireless transmission, able to transmit visually lossless video up to 500ft with no delay." (provideocoalition.com)
- Connecting The Quantum Dotters - with only a few players in the Quantum Dot display business, this interview is with one of the big players. It's an interesting read if you want to get a sense of where they're at (and going) with this display technology. (displaydaily.com)
- Radeon Pro WX: The World’s Fastest Cards - "AMD says its new graphics card, the Radeon Pro WX 7100, is the world’s fastest single-slot workstation GPU ready for VR. It’s one of a new
family of fast cards. Discover them all." (provideocoalition.com)
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- [video] BMW Films: The Escape - a decade and a half after the original groundbreaking series aired online, BMW Films is back with a new short featuring the all new 2017 BMW 5 Series. Written and directed by Neill Blomkamp and starring Clive Owen who also starred in the original series. The excellent color grade by Stefan Sonnenfeld. (youtube.com)
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- Samsung Recalls 2.8 Million Washing Machines - their nightmare continues. Good thing they don't make displays... What? Wait. crap (gizmodo.com)
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