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- [video] Anatomy of a Grade - “I can show you how I did this, and I will . . . [but] the ‘why’ of color grading is far more important than the ‘how.’” Colorist Chris Hall’s newest episode in his ongoing series. (vimeo.com)
- Meet the Colorist - “When the clients and I get on the same wavelength and we are seeing the color working the same way. It means I get it and I can go forward with confidence, and once that trust is built the project will sail.” Sean Stack, colorist at AlphaDogs. (postperspective.com)
- Cinema Of The Month: The Avalon Theatre, Catalina Island - "Step through the grand entrance doors and the modernities of the island melt away as you are transported back in time to the early part of last century." A
story of olde tyme craftsmanship. (celluloidjunkie.com)
- Deluxe Talks Dolby Vision ‘Daredevil’ and The Ins and Outs Of HDR - "on doing research, making metadata, and setting DPs at ease." (studiodaily.com)
- Billy Lynn’s High Frame Rate Walk - "In this
installment of End Run Chat, we debate the use of HFR (High Frame Rate) in Ang Lee’s new movie/world’s longest camera test. Among other things, it was shot at a staggering 120 frames per second. The transcript below was edited for length, but not for cussing." (endcrawl.com)
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- [video] Finding the Commands You Need in Resolve - if you can't find your shortcut commands, this is a GREAT tip that your Publisher never knew until two days ago... from watching this video. (vanhurkman.com)
- Color Grading Tutorials for DaVinci Resolve - there are a ton of Resolve tuts showing up on YouTube. One person
has the patience to round them up. If you're Jonesing, this is your fix. (jonnyelwyn.co.uk)
- Update: Mocha Pro 5.2 Floating License Options - "added support for floating licenses, a new render license option, and even faster GPU planar tracking." (toolfarm.com)
- How To Use Composite Modes In DaVinci Resolve - "DaVinci Resolve doesn’t have “blending modes.” Instead, it uses Composite Modes. If you need to
overlay an effect, grain, or clip in DaVinci Resolve — here’s how." (premiumbeat.com)
- [video] Organising and Managing 480 Hours Of Footage In FCXP - "Ben says that he specifically prefers using Final Cut Pro X on such large-scale
productions because it offers him the best tools to “see the forest for the trees." Watch the embedded videos for his workflow. (fcp.co)
- [video] Magic Bullet Suite 13 Tutorials - "Reduce noise and compression artifacts first. Then basic color balancing, followed by creative color grading. Then, as a final step, re-introduce grain or texture as desired. That's my pipeline on almost every shot I color correct, and this walks you through the process, using Magic
Bullet Denoiser III, Colorista IV, and the all-new Renoiser film grain emulation tool." (prolost.com)
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- Netflix and The Mystery of the Disappearing Movie Library - “The decline in movie titles available on Netflix is nothing short of staggering. In fact, Netflix’s content library on the whole is 40% smaller today than it was 4 years ago.” Why Netflix doesn’t
care about its shrinking movie library—which your Publisher finds more and more annoying. (bgr.com)
- If I Knew Then What I Know Now - “you're kidding yourself if you think: 'I'm creative, so I don't have to worry about selling -- that's someone else's
job.'" Sage advice from the trenches. (library.creativecow.net)
- CBS Brings 360-Degree Video To Android TV, Amazon Fire TV - like the headline says. (etcentric.org)
- The Power Shift In Film Exhibition: A Case Study Of OurScreen "The basic concept behind ourscreen is pretty simple: People can pick a movie, a cinema and a timeslot in order to
propose a screening. Tickets go on sale to the public. The screening goes ahead if enough tickets are sold before the predefined deadline." (stephenfollows.com)
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The stories featured in this section are from MixingLight.com, companion color
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] The Different Options For Importing An XML - "By changing the Conform Options, we’re changing the rules for matching clips to the incoming timeline. Sometimes, a simple
change to the Conform Options fixes all our problems – instantly! Other times, it creates whole new sets of problems. At those times our decision becomes… which set of problems do we want to solve? We get to choose between two problem imports." (mixinglight.com)
- [video] Dealing With Reel Conflicts & ‘Force Conform’ Errors - "we’re starting the Conform and the first problem we’re solving is the most common: Clip conflicts . . we [also] run into a clip mis-match that had been relatively rare but I’m seeing more and more often. And if you’re not eagle-eyed you may never discover the root cause of the problem." (mixinglight.com)
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- [video] Inside a Camera - wanna go inside a camera while it’s working? The Super Slo-Mo guys give you a 10,000 fps show on how the shutter works. (youtube.com)
- Christmas
Gifts for Film Editors - “Or it’s the season of self-persuasion that you really do need to buy that new thing, you know, ‘for work.’” Jonny Elwyn’s annual holiday roundup of things editors might want. (jonnyelwyn.co.uk)
- Recommend Editing Books (for Final Cut Pro X And More) - "Here are some of Noah Kadner from FCPWORKS’ favorite picks for
books to help you master both the art and craft of editing." (fcpworks.com)
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- The Most Relaxing Ambient Sounds on the Internet - if you, as the Beatles famously sang, want to ‘turn off your mind, relax, and float down stream” here’s ‘a little help from your friends’ at the Tao. Ambient soundscapes to
help you focus, meditate, or relax. Cheers! (digg.com)
- [video] Whipped Hot Chocolate - as colorists, we love to build our grades from the ground up. But when you want an excuse to take a 15 minute break . . . making this cup of fresh, homemade hot
chocolate is the perfect excuse. Fun. Yummy.. (youtube.com via @walterbiscardi)
- [video] Infinite Loop - if you want to have have hours of endless fun this holiday season (or emotionally destroy an incarcerated terrorist), get yourself an Amazon Echo and a Google Home. Set them up side by side. And let the fun / psychological warfare begin. (youtube.com)
- Doonesbury’s Color “Snafu” - a somewhat fun story about a different kind of colorist... and what happens when he takes the day off. Be sure to zoom in and actually read the comic strip. (newhavenindependent.org)
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- The Best Gifts For The Techie in Your Life - our personal fav: the personal theater experience that fits in your backpack. (digg.com)
- A Discussion About The New MacBook Pro, Magsafe, SD Cards, Dongles - if you're still stuck on the topic. (provideocoalition.com)
- Christmas Gift Ideas For The Editor: 2016 - "it’s that time of year again for the Christmas shopping to begin. Editors, send your loved ones here." (provideocoalition.com)
- No Bull Camera Drone Buyer’s Guide For 2017 - "this is going to be a very short list this year. Why? Because the raging camera drone industry is collapsing on itself and very few manufacturers can seem to deliver. The bottom line is: making drones is hard!" (provideocoalition.com)
- A Small And Light 4K Laser Projector - "with the new REALiS 4K600STZ Pro AV LCOS projector Canon aims to combine image quality, advanced features and a low total cost of ownership. Let’s make one thing clear. With a suggested list
price of $77,990 the REALiS 4K600STZ Pro AV LCOS projector is not something you buy on a whim." (provideocoalition.com)
- Deck The Halls With Ultra HD Blu-Ray Players - "in addition to delivering 4K Ultra HD resolution (3840 x 2160 pixels), these new players will deliver
high dynamic range (HDR) metadata–currently only the HDR 10 format is supported–at bit rates of up to 100 Mbps, far outpacing the best 4K streaming services that use bit rates of around 15 Mbps." (hdguru.com)
- LG Firmware Update Ads HDR Game Mode On 2016 OLED TVs - "this move by LG to reduce input lag will surely please users who can now enjoy low-latency responsiveness alongside OLED’s traditional strengths of true blacks, infinite contrast, rich colours, clean motion and wide viewing angles, all of which contribute to a supremely immersive HDR gaming experience." (hdtvtest.co.uk)
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- [video] Every Detail - Director/Cinematographer Ian Anthony Reid emailed us about his workflow: “as a Director of Photography, I typically try to get as close to the look I want in camera as much as possible. I'd say about 90% of the piece was simple curves and small tweaks either toward daylight or tungsten. Then about 10% is more major color
correction/grading. Camera used: Red Epic Mysterium X. Edited in Adobe Premiere. Graded with Red Giant’s Colorista II plugin for Premiere. (vimeo.com)
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- [video] The Beard Cage - let’s go back in time, shall we? The year is 1991, and the Beard and Mustache Championships is in full swing. [Publiser's Note: I'm too stunned that Jim put this in here to delete it... if you click through, you'll never undo what you see.] (youtube.com)
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- [video] A 583-Foot Basketball Shot - a Harlem Globetrotter makes a basket from 583 feet up in the air off the Tower of the Americas in San Antonio, Texas. But did he make the basket? (youtube.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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