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- Do we want better movies or do we want to keep our jobs? - "Gut check: does the film industry exist to tell great stories, or does it exist it employ a large number of artisans?" A pithy post about the advancement of human endeavors - and how it affects our industry. (endcrawl.com)
- Artist’s Block - “Artist’s block” is just like writer’s block: ideas are half-formed but none of them can be fully realized.” Running out of inspiration or ideas? Thoughtful words of wisdom from our colleagues who paint. (artistdaily.com)
- Meet The Colorist: Martin Klein - “Communication and empathy are part and parcel of the key skills of a successful colorist. During a grade you have to be able to talk about and empathize with the various emotions that a scene or film
can have. In addition, it helps when you have deep technical knowledge to better control what you are doing.” (filmlight.ltd.uk)
- Color Inspiration: Coastal Cities In Every Shade - bookmark this for those moments of 'artist block'. (colourlovers.com)
- [videos] Analyzing and Mimicking 16mm Film Grain - "I’d say that 16mm definitely has a different feel to it. It’s not LogC, that’s for sure. Shadows and highlights behave a bit
differently and I feel like the look has to be nailed down during the production more than if you were shooting digital." (robbessette.com)
- Pixar In A Box Reaches Season 3 - "the Pixar
in a Box project will have six new lessons in 2017. Discover what storyteller means at Pixar and learn to be one." (provideocoalition.com)
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- [video] Color Grade Photos with Luminosity Masks - “The best thing about this 10-minute tutorial is that it makes an advanced post-processing technique available to beginners.” Includes a free Photoshop Action for download. (petapixel.com)
- Premiere Pro CC2017 Roundup - “Often the write-ups from editors who have been working in the software for a while provide the best reading, instead of just the banner headlines, as they uncover
extra insights that make all the difference.” A cornucopia of tutorials, including color grading in Premiere Pro CC 2017. (jonnyelwyn.co.uk)
- Upload to Vimeo Directly From Premiere Pro - like
the title says. Whale Adobe beta tests a similar idea - Vimeo beats Adobe to the punch by introducing the ‘Vimeo Premiere Pro Panel.’(premiumbeat.com)
- Filmconvert: New Camera Profile For DJI Mavic Pro - " I personally think that the codec used to record footage from the Mavic Pro is not well suited to grading." The comments are much more forceful about what camera profile NOT to record with. (newsshooter.com)
- The 2017 Premiere Pro (Free) Resource Guide - "The selected Premiere Pro resources had to meet four general requirements; their Premiere Pro content
must be: Free; Original; Published on a consistent or regular basis" (premierebro.com)
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- HPA Tech Retreat: Security Threats, Strategies For Film and TV - "Electronic file delivery is efficient, but there are security risks . . . Also security based passwords are regularly shared, and this is probably one of the biggest security holes.” Plus a range of other security
holes. (etcentric.org)
- IMAX Stays Optimistic Despite Falling Sales, Earnings - "the company managed to keep itself moving forward in terms of its long-term strategic goals, and that should bode well for the future.
Let's look more closely at IMAX to see how it did, and what it sees in 2017 and beyond." (madison.com via celluloidjunkie.com)
- How Is A Cinema’s Box Office Income Distributed? - "most films go through the same basic steps of recoupment, meaning we can trace the common route between box office income and profit for the filmmakers and investors." Very very interesting. (stephenfollows.com)
- Disney CEO Suddenly Discovers There Are Too Many Ads on TV - "The idea of reducing advertising is a recent phenomena, but one being taken seriously by networks that have watched ad revenue and ratings slip, as viewers learn to
bypass or avoid advertising, or watch something else." (stopthecap.com)
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for a free 24-hour Test Drive. - [video] Getting To Know The EasyDCP Resolve Plugin - "I thought long and hard about the best jumping off point for a series on DCP creation and then it hit me – start where *I* started – the EasyDCP Resolve Plugin." (mixinglight.com)
- [podcast] Interview: Transitioning To A PC Workstation (For Mac Users), Part 1 - this podcast is freely available. It features Custom PC builder Eric Bowen of ADKVideoEditing.com. Your publisher asks him about common concerns of post-production pros moving from Mac to PC. He's got some
interesting answers and Insights. (mixinglight.com)
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- [videos] The Magic Behind Colorizing Old Black & White Footage - "if you’re not a fan of a magician revealing his tricks, it’d be best to not watch the video above. If you do, you’ll see that the magic is, in actuality, a painstaking frame-by-frame process
that pulls colors out one by one — by hand." (premiumbeat.com)
- King Crimson - “color matching was also done by eye; the majority of the cameras being of the same brand helped.” The 1960s rock band, King Crimson, goes high tech-low tech to create a fresh
approach to their live concert videos. (provideocoalition.com)
- [video] Cuts & Transitions 101 - the most crucial element of any filmmaking endeavor is transitioning from one scene to the next. Like the
title says, a basic introduction on cutting and transitions. (youtube.com)
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- Laser Projection: Got Questions? - SMPTE has the answers. Monday, Feb. 27. 6:30p, Hollywood, Ca. (eventbrite.com)
- NAB Survival Video from Toolfarm - scroll down halfway for the fun video. Plus lots of details on various events surrounding NAB 2017, which runs from April 22 - 27 in Las Vegas. (toolfarm.com)
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- [video] Paint it Black - a fan supercut showing the cinematic craft of Roger Deakins, ASC. Framing characters in silhouette is one of Deakins’ signature uses to evoke an array of emotional atmospheres using light and
shadow. (vimeo.com)
- [video] The Hockey Stick Blues - Think you’re listening to an expensive guitar being played by a pro blues guitarist. Guess again. (youtube.com)
- People Who Wear Crazy Socks Are More Brilliant, Creative And Successful - “…what we wear affects the way we think, feel and act. And this includes our socks. When we don our silly and crazy socks we are, in part, showing off our
uniqueness and our confidence.” (lifehack.org)
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- SmallHD takes its first steps into OLED - "300 nits of brightness, …wide color gamut is mentioned, although specific color standards are not.” Small HD debuts its new 7-inch OLED monitor for $1599US. (redsharknews.com)
- Wolf Cubs: Keep All Your Media In One Place - with a pocket-sized card holder... for all our DIT friends in the audience. (nofilmschool.com)
- LG Reveals ‘Dual Premium’ Strategy on 2017 UHD OLEDs & LCDs - "this year’s OLED TVs discontinue LG’s support of 3D features, Full HD 1080p resolution and models with curved screens, all in
response to changing market demand . . . The company also announced 77-inch screen sizes for each series." (hdguru.com)
- [review] LaCie Bolt3 Thunderbolt 3 Drive - "When we read 'up to 2800MB/s speeds,' you can imagine how anxious
we were to review the LaCie Bolt3 Thunderbolt 3 drive." But there's a caveat... (barefeats.com)
- Cinegy’s Free Cinescore App - "Cinescore displays system configuration details and allows users to start a series of tests at SD, HD and UHD resolutions, then returns benchmark results relating to encoding speed (fps), CPU load,
and GPU load." Plus links to other free benchmarking apps. (studiodaily.com)
- Sony Announces The World’s Fastest SD Card - "The new cards will certainly be up to the task when it
comes to recording 4K video and higher frame rates." (newsshooter.com)
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- HPA Tech Retreat: NEC Exec Details Progress of 8K Broadcast - the system is real and is being broadcast all over Japan, with 7 hours of programming every day. Click through to read the crazy hardware requirements from set to final delivery. Oh... but there's one vital component missing for the home viewer. (etcentric.org)
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- iPic Theater: Offering champagne and unlimited popcorn - "where else can you watch "La La Land," munch filet mignon sliders ($19) and pop a $250 bottle of Piper-Heidsieck champagne? This is fancy livin'." A New Jersey magazine is on the hunt for that state's best movie theater, and hit this trendy spot on the 'wrong' side of the George Washington Bridge. (nj.com via celluloidjunkie.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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