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- Creating the color of Hacksaw Ridge - “Keywords were desaturated, Kodachrome and, the phrase “twist the primaries a touch” was used a bit!” Colorist Trish Cahill discussing the look and workflow on the Oscar
nominated film. (filmlight.ltd.uk)
- Meet Colorist Duncan Russell - “Madonna was a whole heap of fun, there is a (rightfully) very demanding culture of
excellence around her imagery . . . As long as she looked flawless we had license to really mess with the images.” (filmlight.ltd.uk)
- The Right Color for Every Room - an infographic (according to color theory) that identifies the effects you can get color by color, room by room. Not mentioned: color suite grey. (homeadvisor.com)
- How Iconic Prints Were Edited In The Darkroom
- the craftmanship achievable when you work on a single still image for hours at a time. (petapixel.com via Marc Wielage)
- Dandelion
Yellow Gets Retired from Crayola 24 - introduced into the 24 pack in 1990, "the bright yellow hue — is the crayon retiring to the Crayola Hall of Fame, calling the color "an adventurous spirit" with "a case of wanderlust." (npr.org
via Marc Wielage)
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- [review] Digital Rebellion’s Pro Maintenance Tools - "the burden falls on us when we’re at the eleventh hour, and a client is sitting beside us, and the NLE’s not playing nice, and we’ve got to fix it.
Well, that’s where Digital Rebellion’s Pro Maintenance Tools (PMT) comes into play!" (provideocoalition.com)
- Why I Switched (Back) To Final Cut Pro - "I liked working in FCPX far more than I anticipated. Granted, there still were a few matters that I didn’t enjoy about the NLE, but overall it was a good experience. I’ll detail some of the reason why I like and dislike the platform." (premiumbeat.com)
- Working With Photos In Final Cut ProX - "an interesting way to work with photos in Final Cut Pro X by taking advantage of the editing and filtering tools in the Photos application." (provideocoalition.com)Should The First Frame Of A Spot Never Be 0% Black? - "an editor colleague of mine, and he maintains that the very first frame of a TV commercial should never be 0% black, if the spot is actually supposed to fade-up from black. His spots always start with the first frame having partial opacity between picture and black." Thus kicks off an interesting discussion of broadcast deliverables for commercials. (liftgammagain.com)
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- Hollywood’s Business Model Under Siege 1 - “The media companies that own the studios also are grappling with shrinking cable subscriptions as more consumers cut the cord.” Lead,
follow, or get out of the way. (latimes.com)
- Hollywood’s Business Model Under Siege 2 - “how Netflix, Amazon and Hulu are
transforming the TV business.” (screendaily.com)
- Hollywood’s Business Model Under Siege 3 - If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. Comcast to roll out a TV streaming service later this year. (bgr.com)
- Sony Nails its Colors to The Live HDR Mast - “Sony's recent announcement of its intention to update some of its live broadcast gear with HDR capability is both interesting and rather well-timed.” (redsharknews.com)
- Losses at Digital Domain Holdings Hit $64M (US) - revenue from providing VFX for films like Beauty and the Beast, Deadpool, and X-Men are up 45%. So why are they losing that kind of cash? (variety.com)
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- [videos] Colorist Inspiration: March 2017 - looking for a spark? Then check out the best work of your peers. (mixinglight.com)
- [free] Color Correction Gear Head: Resolve Mini Control Panel - "I have been grading primarily on Tangent Elements for the past few years, and I decided to buy the Mini panel as an upgrade for my home suite." An overview of the
new panels and a comparison to the Elements. (mixinglight.com)
- [video] DIT Fundamentals: Elements of an On-Set Color Correction Cart - "On this rig he’s moved off the laptops [of his
downloading packages] and onto a much more powerful desktop (with a small footprint)". What else does he outfit his cart with - and why? Click through. (mixinglight.com)
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- [review] Art of the Cut: The Book - “If you want to learn how to be a better editor, no matter where you are in your own development, then these interviews are required
reading. The book draws upon the interviews Steve has conducted with over 50 of the best editors working in film and television today.” (jonnyelwyn.co.uk)
- [video] How TV Opening Titles Got to Be So Good - "television credits weren’t always this good. Until recently, they were afterthoughts, cobbled together by overtaxed editing departments. Now they’re mini-films in their own right..." (wired.com via provideocoalition.com)
- The Best Drone Video and Photo Editing YouTube Channels - because we at the Tao love watching a good drone video. A deep dive into the world of making drone videos. Including color tutorials (newsledge.com)
- All You Have To Do... - the Internet’s favorite guru trims the secret to success down to 37 words. Pithy. (sethgodin.typepad.com)
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- [video] Arnold Acts Out His Film Career in 6 minutes - technically, he acts it out in 2 minutes. Then it repeats.
(youtube.com)
- [video] Ridley Scott ‘Alien: Covenant’ Short at SXSW- "On the opening night of SXSW, director Ridley Scott teased his upcoming movie "Alien: Covenant," set to debut in May, with a short film called Meet Walter" (campaignlive.co.uk)
- [video] The Most Expensive Deleted Scenes in Movie History - "Here's a look at some of our favorite films whose deleted scenes came at
a high price — creatively and financially..." (youtu.be)
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- Portrait Displays Develops ‘AutoCal for 2017 Samsung TVs - "the developer of popular Calman PC softwar . . . has developed an AutoCal version of its software . . . it will then quickly and automatically make readings and
adjustments for gamma, white balance, luminance, grayscale and color management on select television sets." (hdguru.com)
- What’s the Best SAN File System for Sharing Media? - "there are more than 85 different choices for local file systems . . . HFS(P), APFS, FAT32, NTFS, EXT4, XFS, and Btrfs to name just a few . . . I want to focus here on shared file systems — a whole different beast. " Perfect reading as we head into NAB seasion. (studiodaily.com)
- Blade Pro Gets THX Certification - "the first laptop to be qualified for THX Mobile Certification." They also upgraded the CPU and the frequency of the DDR4 RAM frequency. (anandtech.com)
- New: MSI GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK X - "the first GeForce GTX 1080 Ti with All-in-One cooling solution." (videocardz.com)
- The 6 Best Cases To Protect Your Video Gear - like the headline says. (premiumbeat.com)
- [preview] PNY GTX 1080 TI XLR8 GAMING OC - "factory-overclocked to 1531/1645 MHz, which is a moderate bump in performance compared to Founders Edition. Things to consider before buying, well definitely the
length. This card is 313 millimeters long, so it won’t fit into every case." (videocardz.com)
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- Focus On Color Day: Team Mixing Light - at NAB, your Tao Publisher with the other founders of MixingLight.com are giving a full day session on color grading (for the 5th year in a row).
This time around we're doing a series of Case Studies to framework the teachings. And our Keynote Speaker? Mark Todd Osborne, one of the most in-demand freelance colorists in the world! Session details will be fully updated soon, at the link. It part of the paid Post | Production World training event. (nab17.mapyourshow.com)
- Visit the LumaForge Workflow Suite @ Encore - "Our team will be showing off cross platform workflow on Mac, Window’s, & Linux machines running the latest NLE’s, VFX, finishing, and audio software. We’ll also have developers of some of the most popular post plugins with us showing off their latest updates and apps." And bring your own gear to get some editing done. Registration required. (lumaforge.com)
- LumaForge On Stage: Faster, Together - separate from their Suite, "we’re rounding up all of our favorite people for three days of back-to-back, short and to the point, presentations and panels on all things post." Including your Publisher demoing the Collaborative
Workflow on DaVinci Resolve. Looks like a good roundup of presentations. (lumaforge.com)
- 5th Annual NAB Colorist Mixer - it started with 25 people who only knew each other on Twitter, meeting at a bar in the bowels of the Monte Carlo. Five years later, we're 300 strong at the top of the Las Vegas in the Stratosphere Tower. Join us and mingle with your peers. Newbie or veteran, creative or vendor - you are all welcome! (coloristmixer2017nab.eventbrite.com)
- The Official Toolfarm Guide to NAB - updated for 2017,
lists most events and vendors of interest to readers of this Newsletter. (toolfarm.com)
- 16th Annual Las Vegas SuperMeet - a classic staple of NAB attendees in the
digital post-production space. Catch demos from vendors big and small and win in the mega-big raffle. Tuesday, April 25, 7pm. (supermeet.com)
- 20th Annual Media Motion Ball - "Attendees will enjoy a fine multi-course sit down dinner & dessert, mingling with their industry
friends & peers and also participate in the drawing for our huge prize pool." You're likely to find the Tao Newsletter staff here. (mediamotionball.com)
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- HPA Tech Retreat: NEC Exec Details Progress of 8K Broadcast - this is from last month but never made this Newsletter. Some of us probably wish this whole topic never appears. (etcentric.org)
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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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