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- A Colorful Outtake - bank notes for a north African nation show off the artistry of color and design. "They find the precarious balance of unity and diversity, where each piece has a distinct identity but is unmistakably part of a larger group." (frerejones.com via @endcrawl)
- Inside the Library That Holds the World’s Rarest Colors - "Certain pigments have legendary origin stories. Ultramarine, a vivid blue made from lapis lazuli mined in Afghanistan, was once more precious than gold." (artsy.net)
- Color Of The Month - as selected by the paint supply company, Sherwin-Williams. Their pick for the month of December? We bet you're almost correct. (youtube.com)
- [video] HDR: Technical Considerations for Live Production and Distribution - from a SMPTE conference in Toronto, the presentation begins at 27:00. (facebook.com via Marc Wielage)
- [video] How Technicolor changed movies - "Oz was not the first film to feature the color technology. In this video, Phil Edwards details the history of
Technicolor, how it works, and how it changed movie making." (kottke.org via Robert Due)
- Where should a look begin? - "Look back at all the frames in this post so far and ask yourself where you think these colour schemes have come from; do they look like something that have been
created in the DI, or mostly put in place before the cameras ever started rolling?" Precisely. (samgilling.com via Marc Wielage)
- Revisiting past work and the lessons learned - "In hindsight, I was too tentative. Too afraid to push the color past it’s breaking point.
Early in my career, that was probably my biggest fault. Being too passive." Good stuff. (robbessette.com)
- Restoration: A Matter of Life and Death - how they handled the 4K digital restoration of "A Matter of
Life and Death" (1946). Originally shot in three-strip Technicolor, senior colorist Sheri Eisenberg talks about using a FilmLight Baselight 8 system to color restore the film. (postmagazine.com)
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- XML2EDL v1.1 - colorist Nikolai Waldman, CSI, updates his app that lets you convert an XML to an EDL. XML2EDL is donate-ware. (niwa.nu)
- What You Need To Know About Resolve 14's Latest Media Page -
click through to learn about Live View, Open in New Window, Create a Bin from a Clip, and Double Window. (premiumbeat.com)
- [video] Resolve Media Management - do your clients send you grading jobs on a hard drive? Playback performance and no back up could be
issues. Warren Eagles, CSI, does a 60 second breakdown with a tip that might help you on your next project. (vimeo.com)
- Machine Learning coloring of Black & White Images - and how you can get those images colorized in under 10 seconds, via Twitter. Could be a source of ideas. (fcp.co)
- [video] 5 mistakes you should avoid when color grading - a beginner's guide to, " set yourself on the right
path when working on your grade in post." (nofilmschool.com)
- The beginner's guide to VPNs - for those of us who need to access our machines (securely) while on the road. (lifehacker.com)
- CalMan 2017 R2 Released - includes a new HDR Analysis Workflow, better 3D LUTs, support for
additional hardware, and a new Broadcast Monitor Report. (calman.spectracal.com)
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- Dolby Vision vs HDR10: Which is best? - "The problem for Samsung, which is the only major vendor in the U.S. market that doesn’t support Dolby Vision, is that while HDR10+ is free and openly available to everyone, Dolby has a huge head start." (techhive.com)
- Amazon Prime Video comes to Apple TV, finally - which now begs a new question; "How long until the Apple TV is again on sale at Amazon?" (theverge.com)
- Give the Gift of Color This Holiday Season - for the person who is color blind. Enchroma glasses allow "color blind people experience enhanced color, improved ability to differentiate hues of
colors, and better depth and detail perception." $349USD (nbherard.com)
- Don't let image sticking damage the reputation of OLEDs
- "By taking shortcuts in solving the image-sticking, burn-in and aging issues associated with the OLED emissive display, Samsung and LG have opened-up the industry to unnecessary criticism, just as the technology is becoming pervasive, at least for smartphones" (displaydaily.com)
- Lytro brings Cinematic VR Closer to Reality with Immerge 2.0 - "Designed for faster and higher resolution VR capture, the refrigerator-sized Immerge 2.0 has finally been publicly revealed." (nofilmschool.com)
- How to Control Your Emotions During a Difficult Conversation - "not only are you losing the ability to think clearly but chances are your counterpart notices the signs of stress . . . Before you know it, the conversation has derailed
and the conflict intensifies." (hbr.org)
- Are audiences tiring of 3D movies? - "I started to wonder whether many other film fans would have made the same choice I did and picked the 2D version over the extra-dimensional 3D option." Your Tao Publisher stopped choosing theatrical 3D eighteen months ago. (stephenfollows.com)
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- Blackmagic Design Conference + Expo - "three days of sessions on DaVinci Resolve Studio, Fusion Studio and Blackmagic Design cameras. Come meet the Blackmagic Design product team, and network with like-minded peers." Your Tao Publisher will be there. February 11, 12, 13. Burbank. (blackmagicconference.com)
- The Definitive Guide to DaVinci Resolve 14: Editing, Color and Audio - just released book by Blackmagic Design as an introduction to the app, with downloadable media to follow along. Your Tao Publisher is a contributing author. (amazon.com)
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- [video] Better Tomorrow - a job seeker asks complete strangers to help him tie his tie, for a job interview. Warms the heart during the holiday season. But try doing this experiment in New York City. (youtube.com)
- [video] Watch how an $80K RED weapon 8K VV is made - lots of machining. (nofilmschool.com)
- Inspire Mac Candle No. 2 - do you like the smell of opening a brand new Mac product? Once lit, this candle's recreates that fresh out-of-the-box scent. (houzz.com)
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- Storage in the Studio: Post Houses - "three post facilities of various sizes and range of services, and the storage solutions that are a good fit for their business." (postperspective.com)
- BenQ AQCOLOUR - new technology for professional monitors. The company with Technicolor approved monitors, and cinema projectors is "expanding its line of monitors with series that assure accurate reproduction for colour critical professional uses." (provideocoalition.com)
- Dolby Vision On Sony TVs First Look: Simply Stunning - "The intensity and definition of the colors ...was jaw-dropping to a degree I didn’t experience with the HDR10 4K Blu-ray." (forbes-com)
- HDMI 2.1 specs and features - everything you need to
know. (techhive.com)
- Shootout: Three fast, new thunderbolt 3 Drives - "There are three exciting new Thunderbolt external storage solutions. Let's see how they compare in
performance to the competition." (barefeats.com)
- Amazon pre-holiday deals continue on select OLED, LED TVs - "Among those offers are several of LG’s 2017 4K OLED TV models, providing some of the best black levels in the market. Sony’s TVs are also being advertised with savings as high as 30 percent off the regular selling price." (hdguru.com)
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- [video] Edeka - a new commercial for a German supermarket chain is an epic 4-minute tale. More like a movie than a commercial. It's about a robot from the future discovering the past and longing to be part of it. (youtube.com via
@mattosborne)
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- FDA clears first medical accessory for the Apple Watch: an EKG sensor - " could provide users with an EKG reading in 30 seconds, detecting abnormal heart rhythm and atrial fibrillation and sending that information to a doctor for further analysis." (arstechnica.com)
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- How to read Tarot - "Without assigning any supernatural energy to the cards, we found them an excellent communication tool." Maybe learn this skill to help clients make color decisions? (lifehacker.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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