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- [video] Day For Night - "Because this scene was shot in daylight we have tons of information. We just have to keep it." Like the title says. Tobias Wiedmer, Lead Colorist at Cine Chromatix takes you through his workflow. (lowepost.com via Stig Olsen)
- Lessons from Creative Pros - "the path to a long, successful creative career is anything but straight and narrow, especially in the 21st century." The craft of having a creative career. (theblog.adobe.com)
- The Tech Wizardry Involved In Restoring Lost Television - "Having concluded that it was likely impossible, they
set about doing it." Craft meets technology in an effort to preserve lost footage of early TV comedy shows. (redsharknews.com)
- 6 DPs on Happy Accidents - and being "fed up" with
the film-vs.-digital debate. (hollywoodreporter.com via Marc Wielage)
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- DaVinci Resolve 14.2.1 Update - fixes include: audio improvements, fixes to the edit page when running Scopes, and an issue that caused Resolve to crash when decoding some H.264 clips. Plus, numerous other improvements. (blackmagicdesign.com)
- [video] LOG vs Primary Color Wheels - in DaVinci Resolve 14. A beginner tutorial on how they work and how they are used. (youtube.com)
- DIT Tools for 2018 - UK-based editor Jonny Elwyn continues his series – How to Be a DIT - with an in
depth roundup of some of the most useful DIT tools available today. (jonnyelwyn.co.uk)
- Grading Controls Should Be More Like Guitars -
Alexis Van Hurkman, who literally wrote the book on color grading, dives into the new color controls in Final Cut Pro X. The good and the bad and standardizing the tools. All in the key of Alexis. (vanhurkman.com)
- Fairlight Audio in DaVinci Resolve - how one company
used Fairlight in its post-production finishing pipeline on television advertising campaigns for “Logan”, “All the Money in The World”, and “Murder on the Orient Express”. (provideocoalition.com)
- Cut Notes 2.4.9 - now imports markers into
DaVinci Resolve. Cut Notes is "an iPad note-taking app for video and audio professionals. It syncs to timecode in common apps and helps your minimize the time spent looking down when making notes on a screening." (digitalrebellion.com)
- [video] Classic Course: Unsharp Mask - "This is one of the most popular tools in Photoshop to sharpen images, and some used it in After Effects as well despite its slow render speeds. However, its parameters and underlying process are a mystery to many." Get demystified. (provideocoalition.com)
- [video] Avid Media Composer: Frameflex And Larger Than Hd Image Sequences - learn "about linking to 4K Image Sequences, and how to manipulate them, by working with the FrameFlex Parameter". (provideocoalition.com)
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- Telestream Switch 4 - "Once Apple pulled the plug on QuickTime Player Pro 7, the industry started to look elsewhere for an all-purpose media tool that could facilitate the proper playback, inspection, and encoding of media files." Oliver Peters on the three flavors of Switch.(digitalfilms.wordpress.com)
- We Should Now Start Taking 8K Very Seriously - "This time last year, 8K seemed like a small, dull glow on the horizon. Now it's beginning to look like a sunrise." Time to throw another K on the fire? (redsharknews.com)
- ATSC Releases ATSC 3.0 Digital TV Standards - over-the-air meets over-the-top, "ATSC 3.0 TVs and receiver devices can potentially have the capability
to send and receive all types of content via the internet and over-the-air. Alongside it are a number of higher-end TV codec and standard enhancements" (anandtech.com)
- Content Creators Address the Transformative Potential of VR - "the VR directors aren’t thinking about the medium, but thinking about VR like a screen that wraps around your face. We’re looking for a massive hit, but nothing has monstrously captured the imagination of worldwide audiences." (etcentric.org)
- Why Mickey Mouse’s 1998 copyright extension probably won’t happen again - "Disney's copyright for the first Mickey Mouse film, Steamboat Willie, is scheduled to expire in 2024. But the political environment has shifted so much since 1998 that major copyright holders may not even try to extend copyright terms before they start to
expire again." (arstechnica.com )
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Mixing Light Wraps Its 24-Insights-in-24-Days 2018 New Year Tutorial Marathon: - [video] Learning Silverstack Part 2: Overcoming the Interface - "take a first-contact look at the user interface to overcome the initial fear of learning a new software. Explore the
various layouts and workspaces available to better understand how you navigate the program." (mixinglight.com)
- Being Flexible As A DIT: The Always Evolving DIT Cart - "We all know that a good cart is essential to a DIT's kit. But what if there is no room for your cart? What options do you have when size becomes a cause for concern? Get a list
of differently-sized DIT Carts for odd situations." (mixinglight.com)
- [video] Calibrating A Reference Display Without Using LUTs Part 2 - "Learn how to calibrate your video reference monitor if you can't load a calibration Look Up Table (LUT) into the display, with CalMAN Studio. It's simple. It's fast. But it does require a professional display to be fully
successful." (mixinglight.com)
- [video] Grading A Short Film: Testing The Feel Of The Footage - "Dan shares his assessment of how to get the feel of the footage before you speak to the director. It helps when you can be upfront about what is and isn't possible." (mixinglight.com)
- [video] Precalibrating A Reference Display (without using LUTs) Part 1 - "In this CalMAN Studio series you've learned how to calibrate a video reference display using Look Up Tables (LUTs). Not every display supports internal LUTs. If you don't have (or want) an external LUT box then what do you do then? Watch and learn." (mixinglight.com)
- [podcast] Revisiting Judd Modification For OLEDs - "In this installment of From The Mailbag, Team Mixing Light answers a member question about using the Judd Modification for an OLED reference monitor." (mixinglight.com)
- Getting Sh*t Done: How To Do More and Have It All - "Do you want to cram a ton of productivity into your life? Get insight into how to do that from a highly productive post professional.Get tips and strategies to maximize your down time or add something to your life you never had time for." (mixinglight.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, and Team Mixing Light, 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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- Find Your Hogwarts House: The Harry Potter Sorting Hat Personality Test - will you join me in Ravenclaw? (personalitylab.org)
- [video] Teasing John Malkovich - in the US, this is football season and last weekend's game was topped off by this 4:17 epic tour de force by the actor John Malkovich. Malkovich steals the show. Watch to the end for the payoff. Classic. (adweek.com)
- [video] The History of Coffee - here at the Tao, we all love our brewed coffee. So pour a cup, sit back, and in six and a half minutes this video will
take you back to the very first cup of coffee, as it traces the spread of coffee around the world and straight into your color suite. (youtube.com)
- [video] How a TV Works - in slow motion. Fun. (youtube.com)
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- Thunderbolt 3 G-Speed Shuttle - G-Technology introduces "two versions of its G-Speed Shuttle in a Thunderbolt 3, and significantly more portable, flavor." (redsharknews.com)
- LG Unveils OLED TV That Rolls Out Like a Projector Screen - "Four years after LG Display demonstrated an 18-inch, rollable OLED screen with the promise of larger future versions, the company has delivered with a 65-inch 4K version." But is it any good? Click through to find out. (etcentric.org)
- The Best Way To Install Ubuntu 16.04 with NVIDIA Drivers and CUDA - "I have found the method presented here to be the most likely to succeed no matter what hardware configuration you are
installing onto." (pugetsystems.com)
- Here Is the Physics Behind the Magic 80% Rule for Media Storage and File Systems - "the advice of both storage
vendors and solutions providers [is] to never use more than 80% of your storage. Otherwise … Otherwise what?" (studiodaily.com)
- Is it wrong to grade on a consumer monitor? - read and discuss. (redsharknews.com via Marc Wielage)
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- [video] The Red Stain - Francis Coppola’s name is part of film history. And now, so is the famed director's winery. This is a 10-minute brand film that debuted recently at the Sundance Film Festival. A first for the winery. Graded by Marla Colour Grading in São Paulo, Brazil. (youtube.com)
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- In 2017, the US led the world in launches for the first time since 2003 - "The surge in US launch attempts last year was led by SpaceX, which had a record year and completed 18 missions with its Falcon 9 rocket." The US private sector is filling the vacuum left by the Feds. This Gen X'er is happy to see it. (arstechnica.com)
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- Meet “raw” water - "ludicrously priced unfiltered water with random bacteria." Uh-huh. (arstechnica.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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