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- Colorist Podcast: Shane Mario Ruggieri CSI - from the Senior Production Engineer and Colorist at Dolby "learn about HDR from the colorists perspective, Dolby Vision, HDR 10, grading HDR and SDR and more. If you're interested in HDR this episode is a must listen!" (mixinglight.com)
- Winners of the 16th Annual VES Awards - the full list of craftsmen. (mailchi.mp)
- Podcasts for Post Production Pros - friend of the Tao, Jonny Elwyn, has a great roundup of podcasts available for colorists and editors, including Josh Petok's Colorist Podcast and the craft of color grading. (jonnyelwyn.co.uk)
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- [video] Color Grading in DaVinci Resolve - covers exposure, contrast, color, saturation, grade/match color/LUT. A crash course for beginners (youtube.com)
- [video] Skin Tone Correcting With Respect to Ambient Light Color - this tutorial shows you how ambient light affects highlights, midtones, and shadows of the skin. (fstoppers.com)
- DaVinci Display - this is a new tool created by Tom Huczek. It allows Resolve users to make use of external screens and mirror your DaVinci Resolve display for easier monitoring. Introductory price is 19.99€ until February 15. (timeinpixels.com)
- [video] How To Do A Before And After Effect - if you need to make a demo reel and want to wipe between the original and graded scene, DaVinci Resolve has an effect to help you do that. (youtube.com)
- [video] Color wheels - are you sure you know how to use them? A primer on the lift, gamma, gain wheels in DaVinci Resolve. (youtube.com)
- Taking Blackmagic Fusion 9 through the paces - "At first glance, the interface looks very similar to the version I used back in 2005. I wonder what has changed. Going in deeper, I realise that a great deal is different, not just the toolset but also the under-the-hood performance." (broadcastprome.com)
- Copy Media out of Final Cut Pro X with
Reference X - "a $3.99 standalone application that has more options to copy media from FCPX, Resolve or Autodesk Flame and it also builds CSV reports of media file locations." (fcp.co)
- Boris Continuum Beauty Studio Premium Filter - now available as a stand-alone filter, "the BCC Beauty Studio filter was designed to automate the process of eliminating wrinkles,
pores and other undesirable blemishes from the skin-tones in a close up shot of a person’s face." (toolfarm.com)
- [video] Pomfort Silverstack Lab: Automatic Audio Sync - using embedded timecode. (youtu.be)
- Reversing Sunset to make
Sunrise - "I have to honestly say that I have never thought of the left to right, right to left direction of a sunrise or sunset when I have quickly hit the reverse button in my NLE to turn that sunrise to a sunset, or vice versa." (provideocoalition.com)
- [video] How to Fix Video Flicker in 30 Seconds - without any plugins. It's a nifty technique. (youtube.com)
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- What's new in the world of grading? - "With increasing demand for tools to craft UHD and HDR images, manufacturers of grading systems are putting colour management and the optimisation of worklflows at the heart of product development." (ibc.org via Marc Wielage)
- Technicolor Hdr Looks For Recognition As Viable Hdr Standard - "As of December, Technicolor HDR, through portions of Philips’ HDR proposal merged into the combined platform, has become one of the
three optional HDR formats in the Ultra HD Blu-ray specification." (hdguru.com)
- NBC’s 4K HDR Olympics by the Numbers — and the broadcast tech behind it. (studiodaily.com)
- Panavision's Latest Cinema Camera Has an 8K RED Sensor - and more. "Panavision also unveiled its own "color science" for the camera called Light Iron Color 2 ...(which) deviates from traditional
digital color matrices by following in the footsteps of film stock philosophy." (engadget.com)
- Is Downscaling 4K to 1080p Worth It After Online Compression? - "There are a number of reasons why shooting 4K for 1080p is a good idea, but
does online compression mean you’re wasting your time?" Your craft. Compressed. And, the answer is...? Duh. (premiumbeat.com)
- Top-end Cinema Cameras - "My point in writing this short article is simply to say that there is a pattern emerging in top end cinema cameras..." What is that pattern? Click through to read the answer. (redsharknews.com)
- Everything You Need to Know About REDCODE RAW - "According to RED, here are the top 5 benefits of using REDCODE RAW." Our favorite is number 3. (provideocoalition.com)
- Studios, Streaming Services Take on TickBox in Copyright Suit - and TickBox lost. It seems half my neighbors have pirate streaming boxes and the studios and networks had best nip this trend in the bud. (etcentric.org)
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- 6th Annual Colorist Mixer - mark your calendar, set your plans: Sunday April 8, 7:00p. Virgil's BBQ at the Linq Promenade. It's the premiere social event for color-loving post-production pros. Mingle with your peers, chat with our vendors. Registration opens on February 25. (coloristmixer.com)
- NAB 2018: The Official Toolfarm Guide - the classic guide to getting around NAB like a pro. (toolfarm.com)
- 21st Annual Media Motion Ball - "the MediaMotion Ball serves as the unofficial industry kickoff and reunion event for the production, post production and motion graphics communities." A very popular social event attended by many well-known industry personalities and companies - with a new location. Early Bird pricing ends March 19. (provideocoalition.com | eventbrite.com)
- 17th Annual Supermeet - join "digital media creators and collaborative video user groups from around the Globe in Las Vegas for the largest gathering of creative and collaborative editors, Adobe, Avid, Final Cut Pro and
Autodesk gurus, collaborative Digital Storytellers and Filmmakers in Las Vegas in 2018." (supermeet.com)
- FCPWorks: Events At NAB 2018 - like the title says. (fcpworks.com)
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The stories featured in this section are from MixingLight.com, companion color correction membershipwebsite 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 7-Day Test Drive. - Choosing a 4K Reference Monitor - "we discuss the pros/cons of 4k monitoring and explore in depth new offerings from Flanders Scientific including the XM650U and XM310K." (mixinglight.com)
- Demystifying Contrast and Brightness Calibration Test Images - "in our reference display calibration series we've been using a specific set of calibration test images. But two test images (used to precalibrate our Contrast and Brightness settings) generate a lot of confusion. Get unconfused in this Insight." (mixinglight.com)
- First Look: FSI XM65OU UHD Monitor - "Bram Desmet CEO & General Manager stops by Robbie's studio to take a look at the brand new FSI XM650U UHD OLED HDR Monitor. Learn about the essential design of the monitor, its capabilities and how it might help you." (mixinglight.com)
- Is your Reference Display Input set to Data Levels or Video Levels? - "If you have a broadcast reference monitor for editing and color correction then you need to make sure it's properly processing your images. Learn how to know if you have a mismatch in data levels with your editing or color correction software." (mixinglight.com)
- Help! Data Levels + Considerations for Broadcast Delivery - "In this installment of From The MailBag, Team MixingLight discusses a member question about working in Full Range but being asked to deliver a video legal/broadcast deliverable." (mixinglight.com)
- From the Grading Suite: From short form to reality
- "Dan shares the tale of his attempt at grading long-form reality television after spending 10 years being a pampered commercial colorist." (mixinglight.com)
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- [video] The 5 Best Ads of Super Bowl LII - in the US - just like it is every year - last weekend's Super Bowl was about more than just football. It was also about watching the debut of the best commercials being produced today. Here is a list of the top 5. Fun. (adweek.com)
- How to Use Color Theory to Improve Your Website - "from psychology to design, here are the most useful tips to choose the right colors
for your website." (colourlovers.com)
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- [review] Crucial MX500 500GB SSD: A second look - "this time around, the performance gap will be much smaller, and the MX500 comes with far fewer caveats than the MX300." (anandtech.com)
- [review] Kinesis Freestyle Edge Split Mechanical Keyboard - "this appears to be the world’s first ergonomic gaming mechanical keyboard. We are having a thorough look at its features and hands-on performance in this review." (anandtech.com)
- [review] Nvidia Titan V 12GB: Premiere Pro CC 2018 GPU performance - "looking at just Live Playback at full resolution with the "Heavy Effects" timeline and overall Exporting performance, we get a pretty good idea about how the Titan V stacks up against the other video cards. Frankly, it is a bit of a mixed bag." (pugetsystems.com)
- [review] Nvidia Titan V 12GB: DaVinci Resolve 14 GPU performance - "looking at just the results with full decode resolution (when
available), we get a pretty good idea about how the Titan V stacks up against the other video cards. Frankly, the Titan V is amazing." (pugetsystems.com)
- [review] Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SSD M.2 - "did greatly improve power efficiency, and it no longer appears to be necessary to sacrifice efficiency to reach the highest levels of performance possible from a SATA SSD." (anandtech.com)
- How much boost does a 13-inch MacBook Pro get from an eGPU? - "a Thunderbolt 3 eGPU box with a high-end AMD GPU should provide a big performance boost when connected to 13-inch MacBook Pro with 'wimpy' Integrated Intel Iris graphics? We decided to see how much of a boost." (barefeats.com)
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- [video] Cautionary Tales - a really nice short film, watch to the end for the payoff. Great DIT work by Alan Hopkins. Colorist not listed in the credits. (vimeo.com) via Matt Osborne.
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- Daylight Saving Time Isn’t Worth It? - the EU is considering dropping the time change after a vote "to reconsider seasonal time change was proposed after 70,000 Finnish citizens signed a petition to end Daylight Saving Time." Click through for the reasoning, with which this Newsletter concurs. (arstechnica.com)
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The Book Shelf- 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)
- 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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