| Issue #386: The 2019 Color Marathon Edition |
| The Tao of Color Grading Newsletter |
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Curated links of news, reviews, thoughts, career advice, and humor
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2019 is in the house!
As we peer ahead into the New Year, one of the things I'm really looking forward to is the continued growth of MixingLight.com. I co-founded that color grading training site in 2013 with colorists Robbie Carman and Dan Moran. The first few years saw slow but steady growth.
The past two years, growth has accelerated and we have big plans for 2019. Our goal is to get our continuing education into more hands, at earlier stages in the careers of the up-and-coming generation.
I'm writing about this for two reasons:
1) Mixing Light is in the middle of a tutorial marathon. We are releasing 25 Insights in the first 25 days of January. Besides featuring the work of your humble Publisher and the fabulous Robbie & Dan, we have 5 other colorists & post professionals contributing their hard-fought wisdom. And since their interests and experiences are wide and varied - so is the tutorial marathon!
2) Mixing Light is running a special offer. Save 20% off the first term of a Quarterly Premium membership. If you're a regular reader of this Newsletter and have been thinking about checking out our website - this is the perfect time to do it!
Save 20% on a Quarterly Premium membership with this code:
Get full access to 800+ videos, articles, and tutorials for the next 3 months. And you can cancel at any time you want (we make it easy).
Enjoy this week's Newsletter!
I couldn't get everything in here from our 2-week break. So we're playing catch-up next week as well. See you then (and on Mixing Light).
Happy Grading!
- Patrick Inhofer
Colorist | Publisher | Mentor
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Featuring the work of creative craftsmen, the theory of color, and industry news. Learn practical workflows, useful theories, and actionable insights from existing (and emerging) leaders and teachers in our industry.
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A Boston commercials colorist, and friend of the Tao, spent a significant part of 2018 working as a dailies colorist on three different productions. He shares his experience and workflows.
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From choice of camera system, to color space, to sensor decisions - if you like this Netflix series (and here at Tao HQ we love this series) then you'll enjoy the backstory of how it's shot. [via Joey D'Anna]
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A good Q&A with a pro DIT on the workflows and challenges on Mortal Engines. There's good detail in here, teaching you about the intention of color pipelines and workflows. These decisions don't get made 2 weeks before color grading begins!
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Our craft keeps changing. And growing. Learn about updates to your favorite software. Discover new tools to help you work faster or more creatively. Build your toolchest with new techniques and approaches.
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Two big news items, one short article. First, news about the new RED SDK and its leveraging of NVidia cards for real-time 8K playback. Second, Adobe products can now render to ProRes on Windows.
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If you edit in Resolve then you know about using keywords to organize your material. But did you know about 'marker keywords'? Click through to find out what they are and how to use them.
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Both a plug-in and a stand-alone app, what it does differently is its visualization of color volume. Allowing you to directly interact with it.
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[videos] If you're an editor or finisher who has to deal with closed captioned deliverables then click through! Read about this terrific new utility and then bookmark its homepage. Embedded are a few tutorial videos.
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Don't let the title fool you. Not only does this article give you the low-down on the new JPEG XS standard - it traces the interesting history of JPEG. A history that helps you understand how to pick the JPEG variant that's right for you.
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[video] Dan picks up where he left off in this series: Grading a music video in front of your eyes. In part 2 he tackles a noisy interior scene.
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[video] DaVinci Resolve's Fusion page is intimidating. In this video, learn an easy way of getting into Fusion, with a simple Text animation.
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[video] Drone footage adds tons of production value to projects. But the cameras often suffer from over-sharpening. Get tips for fixing this problem.
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[video] Mixing the R, G, and B colour channels is a versatile color grading technique. Using Resolve's RGB Mixer, learn its simplicity - and power.
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[video] Do all saturation controls behave similarly? Or are there subtle differences that add new arrows in your quiver of saturation controls?
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[podcast] Team Mixing Light discusses a member question about how to gain efficiency grading 1500+ shot timelines.
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Stay updated on the latest hardware that's shipping - because the craft of color grading isn't just about software. Plus, keep an eye on future equipment trends and camera odds-and-ends.
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This custom PC builder keeps track of component failure rates. And in this article, they share their very special naughty / nice list.
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This is a good explanation of what 2018 meant for the GPU market and the pros who buy them.
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New processor. 'AI' that tunes your picture based on content (oh, joy). Adaptive refresh rates. It looks like the panels are mostly the same as last year - it's the processing of the images that got the 2019 refresh.
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An interesting bit of gear driven by Colorfront image analysis tools.
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Do you want the benefits of OLED without its drawbacks (and cost). This article explains why QD-OLED might be the unicorn you're dreaming about.
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Random thoughts, tidbits, and fun stuff that caught my attention this week. Maybe it's color grading related. Maybe not. Ya got'ta read to the end of the Newsletter to find out.
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With the holidays come and gone, I've reworked the headline. But if you still have room on one of your credit cards then click through for some ideas on gifts to give yourself.
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If you only read one item in this Newsletter then pick something from Pushing Photons :-) But if you read two items, this is a can't miss!! I was smiling the whole time. I love the statistical rigor applied to one of the greatest unanswered questions of our generation!
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Re-share this with all your family members who upgraded to UHD this past holiday.
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| Th- th- th- that's all folks! See you next week! |
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