| Issue CDIII: The Surviving Creativity 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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No rant this week. Just pure Newsletter!
See you next Sunday!
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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Going into this weekend, Endgame has amassed $2.3 billion worldwide - and is quickly approaching Avatar's worldwide gross.
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How does encoding and data rates affect the viewers perception of a video image? And how does that change from smartphone to tablet to TV? A very interesting read sparked by the GoT streaming fiasco of two weeks ago.
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A great, data-driven analysis of how the business of buying and selling movies works at Cannes. It's not just dry data - but asks lots of fun questions with answers based on hundreds of attendee interviews.
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In an email penned by Digital Anarchy's founder, Jim Tierney, I was made aware of a post he wrote earlier this year about depression. Jim's honesty is refreshing. His message is heartfelt. Take a few minutes out of your morning to read what he has to say.
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Good details about camera and color pipeline decisions by colorist Nat Jencks and cinematographer Chris Teague.
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This pithy bit of business advice isn't about waking up in the morning. But it's advice I'm learning to live by.
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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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This item links to the Read Me from the most recent drop.
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With a redesigned code base, the stand-alone version of Fusion 16 is Studio-only and stays in parity with Resolve Fusion. Also, Resolve Studio licenses now support Fusion Studio. This link opens to the Read Me outlining the latest changes.
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"Does the new Object Removal Tool in DaVinci Resolve 16 stand up to Adobe's Content Aware Fill?"
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If your shop has been using Creative Cloud apps for many years then this is BIG news for you. Adobe is pulling one of my all-time favorite features and severely limiting how many versions backward you can install previous versions of software. This truly sucks.
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For my command-line warriors out there... I'm sure you've been lamenting the lack of emojis for the past 30 years.
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It's the magic tool that VFX artists and colorists dream about. But for stills (for now).
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Are you anxious to get your hands to Avid's newly redesigned Media Composer. In an investor conference call, Avid's CEO targeted a June release.
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(video) Dan shares his thoughts on recreating tape based artifacts using the brand new Resolve 16 Analog Damage ResolveFX tool.
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(podcast) Team Mixing Light discusses a member's question on how to handle a DP who doesn't trust any monitor in a facility.
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(video) Video scopes are an essential tool to all colorists. Learn all the exciting new scope features in Resolve 16 to speed up your grading.
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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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For once, a Red Shark subhead that properly captures the overall sentiment, "Samsung's latest set has a pivot that means you can flip the . . . TV through 90 degrees and watch smartphone videos in their native formats. Useful device or abomination?" (via Marc Wielage)
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A great article from 2017 about 'LTO heroin' and the near absurdity of trying to retrieve data more than 8 years after its been recorded. Includes background on film preservation techniques and their weaknesses. (via Marc Wielage)
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It's been 8 years since that botched launch of FCPx. Oliver Peters makes an argument for professional editors, who are Mac-based, to take another look.
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Prices for the 2018 LG are dropping to clearance levels. Should you jump on one of those deals? Or will you get a better picture by waiting for the 2019 LG (and paying the premium)?
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For you tablet users out there with limited desktop space.
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Esports had a BIG presence at NAB 2019. And here in Orlando, Full Sail announced the first pro-sports affiliation between an Esports educational program and a professional sports team. If you're suddenly seeing Esports and wondering what it's about then this article is a good entry point.
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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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Fun: "Lego Boost’s software gamifies the learning experience, making children complete a series of sequential challenges in order to unlock new features."
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(video) I rarely share trailers. But I'm sharing this one since Gemini Man was natively shot in High Frame Rate stereoscopic. Either acquisition format alone constitutes a rarity today. Put them together and you have a mandate (from me) to seek out an exhibition of this combo when it's released.
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| Th- th- th- that's all folks! See you next week! |
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