| Issue CDXXXIV: The Comprimised Edition |
| The Tao of Color Grading Newsletter |
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Curated links of news, reviews, thoughts, career advice, and humorÂ
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In response my editorial musings about the Coronavirus last week, Newsletter reader Steve Browne sent this link to a running meter of world stats. It's very interesting, give it a click.
I'm on a deadline tonight as the Tao Treasurer and I are doing our end to support our industry and heading out to a movie (The Invisible Man, which is surprisingly - to me - well received). Let's jump right into it . . .
Enjoy this week's Newsletter! I'll see you next Sunday.
Happy Grading!
(and remember - if you have a story that's a fit for this Newsletter, hit reply or email it to 'newsletter@taoofcolor.com'! Include a quick reason for the suggested link.)
- Patrick Inhofer
Colorist | Publisher | Coach
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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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(video) "It's about image perception, not about mathematical perfection." This article summarizes the embedded YouTube video featuring Art Adams and ARRI's Signature Prime lenses.
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Written for photographers & DP's, this is an important point for colorists to understand (and be able to articulate to clients).
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A frequent contributor to this Newsletter sends along this link - which is almost free (requires your contact info) but is worth the price. Note: Don't let the headline dissuade you, the focus is on post production. (via Marc Wielage)
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After ending, it looks like this event is back but under the NAB umbrella via their official education organizer, Future Media Concepts. To sign up you need a login at NAB's website, which is a little strange for long time attendees...
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Newsshooter has been a reliable resource for finding companies that are pulling from NAB 2020 due to Coronavirus concerns. Bookmark this page for quick easy access to their running list of those companies, which, at the time of this writing, number three.
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A fascinating behind the scenes look at how Netflix manages the huge number of platforms they need to support - across the globe. Lots of craft in here, not much grading.
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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.Â
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This link is the Read Me listing new features. It looks like Fairlight was a focus in this release cycle. Plus, additional Editing features. If you use RED in ACES there's a little gift in here for you and a half dozen additional Color Page improvements.
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The software package that adds BRAW support to Creative Cloud apps now adds an XML export that doesn't shift the timecodes of BRAW assets in Premiere Pro.
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This is all part of their move to individual subscriptions.
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If you want to work with FCP X in a collaborative setting, "Postlab Cloud hosts your FCPX libraries in the cloud . . . only libraries and no media or caches are hosted by Postlab." Full details at the link.
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An interesting article about how engineers on Boris FX's Sapphire team updated its stack language without losing its history.
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Sony has updated their content collaboration and production cloud solution. Pricing runs from Free to $10k / month. This write-up lays out the service and has a few embedded videos. At first I thought this might be a Frame.io alternative, but it's not. It seems more for spread-out teams to share assets - with a review component.
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[podcast] Team Mixing Light revisits some key aspects of a Resolve remote workflow as we try to answer questions from a member on the same subject.
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Dan reviews member submissions and shares his own Sci-Fi look using primarily Baseilght's Base Grade.
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Robbie takes a look Screen, an affordable, color managed video player for the Mac from Video Village.
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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 hardware odds-and-ends.
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After passing around a smartly configured new New Mac Pro, Vox concludes: "What we found is that while the Mac Pro might have a lot of raw horsepower to spare, most of our software was just not able to use it yet."
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It works across Mac, PC, and Linux.
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A good look at using this inexpensive control surface with Creative Cloud tools which boils down to, "Being able to remember the functions associated with each control, and those functions being more efficient than doing it with my mouse and keyboard."
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In case you plan on dropping several next gen GPUs into a tight space, you'll be going 3rd party.
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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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More fun than funny, JIF is selling a limited edition version of its jars on Amazon, for those who get the joke.
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So says a movie director in a Vanity Fair interview. Which, now out of the bag, kills seeing iPhones in any thriller.
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| Th- th- th- that's all folks! See you next Sunday. |
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