The latest news, reviews, thoughts, and humor for professional (and aspiring) moving image Colorists and Finishers. |
Train Up
- What Type of Professional Takes An ICA Class? Colorist / Trainer Warren Eagles blogs about the wide range of backgrounds of the students in his latest 2-day training class. I enjoyed the read. (iColorist.com)
- How To Create 'The Film Look' - I'm with Izzy on this, controlling depth-of-field is essential if you're going for a filmic look. Good read. (IzzyVideo.com)
Gear Up
- Plasma Lights and The Problem With LEDs - Adam Wilt takes a look at the latest - if you don't include the sun - in lighting... Plasma. He also explores the 'spikeyness' of LED lighting sources. (ProVideoCoalition.com)
Tools We Use
- STORM: On-set and in post - Jim Geduldick shares how he uses the Foundry's Storm on-set as a DIT tool and later in the post production pipeline (DefinitionMagazine.com)
- Grinder 1.5 Update - New transcoding options including: More codecs, more frame rates, custom naming. (RedGiantSoftware.com)
- NAB 2011: Odds and Ends - Adam Wilt highlights additional products from NAB including: Mapping chromacity of LED lights (interesting stuff, there), BlackMagic Design highlights, and Las Vegas architecture. (ProVideoCoalition.com)
Outside the Box
- Mocha Pro's Removal Tool - If you're the DIAY type (Do It ALL Yourself), Mocha Pro is pretty awesome. Don't believe me, watch for yourself. (BourkePR.typepad.com)
Current Colorist Control Surface Drivers
| JL Cooper Eclipse |
Euphonix MC Color |
Tangent Wave |
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Software: v2.1.6 |
Mac: v2.5.7 |
Software: v3.8 |
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Color Plug-in: v 1.0.5 |
PC: v2.5.7 |
Firmware: v1.9 |
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Updated:
March 7 |
Updated: Feb. 18 |
Updated: Jan. 28(ish) |
Sunday Morning Fun(nies)
- Intel's "The Chase" - Follow the link and select "Launch the HTML 5 Experience" (suggestion: Watch on the Chrome browser). It's fun. And ponder: Gimmick? Or part of our storytelling future. (Facebook.com via KenSegall.com)
- Super Soaker: Now With Magazines - Where were these things when I was a kid? (arsTechnica.com)
This Week In Viral Videos
- The Slo-Mo Guys, Giant Water Balloon - Jump 4 minutes into the video if you're impatient. (YouTube.com via ReelSEO.com)
- Short Film: Blood On My Name - Period short film, musical style. Part Western. Part Supernatural. Well executed (pun intended). (Vimeo.com via ReelSEO.com)
Gear Heads
- In Depth Review: Quadro 4000 Mac Edition - A card with lots of potential for CUDA- enabled apps... except for those pesky kernel panics. (ArsTechnica.com)
- Arri Goes Down-Market - With a camera the rest of us can afford. Hopefully someone does a resolution and dynamic range test. (blogspot.NotesOnVideo.com)
- Retina Display: Updated - Some corrections to the post I linked to last week regarding what qualifies as a 'Retina Display'. (TheElaborated.net)
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iStuff
- New 2011 iMacs - Nice summary of the new features and options (TidBits.com)
AppleTalk
- Apple Is Doomed - A 30-year meme is constructed, then deconstructed. (MondayNote.com)
- Preparing For Lion: Find Your PowerPC apps - Do you have any PowerPC apps that (probably) won't run in the forthcoming update to the Mac OS? Find out how to - um... find out. (TidBits.com)
Food For Thought
- A Wake-Up Call - What you can learn from Air Traffic Controllers falling asleep at the radar. (blogs.hbr.org)
- Why You NEED To Get Up Earlier (and How To Do It) (shankman.com)
- How to Stop Your Brain from Hijacking Itself and Creating Stress (blogs.hbr.org)
- Adding Constraints May Boost Your Creativity - Reduce your options and you just might get more creative. This article is written for web developers - but don't let that limit your decision to read it. (WebDesignLedger.com via FilmmakerIQ.com)
Those Darn Trojan Horses
Tweet This
- Use TweetDeck As An Industry Dashboard - Good primer for anyone new to using Twitter to follow our industry. (SpliceVine.com)
- Filter Out The Noise On Twitter - Using Favorites and Lists to keep on top of the latest Post-Production news (SpliceVine.com)
Obligatory Osama Link
- The Day Patriotism Defeated Web Video Copyright Watchdogs - I figured I couldn't completely ignore the big news of the week. This story is about the one event that MLB doesn't dare start issuing take-down notices about. (ReelSEO.com)
Thinking Ahead
The Next Step Is A Doozy
- TV Ownership Declines, Will Cable Subscribers Follow? (Gigaom.com)
Waiting For September
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