The Tao Colorist

• Skin Tones in DaVinci Resolve - This nice tip will work in any app that supports Layer / Composite modes. A nice example of using a Resolve Layer Node to control your skin tone corrections. (Vimeo.com)

• Colorization of Historical Works: Improvement or Blashphemy - This story is about the colorization of still images. And how one artist's attempt of self-promotion went viral. (Photoblog.msg.com via Steve Drechsler)

• 7 Tips for HD and DSLR Color Correction - Decent list of tips. Though the Order of Operations tip doesn't make much sense to me - but it isn't wrong. Just... a personal preference that may or may not work for others. (HurlbutVisuals.com)

• But It's Just for the Web - Why delivering for the web doesn't obviate the need for some (even minor) color grading work. (VanHurkman.com)

The Tools

• FSI Firmware Update - An update to the RGB and GBR parade modes... including seeing 100 IRE and 0 IRE over- / under- shoots. (FlandersScientific.com)

• Roundtrip Between Avid and DaVinci Resolve - The basics of roundtripping native DNxHD footage. Skip to 4 minutes if you want to bypass all the intro stuff. (YouTube.com)

• DaVinci Resolve Updates - v8.2 beta 2 is now available. No details on what's changed. Plus, an updated Windows Configuration Guide has been posted this week. (Blackmagic-Design.com)

• Magic Bullet Looks 11.2 & Avid Media Composer - Latest update includes Avid support. (RedGiantSoftware.com)

• GoPro Releases New 'Studio' Software - Including a 'Pro' version that includes independent eye adjustments for stereographic workflows. (StudioDaily.com)

• RED Cine-X and Premiere Pro - Working together. A roundup of a few videos exploring RED and Adobe Creative Suite workflows. I do NOT recommend the initial workflow described in the first tutorial (rendering out to ProRes prior to color correction) - you'll likely lose significant color and image detail (trust me, I've seen it). The whole point is to grade off the R3D files. (NoFilmSchool.com)

• Avid Tip: Fixing Ugly Fonts in Media Composer 6 - How to get rid of the low-res unsmoothed mono-spaced font. Permanently. (ywwg.com)

• Pomfort 'LiveGrade' Beta - Color grade live footage via BlackMagic's HDLink in real time. Export your looks to a LUT. Can also generate an Alexa Look XML to load profiles into the Alexa. They're currently in open Beta. (Pomfort.com via NegativeSpaces.com)

• OLED Update, Holograms, and CS300 News - A nice summary from this week's New England SMPTE meeting. (NotesOnVideo.blogspot.com)

• [Forum Post] DaVinci Resolve on Windows and LightWorks Beta: A Cautionary Tale - I can't verify anything in this post but the upshot: Image your boot drive before installing new software - especially beta software - is good advice. Note: A Resolve 8.2 beta 2 was released this week, I don't know if addresses any of the issues in this post. (LightWorksBeta.com)

• iFileX for Mac - Spotlight on steroids. It can search inside packages, invisible files and bundles. And it's free. (OSXbytes.com)

• DaisyDisk: Visualize Your Hard Drive - To help you find big files for archiving and deletion. (NoFilmSchool.com)

• [eBook] Compressor 4: How It Works (FilmmakingWebinars.com)

• Text Is The New Timecode - Searching video video via speech transcription. Includes a round-up of the latest technologies in this space. (PhilipHodgetts.com)