(video) "The Australian Cinematographers Society along with other industry players has released a video that takes a look at HDR and specifically what it means for cinematographers and colorists on the front line of production."

CineGear ATL is this coming Friday & Saturday. There are a few seminars that readers may find interesting.

(webinar) From the upcoming SMPTE Technology Summit: "Deepen your knowledge of the physical properties of light and how it is perceived differently by our eyes, on film and with digital capture; understand the differences between lighting a scene for Theatrical HDR and Television HDR". October 31. Paid registration is required.

"It seems there will be no paid royalties on this one. Nikon has just answered RED’s lawsuit, and it denies almost all infringements regarding the compressed raw patents of RED Digital Cinema. Highlights are below."

But, of course: "Known internally as Project Caviar, Google is planning to push open and royalty-free HDR video and 3D audio alternatives to Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos."

An interesting writeup on how our industry is changing, "Earlier this month, IBC was a perfect time for some to take a well-earned breather and attendees had a chance to learn what worked – and what didn’t – to economically keep the content flow flowing."

"Have you visited Mixing Light's Tutorial Library but didn't understand DaVinci Resolve well enough to use the Library? Do you keep struggling with DaVinci Resolve and wonder how others seem to be happy using it?

Mixing Light's new 'All-Access' plan is for YOU!"

(video) Luke Ross: "Learn how to enhance your workflow with the "Ripple Node Changes to Selected Clips/to Current Group" command and the "Append Node to Selected Clips" command in DaVinci Resolve 18."

(video) Cullen Kelly: "Your ability to balance an image can distinguish your work as professional instead of amateur. In part one of this series, I'll break down four different options, and share which of those four is your strongest tool... Most of the time."

For the finishers out there, you may find a few good tips in here: "Below is a compilation of lesser-known tools and effects that live natively inside of Premiere Pro that can broaden your skill set and possibly improve your workflow.

(video) "Many folks don’t realize how deep this feature set really goes, since it’s been expanded repeatedly over the years, including the addition of traditional color wheels, RGB curves, Hue/Sat Curves, HSL qualifiers, trackable masks, full HDR support, and much more."

"Because of how different the relative performance is between AMD and Intel depending on the type of codec you are working with, we would break down the "winner" between the two product lines based on the following codec families..."

"We do often get told ... that new technology needs time to mature before it is able to reach its full potential. So, we will be putting that theory to the ultimate test to see if the veteran 7900X will be able to take advantage of its experience and polish, or if the new technology of the 7900X will be able to take the lead despite any future optimization it may still need to go through."

"Most users won't need to concern themselves with the details of what these chipsets offer, since what really matters in the end is the functionality that the motherboard as a whole provides, but for those who enjoy digging into details we've put together this comparison."

If you're like me, you can use this kind of help: "From respecting the classics to ignoring age-old adages about the viability of browns and blacks, we’ve updated the old-school canon of fall-style rules for the year of our lord 2022. Below, 10 style dos and don’ts for the upcoming autumnal season."

Fun: "How did a combination of cheese and pasta—two European cultural exports—become one of America’s best-known staples?"

Not funny. But fun to learn about: "Deepfakes, both audio and video, have been possible only with the development of sophisticated machine learning technologies in recent years. Deepfakes have brought with them a new level of uncertainty around digital media."