| Issue DXXXV: The iPad Edition |
| The Color Grading Newsletter |
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News, reviews, thoughts, career advice, and humor for professional Video / Film Colorists & Finishers. Delivered Sundays. Curated by a professional color grader.
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I had to take last weekend off from this Newsletter - which was a bummer because this hit the wire about 10 days ago:
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DaVinci Resolve for iPad had the attention of post production professionals everywhere. Most observers seemed surprised.
While seeing that image was definitely eye-catching - to me, it's the logical conclusion of 30 years of development. When I set up my own shop in 2003, it was because Blackmagic and AJA teamed up to release the Decklink card - allowing my tower to output SDI images to tape decks and CRT displays.
My gambit 20 years ago was this: It would only be a matter of time before CPUs would be powerful enough to process HD video that even entry-level computers would have the bandwidth to do what it took $20k of Big Iron to process.
When you add in Apple's decade-long effort to merge iOS with MacOS, on their own hardware architecture - DaVinci Resolve (or any other CPU/GPU-intensive app) on iPad is not only evolutionary - it's predictable.
What's my biggest hope about Resolve on iPad? That it allows us to sit next to the client during review sessions and make quick tweaks, jump between shots, and drop into the edit page to make quick adjustments.
I am also curious to see if they make touch-specific enhancements. We won't have to wait long to see.
I'll see you next Sunday.
Happy Grading!
Sincerely,
Pat Inhofer
Publisher (and Colorist)
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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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"The Telly Awards launches the 44th call for entries by celebrating the opportunity for creativity to be bold, different, and stand out with the theme, “Break Through the Static”."
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"Avatar 2 has been shot mainly underwater ... besides the Sony VENICE, the underwater rig was built from a 3D Beam Splitter called DeepX 3D ... the glass used was the Nikonos 15mm lenses, which are special old lenses developed by Nikon for underwater photography. This combination was assembled in order to grant clean, distortion-free 3D IMAX underwater imagery. All details (and credits) are below... "
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"Editor John Gilroy, ACE, whose credits include Michael Clayton, Pacific Rim, The Bourne Legacy and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, edited four episodes and was a co-producer on the series. I spoke with Gilroy about the editing challenges and the post workflow on the show."
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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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(video) There are two embedded video explainers: "SGO released a massive upgrade of its Media Management, Transcoding and Delivery solution Mistika Workflows, adding several new smart features to further optimize content delivery processes and take the Metadata Management to a whole new level."
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"[Pattern supports] both SDR and HDR color spaces, including (but not limited to) sRGB, BT.709, Adobe RGB (1998), DCI-P3, and HDR in both P3 and BT.2020. It provides users with the tools to validate accuracy throughout the entire system, from the built-in MacBook Pro or iMac Displays to an external device."
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Scott Simmons rounds up what we know, and speculates on what he's seeing in the product images.
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(video) Recorded live at ResolveCon. Presenter - Cullen Kelly: "Color management is one of the most important things for a colorist to understand, and understand well. Yet many colorists misunderstand it... "
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(videos) Embedded videos are on the landing page: "Streaming Server Mini streams reference quality HD video and 8 channels of audio. Free BETA is now available for NVidia PCs and M1/Max/Pro + intel-based Macs and supports NDI as well as most AJA and Blackmagic cards."
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"Warning: don’t try this at home unless you’re an advanced Mac user who’s comfortable with UNIX. If you are, you can use the single-user mode or verbose mode in macOS to help isolate issues related to startup."
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(video) "It’s packed with info on different scenarios, from Team Projects to remoting into the office to edit. It’s informative and could open up some possibilities you didn’t know you had."
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"Some of my documentary projects have lasted for 3-4 years. If I had followed the “never update in the middle of a project” advice, I’d either be on CS2 still, or I’d have a lot of versions installed ... so when we see the little blue update indicator, how do we make sure that everything goes to plan?"
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(video) "Sometimes you want to 'open up' the shadows as if you added a bounce card or fill light to the scene. Custom curves make this easy."
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"We welcome freelance editor Jonny Elwyn to Mixing Light! His first Insight shares his strategies for successful client-attended sessions."
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New Mixing Light Contributor and workflow specialist Stacy Chaet: "Creating dailies seems simple - but professionals break them down into several varietals. In this Insight, you'll learn the key differences!"
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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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"Eyad enjoys going back and forth between DIT jobs on set and post-projects in the edit suite. In this interview, he talks about the perks of combining both careers, the film industry in Jordan, and most importantly: his current setup!"
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"Samsung has unveiled their latest NVMe SSD with the 990 PRO Series, a lineup of PCIe 4.0 drives which promise “lightning-fast speeds and superior power efficiency”."
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"When AMD launched their Ryzen 7000 processors just last month, there were a number of areas in DaVinci Resolve where they held a lead over Intel ... With the new 13th Gen CPUs, however, Intel has taken the lead almost across the board."
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"Intel lifts the embargo on Raptor Lake reviews."
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"Next-generation Thunderbolt will deliver 80 gigabits per second (Gbps) of bi-directional bandwidth and enable up to 120 Gbps for the best display experience, providing up to three times the capability of today’s technologies to meet the growing needs of content creators and gamers, all while maintaining compatibility with previous versions of Thunderbolt and USB."
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"The 13th Gen CPUs are a decent 10% faster than the previous 12th Gen CPUs in terms of overall Premiere Pro performance, but they give a larger gain in a few key areas (like working with RED RAW) where AMD has recently had an advantage."
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"Thanks to a Redditor that works at an ISP being offered a deprecated Netflix OCA cache. We know a fair amount about the software that Netflix uses, from their Open Connect architecture and their Settlement-free interconnection technology, but have always been cagey about the guts of the devices they provide to ISPs to improve streaming."
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As this article details, the big problem for US-based drone cinematographers after this blacklisting? Servicing and replacement parts.
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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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(podcast) "We talk in-depth with Jules Urbach CEO, of OTOY Inc. about what it will take to build an actual Holodeck.
OTOY has been working with The Roddenberry Estate on creating assets for the Immersive Roddenberry Archive Experiences. This is a multi-year roadmap to preserve the history of Roddenberry’s Star Trek work across Movies, TV, Comics, and Literature."
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(video) To me, this is more cringe'y than fun'y. But click through to decide for yourself.
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Definitely fun: "As seen in the humorous clip above, much of She-Hulk’s performance involved shooting Tatiana Maslany on set in a MoCap suit, but given the vast height difference, many of her performances were filmed with the actress walking on a special raised platform or wearing a false plaster face suspended a foot over her head."
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| Th- th- th- that's all folks! I'll see you next Sunday. |
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