ICA and Jigsaw Systems Offer A Unique Training Event London

Jigsaw Systems, in association with the International Colorist Academy (ICA), proudly announce the very first accredited European training session for the release of DaVinci Resolve version 7. Jigsaw is the exclusive UK provider of DaVinci Resolve and Revival systems on the Linux platform and as such, has been working closely with Blackmagic for a number…

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Resolve UK Training Class

Hi Everyone, The first Resolve UK training class has been scheduled for September 22-24 in London. For More information or bookings please contact JigSaw at +44-115-970-77-66 or by e-mail at davinci@jigsaw24.com

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Grading a Movie with Apple Color

10 Days To Die Grading a feature in 3 days with Apple Color Earlier this year I got a call from film producer and director Michael Sergi, the conversation went something like this…… “I have a 90min feature film shot on P2, it’s finished, edited and I want you to grade it, trouble is I…

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Why We Need LUTs (and what they are)

When all the DI (Digital Intermediate) stuff started about ten years ago, one of the most difficult things to achieve technically was to match the colour of the interactive display with the output of the lab. At that time, we started to hear about LUTs: Lookup Tables. Since then, LUTs have been implemented pretty much…

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When Colorists Hit the Wall!

Most colorists have had a marathon session at some time. By marathon I mean very, very long (30 hours is my personal record!) or very, very challenging, which is often even tougher. However, I have found that all colorists at some stage in their career, also hit the infamous “wall” just like every marathon runner.…

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ICA Teams Up with Digital Vision for Nucoda Film Master Operations Training

International Colorist Academy (ICA) Co-Founder, Kevin Shaw Presents Digital Vision Film Master Operations Training September 27-29, 2010 Digital Vision and International Colorist Academy (ICA) have announced that Kevin Shaw, co-founder of ICA, is now an authorized Digital Vision Nucoda Film Master Operations Training instructor. The two types of Nucoda Film Master Operations Training classes are…

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ICA Expands: PR

ICA Expands Training Team, and Announces New Courses Los Angeles, Vancouver, London, Paris, Sydney International Colorist Academy (ICA) has expanded its training team with the addition of Dan Harvey and Blake Jones. ICA now has seven experienced instructors that provide a variety of training courses on colorist strategies, commercial grading, on-set coloring for the RED…

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On-Set Colour Grading

Hi, I’m a finishing Colourist by trade and recently had the opportunity to work as an on-set Colourist. It’s turned out to be very interesting to learn the technology and see what the crews have to go through. I just finished a 3 week shoot for a Steven Seagal film in Vancouver Canada. We shot…

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Los Angeles Courses Completed

We had a great week of courses in Burbank, Los Angeles and would like to thank Keith and David at Roush Media for being such excellent hosts! The Introduction Day and Popular Looks are new classes, but the feedback was excellent and I will be introducing them to other locations. Colorists from Italy, UK, Mexico,…

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