Chris attended my DaVinci Resolve R101 and R201 class in December 2012 hosted by the guys at the Manhattan Edit Workshop. He introduced himself as a 10 year editor/finisher/colorist, a title I had never heard of before. He went on to explain that he would often undertake the grading as a separate pass, not being…
These are the results from the 2014 survey. The survey is based on 3 projects graded by the colorist during November 2014 400 colorists took part from over 60 different countries. Here is the top 20 USA 110 UK 34 BRAZIL 31 AUSTRALIA 23 GERMANY 19 CANADA 16 SPAIN 13 INDIA 10 SWEDEN 9 HOLLAND 8…
Regular visitors to our ICA site may have discovered TomParish.com. Tom has taken classes with both Warren and myself so understands our approach to training and self improvement very well. He is a successful colorist but still finds time to research and interview, then post his findings on his site. Most recently Tom and I chatted about…
Earlier this year I sat down and graded a project with Tom Parish. Not a normal session as I was in Brisbane and Tom in his studio in Austin. After a few false starts, with different Resolve versions, missing media and IP issues we connected and corrected a small test project. This process is ideal…
The role of the Colorist has changed greatly over the last few years. More cameras, codecs, and different genres are being graded than ever before. The ICA 2014 survey has expanded. It now features 14 questions about cameras, codecs, grading displays, render options, and wages. Just select 3 jobs that you have graded in November…
Thursday 6th November 2014 I saw a preview of “Interstellar” from one of only five 70mm prints in Europe. This is how Christopher Nolan intended us to see his latest epic (much of it was shot on 65mm Imax film) and it turned out to be a really big deal. Roger Ebert wrote of Kubric’s…
I am currently in Japan sitting in a grading room, waiting for my clients to arrive. They are delayed so my mind wondered back to Amsterdam, where I conducted a Colorist Masterclass, here are my thoughts.. It was a fantastic honour to be asked to talk in front of the Dutch Colorist Guild before IBC…
I started using DaVinci Resolve in 2005. It was a $300,000 system, the hardware rack was the size of a doorway and it took a Resolve engineer two days to install. In 2006 I met with Mike Seymour and John Montgomery, who said they were thinking of opening an online university. They asked me if…
The most exciting thing I saw was the Free Viewpoint TV (FTV) holodeck. Yes! The technology that introduced Princess Leia to Luke Skywalker in1977 now exists in our own galaxy and can project holographic images right in front of you. I would say 3-D images but that term has been so badly abused and confused…