Hi all, there’s been a discussion that I’ve seen a couple of times about which system to choose, here is a little list I’ve compiled, feel free to comment! I see all of and most of the times a mix of them in the facilities I visit for workflow and colour consulting. Autodesk Lustre was…
PT 1 The grading story The stills below from the movie show the offline, with a temp grade on the top against the final grade below. Ocean View The balcony scene was the hardest to grade in the entire show. I was initially worried that there was nothing out there! The producers had gone to…
The first thing Steve Jaggi, the co producer of Short Beach, said to me was “The sun always shines in Short Beach.” My clients, Steve and Liz from Jaggi Shute productions, had arrived in the grading suite before me. Now this isn’t ideal, but is something that happens when you work as a freelance colorist.…
I returned from doing a Film Restoration training class in Rome using Revival Pro. We had a total of nine students in the class. We covered the whole workflow for restoration and showed allot of examples showing difficult restoration situations. We´re now going to start a new class entitled Film Restoration Strategies. For more info,…
I just finished a day of playing with ACES. As part of a white paper (coming soon) Digital Vision invited me to experiment with the full workflow using Film Master, and Dolby kindly loaned a PRM monitor for the occasion. I was able to try some film material scanned ADX and delivered as ACES .exr…
During my recent Resolve 201 class my students and I were lucky enough to get the chance to visit DreamWorks in Los Angeles. Jeff Olm is one of the world’s leading stereo 3D colorists and also a member of the ICA. Jeff has been at the forefront of stereo grading since Journey to the Center…
Hundreds of colorists have now benefitted from International Colorist Academy classes, and many have demonstrated their satisfaction by coming back for more. We love staying in touch with everyone and getting feedback to improve what we do and to help colorists everywhere. Lots of great suggestions are sent in and we act on them as…
Last year many people contributed to our colorist slant on the Oscar nominations for best picture. It made interesting reading and we have done the same again this year, with the inclusion of Best Cinematography to round the list up to 10. Thanks to everyone that replied here, privately, on the TIG and on the…
Hi Everyone, I just returned from Hamburg. I was demonstrating at the Hamburg Open exhibition held at Studio Hamburg. We had a great turnout and there was certainly allot of interest for training! We were showing Resolve on Mac and Windows platforms. Also I´m working on a whole range of new publications which will be…