The results are in. Alexa on top, not surprising considering it’s popularity across all genres. Red One drops to 4th after being 1st in 2011. Film drops down and Epic makes a big move up to number 2 2012 …
Von Thomas and his DIT cart The Post Lab welcomes guest blogger, Von Thomas, to share his DIT workflow on the recently completed and remake of the early 80′s classic film, Maniac. My name is Von Thomas, and I work as a DIT (Digital Image Technician) for motion picture and television. My work varies from job to job, but…
Resolve 9 brings a drastic redesign to the interface, allowing the software to be more streamlined and continue to move forwards in a positive direction. We’ve got all the details of the upcoming release on our site, but rather than just running you through the (admittedly impressive) spec list, we thought we’d ask some of the…
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…