I have been busy working with BBC Digital Media Services working on restoration workflows and digital asset management. I suspect that most people think that the BBC only work on their own material but actually their services and expertise are commercially available, and utilized by a broad range of clients ranging from broadcasters and museums…
Thanks to everyone that pointed out that Nucoder is in fact spelled NUCODA and more correctly refers to Nucoda Film Master. I have corrected this and other spelling mistakes on the table. In fairness to Warren I hear he had been assimilated by Pablo the red giant, who put a black magic mistika spell on…
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,…