The Last DaVinci 2K Goes Into the BFA

CC Chan from ACC in Hong Kong called me in December 2009 and said… “I have the very last new DaVinci 2K Plus here in my office, it’s going into the BFA in Beijing, would you like to oversee the training?” I thought of it as the end of an era, so said I’d love…

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Why Take a Class? Just Read the Manual!!

I am often asked,“What are the benefits of an ICA class and who should attend?” Here are Warren’s answers: The ICA offer a number of classes what are the differences? Colorists Strategies is a class you cannot learn from a book.   It is a mixture of a number of elements that go into making…

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Warren’s IBC Report

10 years ago things use to be so much simpler… As a Colorist visiting IBC you only had 2 choices in color correction, DaVinci 2K or Pandora Pogle. We would spend ½ day looking at each, another day looking at Telecine machines. We all used Sony CRT monitors so nothing new to look at there…

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IBC 2010 Stats

A big show this year, and we all experienced the rush. In fact it was the second busiest IBC ever with 48,164 attendees from 140 countries. (The busiest show was 2008 with about 5% more visitors) The show floor was also bigger (100, 000 sq meters) as they opened a new thirteenth hall. In all…

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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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