ICA has launched a free Mistika 10 course, suited for all Colorists, VFX and finishing artists who are looking to expand their creative skillset
Offered completely free of charge, the official ICA course “Mistika Essentials” will kick off on Friday, 12 February 2021 and will be available to new and existing Mistika Boutique and Ultima users and everyone else looking to add another finishing and color-grading software to their expertise.
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Feb 12, Feb 19, Feb 26, Mar 5 @ 6pm GMT
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Information on the course
“iColorist is excited to announce new Mistika training classes for 2021. Mistika from SGO is a mainstream player in the color and finishing world so adding them to our schedule of classes is a great addition to our line up,” said Warren Eagles, co-founder of International Colorist Academy (ICA).
“We are delighted to add Mistika to ICA, one of the best color training platforms in the industry,” shared Geoff Mills, Managing Director at SGO and added: “With the rapidly-growing number of creatives around the world adopting Mistika Boutique, high-quality and relevant learning courses are an essential part of SGO’s commitment for users to get the very most from our Mistika Technology solutions.”
Across a set of four sessions hosted by professional Colorist and long-time Mistika user Francisco Ramos Howell, participants will have the opportunity to get a complete overview of all fundamental features of SGO’s full finishing and color-grading software-only solution Mistika Boutique and creatively explore its extensive toolset. “Classes are suitable for everyone looking to expand their creative skillset with one of the main focuses being the transition from other tools, such as DaVinci Resolve, to Mistika,” shared Francisco Ramos. All students attending Mistika Essentials course will also receive an ICA Certificate, selected media and PDF tutorials. More information about the course and sign-up information can be found HERE.
The course
Mistika 101: Mistika Essentials
This is a set of four webinars where you will learn all the fundamental features in Mistika. You’ll learn all the fundamentals to have a first experience with Mistika and creatively explore its amazing toolset. This is a course suited for those Colorists, VFX artists or Post Production Generalists that want to add another software tool to their skillset. The classes are aimed to ease the transition from other tools to Mistika
You Will Learn
Day 01: How to install & configure Mistika, create a User, get familiar with the User Interface, import media, import an EDL, move around Mistika’s infinite timespace, understand the Node stack philosophy on Mistika and brief introduction to the color grading tools.
Day 02: Extensive look to the color tools, learn the order of operations inside the color grading effect. Add layers/vectors, use the keyer and add shapes. Basic color management. Quick Editing in the timespace, learn basic commands, interactively use the mouse and command gestures to use the timespace to your advantage.
Day 03: Working with different types of media, how to work with embedded alpha clips. Make simple compositions with the and learn how to do a simple online.
Day 04: Prepare your timeline for export, learn how to export single clips, create render presets. Render to Sequential Files and Movie files.
The Instructor
Francisco Ramos Howell is a professional colorist and HDR Workflow specialist with more than ten years of experience in the industry. He got familiar with Mistika starting his professional career as a Product Specialist at SGO, showcasing Mistika Ultima all around the world at trade shows and conferences, as well as offering technical and operational support together with training for international clients such as El Colorado, NHK Korea, Sky UK, OnSight UK and many others. Francisco, also known as “Paco” continued his path as a Mistika Senior Colorist & Online Stereographer at Sky UK where he contributed to the launch of the Sky3D channel where Mistika played a stellar role in all the Online, Color Grading and Finishing processes for the stereoscopic channel. He also completed Color and Workflow design, for many renowned Sky productions, such as the award-winning show Inside the Mind of Leonardo.
During the past four years, Paco has been working as a Freelance artist, designing ACES color workflows for Films like “Unfortunate Stories” & the Netflix Series “Hache”. Paco is very involved in educational initiatives and helps to expand the Spanish knowledge base in offering ACES, SDR & HDR Color Management training for companies in Spain.
Paco is still in constant contact with the SGO Development team, providing his professional insight and feedback for Mistika Boutique and Ultima development plans.
Certificates & Materials
All students on this course receive an ICA Certificate, selected media, and PDF tutorials.
About SGO & Mistika Technology
SGO is a Spanish high-end technology company with decades of experience in developing and integrating high-end post-production solutions. Built on years of research, development and production experience, Mistika Technology empowers users with new levels of creative power, performance, and efficiency in HDR, UHD/4K, 8K, S3D and VR workflows. Available for both Windows and macOS, Mistika Boutique is the first and only post-production system to natively integrate the most complete spectrum of professional finishing tools, including conforming, VFX, color grading, Stereo 3D, VR/360º – and so much more.
