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RG201 Advance Resolve Techniques

Warren chats about his Advanced Resolve class. It focuses on techniques for the current Resolve Colorist, includes workflows, RAW, ACES, Advanced tracking and keying, problems and how to make money as a colorist. Ideal for existing graders or anybody who has taken a previous ICA Resolve class. More details icolorist.com/courses/rg201-advanced-resolve-techniques/ The free Resolve software is available…

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Podcasts Colorist Vincent Taylor

Color Tour Podcast Episode 1: Vincent Taylor

Vincent Taylor is a senior colorist at Chimney NYC. He has recently relocated to New York after a three year stint with MPC in Shanghai. In this podcast, Vincent describes the challenges of working in a foreign country, including clients and their expectations, and the number of hours he spends on a typical project. We start recording in his new room in Manhattan before moving to his local dive bar to continue our conversation.

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Grading an Android TVC in Tokyo.

It was late on Friday night and I was finishing a TVC grade at the Chop Shop in Brisbane. I got a call from Kanta Yamaguchi of Green Leaf Films, asking if I could color a TVC next Wednesday in Tokyo. I had already committed to a half-day grade on Thursday in Brisbane, so the…

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“How long will it take to grade this show?”

“How long will it take to grade this show?” It is a question I am often asked, so I have some standard replies. Obviously every TVC, movie or music video is different so a rough guide is the best you can offer your client without seeing the footage. Things that impact on the time quoted…

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Toohey’s Extra Dry “Nocturnal Migration”

This post explains the process of color grading a commercial advert of night time shots for a client. I was recently asked by Alt vfx (Brisbane Post house) to do a VFX pre grade on the new Tooheys Extra Dry beer Commercial directed by Garth Davis from Exit films. Exit are one of the biggest…

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Grading a Fish Sauce Commercial in Vietnam

While running the recent ICA “Warren’s Looks” class last month in Singapore I got an e-mail from Andy Ho post producer at Digipost Vietnam. He needed a colorist to grade a commercial the following Sunday, and asked if I was interested? I was very keen, but could I fit it in? That night I called…

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