Look at the sequence below. Shot #3, the guy on the balcony is under exposed and #6, the same angle, is overexposed. The big challenge here is to try to match #3 and #6. This is how I would approach it. The tutorial is generic so can be applied to any color corrector. During this…
The first ICA Resolve class was in 2010 at Media Village in Singapore. It was run on a R250 Linux machine using Resolve version 6. I had 8 students huddled round 1 system looking at a 24’ monitor. I would demo a feature than each student would take turns in the colorist chair whilst the…
I met Den in Soho last year when he attended my Resolve class. As a DP he brought some great insight to the class, not to mention challenging questions. We crossed paths again in NYC in December when he was running an F-Stop Academy class at Abelcine. Last week he was in Brisbane so we…
Go behind the scenes of an ICA class. This was shot during the recent Resolve RG201 class at Media Asylum in Singapore. Warren Eagles and his students talk about their experiences.
I have seen a huge change from when I started grading in 1988 to 2013. This is a little light hearted look and the differences over a 10 year period. 2003 [Client] I have always wanted to be in one of these rooms, isn’t that machine a million dollars? 2013 [Client] Is this software free…
In 1988 we didn’t have still stores to grab reference frames. We used to record a section of film to 1” videotape manually, I would then cue this for the colorist and he would use a vision switcher to compare the live film with the tape. Directors often asked me to put the VTR into…
Resolve V9 was first showcased at NAB 2012, with a projected July release. In May I started to put together a package of ICA classes, Resolve 101, 201 and Warren’s Looks to be rolled out in the second half of 2012. The world tour kicked off in London in July, although you wouldn’t have known…
“First off, I am not saying I am a great Colorist, far from it. These are my opinions, not those of the ICA. They are drawn from working with some of the worlds top graders over the past 25 years.” Warren 1 Creativity Being creative is only part of the job, but it is…
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…
