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VESA Introduces DisplayPort Dual-Mode 1.1 standard compatible with 4K HDMI (Ultra HD)
VESA gives computers the possibility to join the 4k dance like all television manufacturers and reduce cable clutter by introducing a new update to DisplayPort Dual-Mode.
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The H.265 video format got approved by ITU, making 4K for all a close reality.
Only months after the MPEG (Motion Picture Experts Group) proposed it, ITU (International Telecommunication Union) approved the new H.265 video format.
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Discover or re-discover what color timing is with this awesome new iPad app
Do you know Dale Grahn? He is a major color timer that shaped much of the look of modern cinema. He is credited for hundreds of major films and was the color timer for Steven Spielberg. Digital tools appeared and its art was lost… until today.
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After its Oscar nomination, ILM unveils more post-production goodness work on The Avengers
In a precedent post, I have introduced you to the awesome work of ILM on the incredible one-shot closing battle that introduce the whole team of super-heroes working together. Now that ILM’s effects work on The Avengers got a nomination for the Oscars, they has a new surprise for us…
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Golden Globe Awards 2013: The Jury is out and we have the results!
The ceremony for the Golden Globe 2013 is over and we have the results in pictures.
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Don’t wait for an iWatch, this is ways better!
Expecting the next great thing from Apple like the iWatch? Don’t wait anymore because this is ways better…
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CES 2013 – My highlight from this year’s exposition: better than Apple’s retina screens and Color Reference monitors.
As expected, this new edition of the Consumer Electronics Show (aka CES) has been less than exciting. This will certainly be the year of the fitness gadgets. Everyone is trying to take on Fitbit and a few other pioneers in this domain. I will spare you the infinite list of low cost tablets to concentrate of what is, in my view, the highlight of the show for colorists in quest for a new reference display.
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The Power of Grading: understand why color correcting can take a long time
Color correcting a shot takes time. Depending on the expectations (and needs) of your clients (directors & producers alike), it can be a relative short job but for the most demanding, this can turn to be quite time consuming. Scott Maclean, an Aussie colorist guy made a very well done video demonstrating why a 30 second spot took him almost 25 hours to grade on a very high end top-of-the-line grading system (Baselight 4). See the movie after the jump!
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How to add funds to your US PSN account from aboard without eBay
Since the huge breach that Sony and its PSN saw in 2011, the PSN security has been raised up (and that’s a good thing) but they also limited the use of credits cards to American credit cards if you want to add funds to american PSN wallet accounts. Gamers all over the world had to look for other ways to fund their wallet, the most popular being of course eBay, expensive and unsafe. Until now…
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The Strange Case of the Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer and the greatness of the internet.
Some of the most funny stories on the internet are met in the most unexpected places. Take the case of the Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer
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