[NAB 2014] Blackmagic Design Introduces DaVinci Resolve 11 – My TOP 7 Features

[NAB 2014] Blackmagic Design Introduces DaVinci Resolve 11 – My TOP 7 Features
Posted by on Apr 16, 2014

Once again, Blackmagic Design steal the show at NAB 2014 and introduced a lot of new product. Amount them, one of the most significant announcement was the version 11 of their grading solution: DaVinci Resolve. Get my TOP 7 of new and updated features after the jump.

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[Review] The new & improved Tangent Wave Element Mapping for DaVinci Resolve 10

[Review] The new & improved Tangent Wave Element Mapping for DaVinci Resolve 10
Posted by on Nov 11, 2013

After a couple months of public beta, Blackmagic Design released last weekend the final version of  DaVinci Resolve 10. I think it is now the time to have an in depth look at all the changes and improvements that their made to the mapping of the wonderful Element control surface from Tangent.

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[NAB 2013] FilmLight introduces The Slate, a new affordable control surface for Baselight, and more…

[NAB 2013] FilmLight introduces The Slate, a new affordable control surface for Baselight, and more…
Posted by on Apr 6, 2013

FilmLight, the British creators of high-end color grading solutions, announced a line of news products for NAB 2013:  a new Baselight ONE, The Slate, FLUX Store, additional Baselight Editions and an update to their BaseLight flagship system. All the details after the jump.

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ProCutX is a new iPad surface controller for Final Cut Pro X

ProCutX is a new iPad surface controller for Final Cut Pro X
Posted by on Feb 6, 2013

Since the early days of the iPad, we all dreamed to use it has a surface controller for our daily work. The interface being able to morph into anything, it wasn’t so hard to think of shuttle, Steinbeck decks, sliders and shortcuts. It took a while but the apps eventually started to appear… Here’s a short list of the best ones with the addition of a great new addition.

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Discover or re-discover what color timing is with this awesome new iPad app

Discover or re-discover what color timing is with this awesome new iPad app
Posted by on Jan 16, 2013

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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The Power of Grading: understand why color correcting can take a long time

The Power of Grading: understand why color correcting can take a long time
Posted by on Jan 6, 2013

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. , 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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Around the ‘The Hobbit’: Color Correcting ‘The Lord Of The Ring’

Around the ‘The Hobbit’: Color Correcting ‘The Lord Of The Ring’
Posted by on Dec 23, 2012

Have you already seen Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit? If so, you surely remember its first trilogy ‘The Lord of the Rings”. In the DVD & Blu-ray sets (Amazon still offers them at a great price!), you can find a very long and interesting behind-the-scene of the three movies but one part is of most interest to us, colorists: the grading of the movie.

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The Massuah Museum Project

The Massuah Museum Project
Posted by on Oct 14, 2012

 


This project was wild!

When I was first approached by director Yali Bergman for the new exhibition for the Massuah Museum, we talked about a conventional and classic 3 screens movie.

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