News, reviews, thoughts, career advice, and
humor for professional Video / Film
Colorists & Finishers. Delivered Sundays.
Curated by a professional color grader and
the CEO of MixingLight.com.
How has 2026 been going for you? I hope it’s off to a
strong start.
One of our goals at Mixing
Light is to help ensure that 2026 is a strong year
for your career.
Rolling out over
the next few months are Contributor-created courses,
using Mixing Light as their platform. They’ll create
their courses using our backend and Mixing Light will
handle the technical / payment details.
We also
have a Contributor rolling out their own premium service
(focused on helping creatives on the business side of
their careers), and will be integrating a Mixing Light
membership as a core feature – which we’re excited
about.
Personally, I have a Mixing Light To-Do
list as long as I am tall – and my 2026 goal is to
execute on that To Do list, from start to
finish.
My motto for 2026? Be
relentlessly diligent.
Color grading
related: I’ve been working extensively in JPLog2 the
past eight weeks, and I love it. When grading within it,
with exposure set properly, I feel like I’ve rewinded to
2007 where the control surface feels 100% natural and
I’m spending less time thinking about color management
and more time just… grading.
The control
surface feels like it’s come alive again.
I look
forward to sharing an Insight or two on my JPLog2
workflow, once the series I’m grading wraps and I have
time to focus on Mixing Light again (which is the end of
January).
Alrighty then, let’s kick off this new
year of Color Grading, and I hope you enjoy this week’s
Newsletter!
Happy Grading!
Sincerely,
Pat
Inhofer Chief Photon Wrangler,
Publisher MixingLight.com
PS
– If you find an item you think should be in this
newsletter, email me a
quick note.
Featuring the work of creative craftsmen, the
theory of color, and industry news. Learn practical
workflows, useful theories, and actionable insights
from existing (and emerging) leaders and teachers in
our industry.
“Nominations for the 40th Annual
Outstanding Achievement Awards, with
Sinners, Frankenstein, Marty Supreme,
One Battle After Another, and Train
Dreams competing in the theatrical
feature category. Autumn Durald Arkapaw,
ASC becomes only the fifth woman ever
nominated in the Society’s top category,
while Łukasz Żal’s acclaimed work on
Hamnet notably missed the cut. Let’s
take a close look at the ASC Awards 2026
nominations.”
(video) “Dune director Denis Villeneuve
discusses creating the production
design. As much of the set as possible
was built to help influence stars like
Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson,
Oscar Isaac, and Josh Brolin.”
Member Content
Sorry... the rest of this content is for members only. You'll need to login or Join Now to continue (your career will thank you!).
Bonus: Become a Mixing Light Color Grading Tutorial Library member for 15 days! Get unlimited access to 1,200+ articles, videos, and podcasts – plus access to our member-only forums – for only $7!
One activation per account. This is a one-time, non-renewing Premium membership. Not available to existing members of the Insights Library.
Loading...
Report
There was a problem reporting this post.
Block Member?
Please confirm you want to block this member.
You will no longer be able to:
See blocked member's posts
Mention this member in posts
Please allow a few minutes for this process to complete.
