Why You Should Avoid Net 30 Billing Terms
Are you starting a company or are a freelancer and think Net 30 billing is what 'real' businesses do? It's not. Net 30 is a trap. Here's why.
From The MailBag Episode 25
A couple weeks after NAB 2015, Team Mixing Light breaks down NAB 2015 - the gear & other amazing stuff from the week.
Rediscover The Basics - Invisible Look Technique
What do you do when a client says keep it natural? Dan shares tips for getting the most out of your image by building an invisible look
RGB Gamut Errors A Broadcast Colorists Nemesis
In this Insight, learn what RGB Gamut errors are and how to identify them before a broadcaster catches them for you!
From The Mailbag Episode 24
In this Mailbag we discuss when do you call yourself a colorist & are colorists as a group under threat?
Advanced Beauty Grading : Stills Techniques
In this insight I borrow my Stills Techniques and try and apply them to my video work. The standard is very high and the results are amazing
How to Track Your Time and Invoice Your Clients, Stress-free
Learn how to track your time—and easily bill your clients, with automated integration in your Accounting package.
Advanced Beauty Grading : Borrowing From Stills
The world of stills retouching has such an amazing standard. Dan looks at those techniques and will borrow them for the video world
Colorist Health - My Campaign For Eye Awareness
How much time have you spent thinking about your eyes? Dan starts a new series about health issues including eye awareness.
Creating Looks In FCP X: Part 2
How to use shape masks when creating Looks in FCP X with the 10.2 update.
The Future Is Colorful: The New Lumetri Panel in PrPro CC
In this Insight learn about the recently announced Lumetri Panel & other color improvements in Premiere Pro CC 2015
Creating Looks in Final Cut Pro X: Part 1
After shot matching comes Look creation. This is Part 1 on how to create Looks in FCP X 10.2 without using 3rd party plug-ins.
Rediscover The Basics - Defining Texture In Your Image
Defining Texture is a great decision to make early on when grading. Do you want it to look glossy and commercial or textured and filmic?
Project Candy: Color References Reimagined
In this Insight, Robbie gives an overview of Project Candy from Adobe & how it has the potential to inspire and help with color references.
How to Get Faster at Color Correction by Increasing Your Daily Shot Count
Do you want to color grade more shots in a single working day? Part 3 gives you solid tips for increasing your daily shot count.
Part 2: How to Estimate Time for Color Correction
Explore the 6 'slices' of a color correction session and how we manage our time across them. This lets us bid & quote more accurately.
Getting To Know Lattice
With LUTs so common place in modern color grading sometimes you need to visualize and convert them - Lattice can help!
How to Estimate Time for a Color Correction Session
How long will it take you color correct a 10 minute timeline? In Part 1 of this series, we discuss the anatomy of a color correction session.
Frequency Seperation : An Introduction
When working with skin it's quite easy to make it look false and over worked
Patrick's Shot Matching Workflow
Do you have trouble with shot matching while color correcting video? This tutorial will show you a reproducible workflow for any software.
Advanced Beauty Grading Part Three : Smoothing Skin Tones
When working with people we always need to smooth skin tones. In this video I explore my three favorite skin smoothing tools.