The last two weeks I’ve found myself on an unplanned
sabbatical. As a result I’m a bit behind in publishing
Insights. They’ll start flowing again this
week.
The last 10 days have also been busy in our
industry, with NAB 2025. So this Newsletter is
jam-packed. And there is spill-over for next
week.
What about Resolve 20 Public
Beta?I’ve got you covered in the
Tools section. On the Mixing Light website, it’ll take a
little while for those Insights to roll. Our philosophy
has always been it takes more than one or two jobs to
figure out new tools, new workflows.
When new
features are introduced, on social media channels
they’re always AMAZING! and INCREDIBLE!, not to mention
!KILLER!.
But then, after a few jobs, you
realize they don’t quite work like you thought. Or that
there are some workflows or types of images that they
excel at – and other times that they fail.
Magic
Mask is one good example. I was impressed when it was
initially released a few years ago. But after failing
more often than it worked, I abandoned it. And so did
many other colorists.
Then, two weeks ago, on a
job, I gave Magic Mask another spin in Resolve 19.1.4
and was floored at how much better (and faster) it
worked. Yet, it still has rough edges (pun intended).
And that’ll be one of the first updated tools I’ll be
testing in Resolve 20.
I hope to turn this
experience into an Insight.
But for a
quick NAB 2025 fix, we have an Office Hours
happening this Wed. at noon, Eastern.
Full
details here. I hope you’ll join Daria Fussion,
Joey D’Anna, Katie Hinsen, and perhaps one or two more
Contributors as we talk about what they found, learned,
and (in some cases) taught on the show
floor.
That’s all for
now.I’ll see you next Sunday.
Happy Grading!
Sincerely,
Pat
Inhofer
Chief Photon Wrangler,
Publisher
MixingLight.com
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