The Yule Log Edition – Sunday Morning Weekly Color Grading Newsletter

December 14, 2025

In this edition: Pantone origins, movie theater end times, Resolve 20.3, visual search, FSI updates, on-set skin tone reproduction, and more.


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Issue DCXXXV: The Yule Log Edition
The Color Grading Newsletter
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.
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Sunday, 14 December 2025

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Patrick Inhofer
From The Publisher
2025 rolls forward relentlessly to its conclusion. In this edition, we are heavy on Craft – and it’s an interesting mix of stories. Plus a few holiday-themed Fun(nies).

I know we are 11 days out, but Premium and All-Access should prepare themselves for a steal from Light Illusion for ColourSpace licenses – running for 12 days, starting on Christmas Day.

I’ll see if I can also line up a few more limited-time Steals for our members.

Enjoy this week’s Newsletter!

I’ll see you next Sunday and…

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.

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The Craft
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.

“There are books that document technology, and then there are books that help create a language. Cinematic Immersive for Professionals sits firmly in the latter category. Written by cinematographer Ben Allan ACS and director Clara Chong, this is not another “gee-whiz, here’s the new Apple headset” coffee-table curiosity. It’s a serious, meticulously constructed creative and technical guide to shooting immersive spatial cinema with the Apple Vision Pro and Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive camera (BRAW). And it may be the first resource that truly treats this emerging medium as cinema, not as a novelty.”

“Katie Jordan is a senior colorist at Light Iron, the post production and creative services division of Panavision. The studio will be closing, but since they are  still operating through its gradual ramp-down, Jordan’s work continues.”

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