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Breaking Down A Black and White Film with a Violet Twist
Isolate an object in a black & white film, isolate its color, and use keys to shift hue, saturation, and gain. How hard can that be?
Behind The Curtain - 16mm Style Grade Part Four
Dan wraps up his behind the curtain series with a watch through and matching pass on the whole video to make sure it flows as a whole film
What Is A CDL And When Do You Use It?
Take an introductory look at the Color Decision List (CDL) and learn about the strengths and weaknesses of an ASC-CDL based workflow.
Revisiting Using A Single Large Format Monitor
Team Mixing Light revisits the idea of using a single large format monitor in a color suite. Is it a viable solution?
Rotoscoping to Replace a Foreground Element in Resolve Fusion
In Part 1 you learned how to remove an object. Now, rotoscope the motion of foreground elements using Polyline masks and keying.
From Commercial Colorist to Dailies - How Does the Job Change?
A successful commercials colorist color grades dailies. He shares his challenges, mistakes, and how it's different than commercials.
Get Out There! - Updating Your 2019 Showreel
Dan shares the reasoning behind his new showreel and also gives some tips on when and where to share it for maximum views
The Future of Work: Can computers be creative (and take your career)?
Creativity makes us human. What is the place of AI in this area? If computers become too human, will we become just machines?
The Benefits Of Fixed Node Structures in DaVinci Resolve - Part 2
In Part 1 you learned how to build a Fixed Node Structure in Resolve's node tree when color grading. Now learn its huge time-saving benefits.
Using Paint and Rotoscoping Tools in Resolve Fusion
Create a clean plate to remove an item using Fusion's Clone Brush. Then mask an area, replace it, and track the replacement onto the shot.
Behind The Curtain - Not So Near-Set Grading
Dan shares his story from a recent "not so near-set grade" for an upcoming collaboration with friends on a short film.
Looking Back At 2018 & Forward To 2019
In this installment of From The Mailbag, we take a look at trends and thoughts about 2018 and discuss what 2019 will hold for colorists.
Essential Post Production Utility Software Round-Up - 2019 Edition
My list of key software utilities for post production professionals may help you a solve annoying (or critical) problems. For Mac & Windows.
Premiere Pro CC 2019 - An Overview of The New Lumetri Interface
Lumetri color correction in Premiere Pro 2019 has changed dramatically: What is new? Is it improved? And how useful is it?
Learning Fusion Part 2 - Revising A Text Animation (Like A Compositor)
Learn how to deconstruct a pre-built Fusion animation that ships with DaVinci Resolve. After studying one, we revise our animation to match.
How To Develop A Fixed Node Structure In DaVinci Resolve: Part 1
Building out node trees on the DaVinci Resolve Color page can be a messy affair. And haphazard. Learn how to develop a personalized node tree.
Color Correction Gear Head: January 2019 Edition
In this installment of Color Correction Gear Head we look at new GPUs, storage, GUI monitoring and HDMI routing and more!
Behind The Curtain - 16mm Style Grade Part Three
Dan is back in part three of his unfiltered look at a recent grade. In this part we take a look at matching the externals in this 16mm style
Elsewhere On The Web: The Fall 2018 Edition
These 'don't miss' color grading related articles and videos are culled from 2018's 4th quarter of the weekly curated Tao Colorist Newsletter.
Is High Dynamic Range (HDR) Video Legit? Should I Invest In HDR Tech?
Team Mixing Light discusses a member question about HDR: Is here to stay and should they be investing in HDR tech?
Behind The Curtain - 16mm Style Grade Part Two
Dan picks up where he left off in this series on real time grading a music video. In part 2 we look at the noisy internal scene.