An Interview With 30-Year Veteran Gaffer Rick Kalivoda
Rick Kalivoda, a 30-year gaffer and on-set veteran, talks about his craft in executing the vision of the DP and the emergence of LED lighting.
Interviewing The Production Designer & Art Director For ‘The Bear’
Vincent Taylor chats with Emmy-nominated Production Designer and the Art Director of 'The Bear' on career, collaboration, food, & lighting.
15 minutes with Color Scientist Matthew Tomlinson
The Color Timer podcast discovers what a color scientist actually does, why they are a colorist's best friend and how to shepherd a show look.
Office Hours LIVE! Color pipelines, Gamma & Remote Live-Review
Our Contributors answer tough member questions on color management issues, mastering gamma, and affordable remote live review solutions.
Talking Dailies Colour Grading With Colourist Fergus Hally CSI
Kali Bateman CSI interviews Australia's renowned colourist Fergus Hally CSI on colour grading and delivering dailies for major feature films.
What Type of Dailies Is Right For Your Production?
Creating dailies seems simple - but professionals break them down into several varietals. In this Insight, you'll learn the key differences!
Charting Gamma Curves, REC-709a, Premiere 2022 Color Management
Team Mixing Light, and members, discuss Log Gamma curves, revisit Rec-709a, Premiere Pro 2022's color management, and declining job offers.
Evaluating Skin Tones, Working With Drone Footage, Grading On Laptops
Team Mixing Light helps our members work through confidence problems color grading skin tones, drones, and laptop displays in a live call.
CDLs in Action and Roundtripping Through DaVinci Resolve
Learn how to create, export, and import ASC-CDL compliant color grades using DaVinci Resolve. Plus tips and tricks with CDL data.
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.
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.
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.
How To Sync Double-System Sound In Silverstack XT & LAB
Take charge of all the audio sync functions from inside of Silverstack XT and LAB! Learn manual and automatic double-system sound sync.
Learning Silverstack Part 4: On-Set Color Management
Silverstack is much more than just for downloading. Learn how to use its in-built color correction tools and management system to enhance the previsualization process and to visually communicate the DP's ideas from on-set color to post.
Learning Silverstack Part 3: The Offload Wizard
Colorist & DIT Ryan Nguyen continues his series on Pomfort's Silverstack with a deep dive on the Offload Wizard. Including saving and managing offload templates, using wildcards to create custom offload directories and evaluating download progress in the Jobs Sheet page.
Learning Silverstack Part 2: Overcoming the User Interface
In this second insight of a series with Pomfort Silverstack, you take a first-contact look at the user interface to overcome the initial fear of learning a new software. Explore the various layouts and workspaces available to better understand how you navigate the program.
Being Flexible As A DIT: The Always Evolving DIT Cart
We all know that a good cart is essential to a DIT's kit. But what if there is no room for your cart? What options do you have when size becomes a cause for concern? Get a list of differently-sized DIT Carts for odd situations.
Getting Started with Pomfort's Silverstack On-Set Software
In Part 1 of this series, get an overview of Pomfort's Silverstack, its various versions, and subscriptions; plus learn the difference between Digital Imaging Technician (DIT) and Digital Loader.
DIT Essentials: Metadata, Transcoding & Verifying Your Camera Files
Get a tour of essential software a DIT uses on-set to execute the important tasks of handling (and handing-off) metadata, playback of clips and transcoding.
What Are The Key Elements Of An On-Set Color Correction Cart?
Rich Roddman C.S.I. shows how he sets up his Cart for on-set color correction... and the thinking behind his choices.Part 4 of a DIT series.
Essential Software for On-Set Data Downloading of Camera Cards
Does it matter if the director, actors or cinematographer are awesome - if the camera data is corrupt or lost? Tools for DIT happiness...