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BASELIGHT 5.0 – A BETTER WAY THAN LIFT/GAMMA/GAIN FOR COLOURISTS
FilmLight has announced a number of exciting details about the latest iteration of its grading system – Baselight 5.0. – which the company says is a “radical step change” in the way professional colourists add values to their projects. A plethora of new tools (50 in all) will be introduced in the new release, the most exciting… Continue reading BASELIGHT 5.0 – A BETTER WAY THAN LIFT/GAMMA/GAIN FOR COLOURISTS
TANGENT RIPPLE TAKES ITS FINAL FORM
British design house, Tangent has announced a slew of updates for the final release of its entry level, low-cost colour controller the Ripple. The announcement took place yesterday on the colourist forum Lift Gama Gain, by the company’s Technical Director Chris Rose. Rose said that after showing the Ripple’s working prototype at the 2015 IBC, the company… Continue reading TANGENT RIPPLE TAKES ITS FINAL FORM
THE FUTURE FOR ADOBE PT 2 –
INTERVIEW WITH LARS BORG
With High Dynamic Range and Wide Colour Gamut videos around the corner, never has colour science been such an integral part of the Post-Production discussions. Colour grading tools are now available to everyone, and every filmmaker is now paying attention to the ‘Look’ of their film. Editor, colourist and guest writer Julien Chichignoud caught up… Continue reading THE FUTURE FOR ADOBE PT 2 –
INTERVIEW WITH LARS BORG
BTS: GRADING TOMORROWLAND
Disney’s epic science fiction movie Tomorrowland is the first title to be released in Dolby Vision, the new projection system capable of HDR. The film’s grade was carefully undertaken by Company 3’s Stephen Nakamura, using DaVinci Resolve. After creating the D-Cinema grade, Nakamura created a new pass for the specialised Dolby Vision grade. “A lot of the Dolby… Continue reading BTS: GRADING TOMORROWLAND
GRADING WIM WENDERS
Legendary director Wim Wenders new film Every Thing Will Be Fine, starring James Franco, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Rachel McAdams, was recently graded at Arri Film & TV Services Berlin by colourist Philipp Orgassa, using DaVinci Resolve. The film, is about a novelist who accidentally kills a child, and is shot in 3D to produce a magnifying effect… Continue reading GRADING WIM WENDERS
WHAT COLOUR IS THAT TEMPERATURE?
While most of us eventually absorb enough folk wisdom to deal with colour temperature, there are some aspects of it that simply aren’t intuitive. By Andy Ciddor Why does the colour of light get cooler as the colour temperature increases? If Lee 201 Full CT Blue converts 3200K tungsten light to 5700K daylight, why do two layers of 201 (or one… Continue reading WHAT COLOUR IS THAT TEMPERATURE?
THE ANGRY FACE RAGEBOARD
It’s not often we get to show a product in pre-release, but upon hearing of the Rageboard grading console’s recent showing at IBC, we thought it was definitely something our readers would want to know about. The Rageboard is made by German company, Angry Face, which just launched its website with an eye for hand-making customised Rageboards. Angry Face say… Continue reading THE ANGRY FACE RAGEBOARD