This is a companion to the 2012 Siggraph Course, Cinematic Color: From Your Monitor to the Big Screen, presenting an introduction to the color pipelines behind modern feature-film visual-effects and animation.
It's always a good idea to stay up on this topic.
Via: Tahl Niran
Wayne Robson:
It's that time of year again... The time when I look at my current reel through finger covered eyes and cringe. That's mainly as each year, like every artist your older work doesn't live up to your current stuff. It's also means trying to get footage etc out of this last 12 months clients that I can use in my reel. now if that goes the way it usually does, then by the time they actually clear me to use it, it'll either be too late, or I'll have better stuff to use by then.
Scitech Oscar 2012 consideration list announced
By Jeff Heusser:
Beverly Hills, CA – The Scientific and Technical Awards Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that seven scientific and technical achievements have been selected for further awards consideration.
It's always good the have a look at things you never see. Thanks to these guys I'm never the smartest in the room. Love that. Always learning.
John Montgomery:
SIGGRAPH 2012 has wrapped up in LA – here’s a look at some of the further highlights of the week, with news from Side Effects, the RenderMan user group, NVIDIA, Massive, Open Source, Dreamworks, and the Weta Virtual Production session.
Mike Seymour:
SIGGRAPH 2012 started with some great sessions, and with what appears to be record numbers – certainly from just walking around and the sessions we have attended the conference is buzzing.
Employee Says He Was Fired For 'Exposing' Coke Abuse At Local Film Company
MacDonald alleges that he was terminated for calling attention to the alleged coke habit of a supervisor, who he says in court documents was nicknamed "Powder Donut Man," "Cokey the Clown, Our Fearless Leader" and "The Crinkle Club." The supervisor in question was Alex Frisch, who is best known for his visual effects work in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise.
Being fired because other peoples problems is shitty no doubt. The phrase "Bump" comes from Hollywood. People with drug problems are not limited to VFX its everywhere. This is not news.
As Mac Pro stagnates, PC workstations muscle ahead
Aurich Lawson writing for Arstechnica.com:
Like many Mac-based creative professionals, I followed this year's WWDC keynote anxiously, awaiting the "one more thing" that never came: an E5 Xeon refresh of the Mac Pro line. Its absence was brutally disappointing; thankfully, Tim Cook broke his vow of secrecy to reassure us that a new Mac Pro will arrive in 2013. But for filmmakers compressing hours of 4K footage or school labs in need of new Maya machines, that’s a long time to wait—perhaps too long. Since I was also in the market for a machine to help out with my V-Ray renders, I decided that the time had come to evaluate my alternatives. The current Westmere-based Mac Pro line is definitely out of sync with what’s available elsewhere, and it is no longer competitive from a price-to-power standpoint.
For compers the idea of GPU based blurs is great. The next major release of Nuke should have this. A 2010 MacPro isn't up to the task. The Linux box sitting across the room is. It's looking mighty fine.
Digital Domain CEO John Textor Supports VFX Trade Org
What Should Scott Ross Do? Follow up.
When was the last time you took a paid vacation? Had a sick day? Did you get July 4th off to avoid holiday pay and then work the Saturday after as a regular day or did you just work both? Did you get paid extra for either?
Some good conversation going. At some point thou we are going to have to move from conversation to action. Its the only way.
Well you’ll probably laugh but I actually think he should form his own separate labor organization. As ridiculous as that sounds, it actually is a more feasible path to attaining his goal.
Nothing is going to be perfect. Never will be.