Posts by Steve Tobenkin

Thanks to VFX Voice for discussing Dumbo’s use of ACES. “Production utilized the ACES [Academy Color Encoding Specification] pipeline, which incorporated a film-emulation show LUT favored by cinematographer Davis. “The whole delivery process from the original pulls, to Pinewood Digital [for dailies], editorial and back to DI is working very well,” reports Stammers. “There are…

Thanks to ACES Product Partner The Foundry for this ACES “shout-out” on their blog and for explaining how OCIO fits in to help people use products now even if they haven’t completed their ACES integration. The Foundry is working on its ACES implementation for Nuke; and the ACES and OCIO teams are working collaboratively to tighten the integration between…

Thanks to Digital Production Magazine (based in Germany) for the great article on ACES written by Valentin Struklec. It covers overview of ACES (targeted at CG artists) with specific examples of a Nuke workflow. Available for download in English: DP1901_HDRAces_en_lowres.pdf 390 (1.6 MB) and German: DP1901_040-045_HDR-ACES_Druck_Online_small.pdf 60 (1.2 MB) Shout out to Béla Beier, Managing Director of Digital Production Magazine for…

Thanks to Netflix and authors Kylee Peña, Chris Clark, and Mike Whipple for this great article on protecting a story’s future…something we’re all passionate about! Appreciate the shout-out on ACES too.

Congrats to Curtis Clark, ASC on his recent receipt of the John A. Bonner Medallion “in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy. Barry Goch of Post Perspective interviews Curtis about some of his efforts, including being an early and strong advocate of using ACES. https://postperspective.com/category/color-grading/ Many thanks Curtis! Feel free…