Posts by Steve Tobenkin
3D Artist Magazine talks ACES for Visual Artists
Thanks to 3D Artist Magazine and Carrie Mok (Editor), Greg Barta (Author) for this coverage on the importance of ACES to the Visual Artists and the VFX community! Thanks too, to Paul Chambers for bringing it to all our attention! Check back here for more information on this coming up…! Thanks to 3D World Editor 3D Rob…
Read MoreMajor Mini-series “Vanity Fair” uses ACES
Two recent articles talk about ACES use on major mini-series “Vanity Fair”. Thanks to Technicolor London Creative Director Gary Brown for this ‘should out’ to ACES: CNET: Has the processing power required increased?Brown: Absolutely. Look at the bit depth – how much information is in the picture, like a still camera’s megapixels. Historically we would…
Read MoreSmash hit feature Crazy Rich Asians uses ACES!
Great story on the smash hit rom-com Crazy Rich Asians and how they used ACES. Notable quote: “During principal photography Černjul lit the film with the ACES LUT and Selkirk applied CDL corrections to every shot. This made their color grading sessions more efficient and gave Nakamura more time to work on creative color decisions rather…
Read MoreLMT vs “proxyLMT”
Hi, looking around the industry there are many LMTs floating around today, that were created using an alternative display rendering. Those LMTs are usually used to give the same look within the ACES pipeline (mostly for OnSet Work and VFX Previs). The problem is that most of them go through a SDR display space like…
Read MoreArtículos de ACES en español! (ACES Articles in Spanish!)
Muchas gracias a Edi Walger por traducir los siguientes artículos de ACES al español. Agradecemos sus esfuerzos para ayudar a comunicar sobre ACES a la comunidad de habla hispana. ¿Alguien más dispuesto a ayudar también? (Many thanks to Edi Walger for translating the following ACES articles into Spanish. We appreciate his efforts to help communicate…
Read MoreJoin us at Siggraph 2018!
Join us at Siggraph 2018 as we host what will be a very lively “Birds of a Feather.”We plan to present and discuss findings from dozens of meetings on what people want in the next version of ACES. It’s an open discussion and we want your voice in the conversation! We are also sponsors of the…
Read MoreNew indie horror film “Hoax” benefits from ACES – Article and video!
This is a really informative article about how ACES was used in a recent indie horror film, and shows that the sophisticated color science in ACES can help at all levels of production/post production. Many thanks to Randi Altman’s postPerspective and writer Debra Kaufman! There is an accompanying video from the colorist/post supervisorPeder Morgenthaler, that…
Read MoreACES Adds New Companies to Logo Program – June 2018
Check out this news on the ACES Logo program as reported in Post Perspective:http://postperspective.com/aces-adds-new-companies-logo-program/ ACES adds new companies to Logo Program Six new companies have been added to the ACES Logo Program. Membership in the program signals that the companies are committed to implementing ACES into their hardware and software products in conformance with program…
Read MoreASC International Cinematography Day at the Academy 2018
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hosted a contingent of over 90 cinematographers from around the world as part of the ASC International Cinematography Summit taking place this week in Hollywood. The day began with a welcome from Academy President and fellow Cinematographer John Bailey, ASC. This was followed by a presentation and…
Read MoreVisit ACES at CineGear 2018!
If you’re in Los Angeles, please visit us at the ACES space at CineGear on June 1-2 We’re in Booth T123 which is in the “Blue Tank” area…covered and air conditioned this year! We’ve set up a casual “Meet and Greet” atmosphere, with speakers, ACES users and staff available both days. ASC, ICG, VES and other ACES…
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