Posts by Steve Tobenkin
Books and resources
Hi everybody,I’m writing my bachelor theses about ACES and I’m looking for some book or similar sources. Thanks for the helpReto Hi Reto, Thanks for your question and interest in ACES. This forum should be a great resource for you! I’m seconding your request for the ACES Community to come up with some titles/resources they…
Read MoreACES at HPA Tech Retreat 2017 – Learn more!
The ACES team will participate in the presentations, Innovation Zone and breakfast round-tables at the HPA Tech Retreat starting Feb 1, 2017. The subject for the Innovation Zone demonstrations is “New Exploration for ACES”. Since ACES adoption is growing and more studio, facility and on-set professionals are employing it in their workflows, new uses and…
Read MoreJanuary 2017 ACES Newsletter
Read it here: http://www1.oscars.org/email/aces/170130/index.html
Read MoreSMPTE Organizes Poland Chapter and Features ACES at First Meeting!
SMPTE has organized a Poland Section and the first meeting featured a presentation on ACES by Section Chairman, Kamil Rutkowski. Congrats to Kamil, Tomasz Witkowski and the rest of the group, and thanks for keeping ACES front and center in the conversation!
Read MoreACES Named One of StudioDaily’s Top 10 Stories of 2016
#5: Seven Reasons Why ACES Color Science Is Changing the Grade. It’s a real revolution in color science as the open-source Academy Color Encoding System gains traction in productions across the board. We broke down the advantages in a list of seven things readers need to know about ACES. You can read the complete story here: http://www.studiodaily.com/2016/12/studiodailys-top-10-stories-of-2016-part-two/…
Read MoreCreating an ACES Workflow (published by Digital Cinema Report)
Digital Cinema Report details the on-set to finish workflow using ACES on “Bad Santa 2”Thanks to Digital Cinema Report!You can read the entire article here:
Read MoreACES Named One of 5 Best Post-Production Tools of 2016!
Many thanks to nofilmschool.comRead the entire article here:http://nofilmschool.com/2016/12/best-post-production-tools-2016
Read MoreSMPTE Webcast: ACES 1.0 Theory and Practice
Listen to the recent Webcast for SMPTE members – generously made public by SMPTE. In this webcast, a review of current ACES terminology, color-science and workflows will be presented for both novice audiences as well as those already acquainted with pre-release ACES. Then, beginning with the author’s real-world experience, a description of an ACES use-case…
Read MoreZDNet: Digitizing the analog film process: Why is this taking so long?
From ZDNet http://www.zdnet.com/article/digitization-of-the-analog-film-process/ Digitizing the analog film process: Why is this taking so long? Digital video is a major driver of storage growth, but it has yet to fully replace film – an analog medium – in many feature films. The holdup? We’re replacing human expertise with metadata – which means defining the digital process…
Read MoreCan I use ACES logo?
Alexis asks “I have used ACES, can I use the ACES logo in Credit roller?” Hi Alexis,Great question. Right now, the only people/entities that are allowed to use the ACES logo are ACES Product Partners, who are equipment/software manufacturers who have joined a program sponsored by the Academy to insure that their inclusion of ACES…
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