Webinar: ACES ‘101’: Standards-based Color Managed Workflows

By Steve Tobenkin | August 26, 2020 |

You can view this webinar courtesy of SMPTE below Video Index00:00 SMPTE announcements and housekeeping05:30 ACES 101 Program Start06:50 What is Color Management?19:20 What is ACES?42:30 Current and Future of ACES52:40 Panel Discussion View presentation deck We also encourage you to discuss topics presented or ask questions here: The widespread use of HDR in production…

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OpenColorIO Version 2 Updates ACES Transforms

By Steve Tobenkin | August 21, 2020 |

It’s getting easier to use OCIO and ACES together with new developments in OCIO v2 announced this week. Thanks to the OCIO team! Version 2 functionality includes a new GPU renderer, native implementation of ACES (Academy Color Encoding System), an improved user experience, and processing improvements. The developers wanted to make sure that the new…

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Webinar: ACES Panel at the ASWF Open Source Days ’20 Virtual Event

By Steve Tobenkin | August 11, 2020 |

Watch the webinar Video! Here is the presentation deck from the show: Join ACES community members including a working group chair, working group participant and ACES team members as they discuss their recent development and integration efforts. With a new development process influenced by the ASWF development model, the ACESNext efforts have included two ‘minor’…

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BBC and Hulu’s “Normal People” Finishes in ACES

By Steve Tobenkin | July 13, 2020 |

Thanks to Shoot Online for this ACES mention! Short excerpt: “The Irish love story series was directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Hettie Macdonald, with cinematography by Suzie Lavelle BSC and Kate McCullough. Gary Curran, colorist and company director at Outer Limits, who handled all postproduction, relied on an ACES workflow…” Read the full article here:…

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Tips & Tricks with senior colourist Andrea Chlebak

By Steve Tobenkin | June 8, 2020 |

Thanks to Tao of Color for highlighting this video from ACES Product Partner FilmLight. This is another in FilmLight’s ‘@Home’ series with Baselight colorists. If you’ve never seen Baselight in action, Andrea gives you a terrific look at its ‘color journey’ feature when setting up a project for ACES vs. a LUT-based workflow. Plus other…

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ACES Product Partner Pomfort and ACES 1.2

By Steve Tobenkin | June 8, 2020 |

ACES Product Partner Pomfort has early stage support for ACES 1.2 as described in this article, and as demonstrated in our recent ACES 1.2 webinar. Please note, this product has not yet earned the ACES logo, but may be of help to you in your on-set workflows and we appreciate Pomfort’s efforts to support ACES…

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Virtual Roundtable: ACES for TV/Broadcast/OTT

By Steve Tobenkin | May 6, 2020 |

Please join us for a Virtual Roundtable discussion on the topic of “ACES for TV/Broadcast/OTT”. Wednesday, May 20, 2020 10:00 am PDT (GoToMeeting instructions below) We’ve had a request to explore some possible use-cases and basic technical requirements for using ACES in live broadcasts, multi-cam shoots and other situations that were formerly described as “broadcast”…

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ACESCentral.com Gets a Makeover!

By Steve Tobenkin | May 1, 2020 |

Please note: If you have any issues logging in, please try clearing your browser cache. If you’re a ‘regular’ visitor to ACESCentral, you’re probably noticing a big change. We’ve launched this new design based on user requests and hope you find it an enjoyable user experience. The biggest ask we heard from members in the…

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