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Finding the Perfect Finish for ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ 

By Steve Tobenkin | June 26, 2024 |
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Thanks to Digital Media World for this coverage of Colourist Eric Whipp working remotely with his team between LA, Toronto and Sydney to build the looks on Baselight that tell the story of the new Mad Max film, Furiosa, in ACES! https://www.digitalmediaworld.tv/post/finding-the-perfect-finish-for-furiosa-a-mad-max-saga “George likes the term ‘rolling DI’, implying a tight integration between departments so…

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HBO original series 30 Coins Season 2 finishes in ACES

By Steve Tobenkin | May 31, 2024 |
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Spanish post house La Bestia Produce relied upon an ACES color managed pipeline which provided a fresh look and eliminated the need for LUTs, facilitating more creative freedom. You can read more here. One of the main benefits of the transition to an ACES colorspace was that the colorists were able to work in the…

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BBC Crime Series ‘Vigil’, finished in ACES

By Steve Tobenkin | February 22, 2024 |
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Blazing Griffin Post’s team in Glasgow returned for post production of ‘Vigil’ season 2, delivering all aspects of picture finishing in 4K using ACES, with both SDR and HDR deliverables. Read about it here. Thanks Griffin Post and Senior Colourist Colin Brown, Director Andy De Emonny and Cinematographer Matt Wicks to Digital for the work and Media World…

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Ed Rutherford BSC uses ACES on The Eternal Daughter

By Steve Tobenkin | December 21, 2023 |
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Thanks to cinematographer, Ed Rutherford BSC and and Ron Prince, Editor of Cinematography World for their discussion of ACES use on “The Eternal Daughter”. “Employing LUTs that I created with Jodie, we reviewed the 2K and 4K scans of the S16mm and 35mm tests, and I have to say the 4K 16-bit DPX scans of…

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Apple Event shot on iPhone using ACES!

By Steve Tobenkin | November 21, 2023 |
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Apple recently held their Scary Fast Apple” event and used ACES in the production and postproduction of the event video.               Check out these links to watch the BTS and get additional info: https://www.deccanherald.com/technology/gadgets/did-you-know-apples-scary-fast-keynote-was-entirely-shot-on-iphone-2751618 https://www.avinteractive.com/markets-news/live-events/scary-fast-apple-event-shot-with-blackmagic-iphone-app-16-11-2023/ https://www.apple.com/jo/newsroom/2023/10/behind-the-scenes-at-scary-fast-apples-keynote-event-shot-on-iphone/?videoid=03ed95365e3eca79a7fb37740e84e6d1

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ACES 2.0 Features and Development/Release Schedule Announced

By Steve Tobenkin | November 20, 2023 |
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The ACES Team has released details on the projected release of ACES 2.0 to ACES Product Partners and other industry developers. They will integrate the new ACES features and release to end-users later in 2024. See details here !

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Color Management: OCIO & ACES in AE 2023 by Provideo Coalition

By Steve Tobenkin | October 30, 2023 |
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Thanks to Chris Zwar and Provideo Coalition for this article and video on ACES support in Adobe’s After Effects: This is an add on to his previous, very detailed article and video introduction to ACES:

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After Effects integration with OpenColorIO (OCIO) enables you to work natively (ACES)

By Steve Tobenkin | October 10, 2023 |
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Thanks to Adobe for publishing this guide: https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/opencolorio-aces-color-management.html

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ACES Education at Sundance Film Festival Asia 2023

By Steve Tobenkin | August 29, 2023 |
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ACES Vice chair Joachim Zell, recently lead several presentations featuring ACES at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival Asia, in Taipei, Taiwan. ACES is a global standard and continues to grow in popularity internationally. Thanks to Iris Wu (team member of the Sundance Asia) and Sundance Asia team for their support.

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Top Colorists and Manufacturers Talk Workflows – ACES is ‘Front and Center’

By Steve Tobenkin | July 24, 2023 |
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Thanks to Randi Altman and postPerspective for this long and in-depth virtual roundtable on the state of the art of color workflows. Lot of support and use of ACES throughout! Have a look:

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