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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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Academy at Oslo Digital Cinema Conference 2023

By Steve Tobenkin | June 20, 2023 |
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ACES Adoption Lead Steve Tobenkin, presented an update on ACES and other activities from the Academy’s Science and Technology Council at the 2023 Oslo Digital Cinema Conference in Oslo, Norway recently. In additional to ACES, Topics included the Spectral Similarity Index (SSI), the Academy Digital Preservation Forum (ADPF) and the Academy Software Foundation (ASWF). The…

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“Faulkner: The Past is Never Dead” is latest Documentary to use ACES!

By Steve Tobenkin | March 29, 2023 |
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Thanks to Jeff Sousa, Dungeon Beach and SGO for this great read and the wonderful work. See story here: https://bit.ly/3ZQkpKt

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Autodesk 3ds Max now has support for ACES and OpenColorIO

By Steve Tobenkin | March 29, 2023 |
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As announced today on ACESCentral, by Doug Walker from Autodesk: https://help.autodesk.com/view/3DSMAX/2024/ENU/?guid=GUID-BE98FEB6-5E30-4928-8C69-92F584D10CA0 1 This feature is a Technology Preview, so we’re looking forward to getting feedback to help us refine it in future releases.

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