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Thanks to ACES Product Partner Codex for the “shout out” on the use of ACES in this epic film! https://codex.online/casestudies/Behind-Thor-Ragnarok-the-Ultimate-Marvel-Film-of-2017

This article from HDVideoPro provides a detailed and insightful look into how the team from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 used ACES in their workflow. Be sure to comment in this thread if you have questions or thoughts about the workflow and how it was done! You can read the entire article here:

Thanks to Randi Altman’s postPerspective for profiling the boutique facility ChromaColor and their use of ACES. ACES adoption is picking up globally as facilities find ACES useful for all types of work, including documentaries! Read Randi’s article here: https://t.co/uvyDuiBHyj(Thanks to writer Sarah Priestnall too!) You can also see a partial list of productions that have used…

Hi, I’m Robbie Carman. I’m a colorist and co-founder of MixingLight.com 5 – a membership website focused on color grading training. To support the launch of ACES central we made our 3-part series on getting started with ACES in DaVinci Resolve 100% free (previously it was only available to members). You can find a link to each of…

You probably already know that ACES is not just for Hollywood films. It’s being used globally, from Canada, Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand to Poland, Russia, Turkey and dozens of other countries…you can now add UAE to the list! Behind the Scenes, a Dubai-based production house, hosted a masterclass for cinematographers with the support…

The October 2017 issue of ICG Magazine (their Workflow Issue) highlights some recent productions using ACES and discusses the upcoming work on enhancements to the next version of ACES. http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4c4843a2#/4c4843a2/66 49 Cinematographer and ICG Local 600 President Steven Poster ASC wrote this ‘forward” to the article: “This month’s issue includes an article about one of the…

https://ascmag.com/articles/steven-shaw-asc-close-up-extended-cut Fun profile of ASC Cinematographer Steven Shaw in American Cinematographer magazine! Thanks Steven for the nod to ACES: “I think the hardest part for all cinematographers now is having control and being there in the end of production. Which is why I think ACES, the Academy Color Encoding System, is going to give us…

At a luncheon at the ASC clubhouse to kick off the 2017 ICG Emerging Cinematographers Awards weekend, ACES Project Chair Annie Chang accepted the Canon Award for the Advancement of Digital Technology in Film and Television. Annie noted that she was accepting this on behalf of the ACES community and all those that have helped…

Older article that just popped up on my radar…Henry Braham BSC mentions using ACES on “Legend of Tarzan”. In this regard Braham is equally thankful for Doyle’s brilliant talents. “Peter is great at original thought, and understands the significance of preserving the look and the colour from source. He helped establish an ACES colour pipeline…

Thanks to Filmmaker Magazine for this informative article: ACES call out from Braham: “That dailies grade provides a very good idea of how the film is intended to look at the end, which is important on a film of this scale where there are so many people that need to understand the visual intent. So…