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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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New Case Study for Netflix show “Smiley”

By Steve Tobenkin | March 29, 2023 |
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Use this link to find out more! https://www.sgo.es/smiley/ Thanks to SGO, Netflix and all the creatives involved!

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Eric Whipp colors George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing with Baselight and ACES

By Steve Tobenkin | January 19, 2023 |
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Thanks to Eric Whipp co-founder and senior colourist at Alter Ego in Toronto. He recently collaborated with George Miller on the Three Thousand Years of Longing (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9198364/reference/) and successfully used ACES on the Baselight from our Product Partner FilmLight! Read about the production here: https://www.tvbeurope.com/production-post/case-study-baselight-helps-george-miller-achieve-his-vision-for-three-thousand-years-of-longing

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Masterclass on Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) at IFFI (Goa Film Festival)

By Steve Tobenkin | November 25, 2022 |
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ACES Vice-chair Joachim Zell and ACES Adoption Lead Steve Tobenkin will teach a 90 minute Masterclass on the Academy Color Encoding System, at the 53rd Annual IFFI Goa Film Festival on Saturday November 26 in Goa, India. The class is expected to be streamed and posted afterwards for the community to enjoy…check back here for…

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ACES and CML host Filmmaker Panel at Camerimage 2022

By Steve Tobenkin | November 5, 2022 |
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If you’re attending Camerimage 2022 in November, please join us for what we know will be an enlightening event! “Protect your Creative Intent with ACES” An Interactive forum with ACES users, that will benefit current users and those new to ACES. In addition to the panel of filmmakers (see below, subject to availability) we will…

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SMPTE Recognizes ACES with Workflow Systems Medal

By Steve Tobenkin | November 5, 2022 |
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Representatives from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the ACES community recently attended the SMPTE Awards Gala in Hollywood. ACES Co-chair Annie Chang and the Academy’s Science and Technology Council Co-chair Paul Debevic, accepted the Workflow Systems Medal on behalf of the ACES community and all those who have helped in the…

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Bill Baggelaar Joins ACES Leadership team as Project Co-chair

By Steve Tobenkin | October 26, 2022 |
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Please welcome Bill Baggelaar (bill_baggelaar) EVP & CTO, Technology Development at Sony Pictures Entertainment as he joins Annie Chang in their new roles as Co-chairs of the ACES project. Bill is a respected technologist and leader and will help bolster the efforts to finalize, and roll-out ACES 2.0 to developers and the ACES community; as well…

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ProVideo Coalition Features ACES in Color Management Article/Video

By Steve Tobenkin | September 26, 2022 |
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Have a look at this terrific article from ProVideo Coalition: Color Management Part 12: Introducing ACES Link: https://www.provideocoalition.com/color-management-part-12-introducing-aces/ Thanks to Chris Zwar and ProVideo Coalition for this profile.

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