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Thanks to ACES Product Partner FilmLight and their many colorists who are using ACES! Some notable ACES highlights from the most recent FilmLight newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/filmlight/ypgvly0u9f-914361?e=ad5ce7886b Andrea Chlebak Senior Colourist at Deluxe Entertainment Services (Encore Hollywood and EFilm) Andrea has worked on upwards of 19 ACES projects from big budget movies like “Chappie” and “Elysium” to TV pilots,…

Check out this article on the Bi-Coastal ACES workflow on the film “Little.” The DI and the film conform happened concurrently, with colorist Alastor Arnold and cinematographer) Greg Gardiner working together daily. “We had a full ACES pipeline, with high dynamic range and high bit rate, which both Greg and I liked,” Arnold says. “The…

Thanks to Post Perspective, Randi Altman and writer Debra Kaufman for this profile of ACES user, Sr. Colorist Andreas Brueckl. Andreas is currently based in India and his story highlights that ACES adoption is a global phenomenon! Worth another look…thanks to post perspective for featuring this article in their A Look Back at the Best of…

Thanks to VFX Voice for discussing Dumbo’s use of ACES. “Production utilized the ACES [Academy Color Encoding Specification] pipeline, which incorporated a film-emulation show LUT favored by cinematographer Davis. “The whole delivery process from the original pulls, to Pinewood Digital [for dailies], editorial and back to DI is working very well,” reports Stammers. “There are…

Thanks to ACES Product Partner The Foundry for this ACES “shout-out” on their blog and for explaining how OCIO fits in to help people use products now even if they haven’t completed their ACES integration. The Foundry is working on its ACES implementation for Nuke; and the ACES and OCIO teams are working collaboratively to tighten the integration between…

Thanks to Digital Production Magazine (based in Germany) for the great article on ACES written by Valentin Struklec. It covers overview of ACES (targeted at CG artists) with specific examples of a Nuke workflow. Available for download in English: DP1901_HDRAces_en_lowres.pdf 390 (1.6 MB) and German: DP1901_040-045_HDR-ACES_Druck_Online_small.pdf 60 (1.2 MB) Shout out to Béla Beier, Managing Director of Digital Production Magazine for…

Thanks to Netflix and authors Kylee Peña, Chris Clark, and Mike Whipple for this great article on protecting a story’s future…something we’re all passionate about! Appreciate the shout-out on ACES too.

Congrats to Curtis Clark, ASC on his recent receipt of the John A. Bonner Medallion “in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy. Barry Goch of Post Perspective interviews Curtis about some of his efforts, including being an early and strong advocate of using ACES. https://postperspective.com/category/color-grading/ Many thanks Curtis! Feel free…

Great progress for ACES in the archive… The recent SMPTE Plugfest featured the successful creation of SMPTE ST 2067-50:2018 (IMF Application #5) packages, which are intended for the delivery, exchange and archival of uncompressed Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) image essence. View at the article at: