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Why Choose ACES: Curtis Clark, ASC

By Steve Tobenkin | May 10, 2017 |
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From the Floor of NAB 2017 Curtis Clark, ASC shares why ACES is important, especially as an enabler for HDR. If you’ve got an ACES story to tell…let us know! Message me on ACESCentral.com or email me at steve(at)letoentertainment.com

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Why Choose ACES: Hunter Hughes of Evolved Cinema

By Steve Tobenkin | May 10, 2017 |
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From the Floor of NAB 2017 director and cinematographer Hunter Hughes shares how he uses ACES on many different types of productions at his production company Evolved Cinema. If you’ve got an ACES story to tell…let us know! Message me on ACESCentral.com or email me at steve(at)letoentertainment.com

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Why Choose ACES : Colorist and DIT Bobby Maruvada

By Steve Tobenkin | May 10, 2017 |
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From the Floor of NAB 2017 colorist and DIT Bobby Maruvada shares how ACES helps him on-set and in his color suite. If you’ve got an ACES story to tell…let us know! Message me on ACESCentral.com or email me at steve(at)letoentertainment.com

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SMPTE Webcast: ACES 1.0 Theory and Practice

By Steve Tobenkin | December 27, 2016 |
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Listen to the recent Webcast for SMPTE members – generously made public by SMPTE. In this webcast, a review of current ACES terminology, color-science and workflows will be presented for both novice audiences as well as those already acquainted with pre-release ACES. Then, beginning with the author’s real-world experience, a description of an ACES use-case…

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ACES Overview by Andy Maltz – IBC 2015

By Steve Tobenkin | May 1, 2016 |
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Andy Maltz, Managing Director, Science and Technology Council, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, presents an overview including ‘what is ACES’, ‘why was it developed’ and ‘how can you benefit’.

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Case Study – Screen Gems

By Steve Tobenkin | May 1, 2016 |
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Screen Gems President of Physical Production Glenn Gainor describes why Screen Gems has integrated ACES into the on-set, vfx, post and archiving workflow of all their motion picture productions. Editor Shelly Westerman describes the benefits and ease of using ACES on “The Wedding Ringer” and “About Last Night”. Alex Forsythe, Staff Technical Lead on the…

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ACES in VFX by Sheldon Stopsack – IBC 2015

By Steve Tobenkin | May 1, 2016 |
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Sheldon Stopsack, VFX Supervisor at MPC details the company’s use of pre-release versions and the production-ready ACES 1.0. He explains the benefits and tells why MPC is using ACES company-wide to manage it’s assets, even on non-ACES shows.

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ACES in VFX by Alex Fry on “The Lego Movie” – Siggraph 2015

By Steve Tobenkin | May 1, 2016 |
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Alex Fry, compositing & colour pipeline supervisor details the benefits of using ACES and how he used a pre-release version of ACES on “The Lego Movie”(tech level: med)

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ACES in VFX by Marie Fetiveau – Siggraph 2015

By Steve Tobenkin | May 1, 2016 |
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Marie Fetiveau, R&D engineer and pipeline technical director, Rodeo FX talks about how effects house Rodeo works with ACES and shares her solution for including Photoshop in a color pipeline managed by ACES.(tech level: med)

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ACES in Post by Andy Minuth – IBC 2015

By Steve Tobenkin | May 1, 2016 |
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Andy Minuth, Lead Colorist, 1000 Volt, Istanbul talks about how ACES allows a colorist to minimize initial color matching and focus on the ‘creative work’.

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