ACES Birds of a Feather at SIGGRAPH 2019 – Presentation and video links added!
We’re planning an ACES Birds of a Feather meeting at Siggraph 2019 as part of the Open Source BoF Track being organized by the Academy Software Foundation. Session Time Tuesday, 30 July 2019 2pm – 3pmLocation Diamond Ballroom 7-10, JW Marriott Details on the program can be found on the SIGGRAPH site: https://s2019.siggraph.org/presentation/?id=bof_137&sess=sess318 The ACES presentation is part of a…
Read MoreJoin us at Cine Gear 2019 – We’ve got some fantastic speakers!
We’ve got an “All-Star” line up of experienced ACES users who will talk about their experience on ACES shows and present on topics of interest to the ACES community. This is a casual and intimate event so you’ll be able to ask questions and meet the speakers, other ACES users as well as ACES Leadership…
Read MoreFotoKem uses ACES Workflow on Universal Pictures Film “Little”
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…
Read MoreACES user Andreas Brueckl talks ACES with Post Perspective
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…
Read MoreIntroduction to ACES Video from user Andrey Lebrov (Tech Level: Low)
This is a very entertaining and easy to understand presentation of ACES created by ACES user (DP, CGI/VFX Artist) Andrey Lebrov. It includes a discussion of how he recommends to use ACES in Blackmagic Fusion, Davinci Resolve and After Effects. Thanks to Andrey…another example of the ACES community helping each other learn and grow.
Read MorePresentations from NAB 2019 Birds of a Feather Meeting 4/9/19
See bottom of this thread for materials from the meeting!! Please join us at NAB 2019 for our Birds of a Feather meeting where we’ll present some important ACES release and process announcements, as well as hold a group discussion on the ACES development roadmap…you don’t want to miss this! We’re in Room N243 which easily found…
Read MoreGood vs. bad HDRI lighting with Blender & ACES
Lighting with HDRIs and the importance of dynamic range that should (need to) be captured. Comparison of HDRIs from a Ricoh Theta-S vs. a Canon DSLR to get realistic results with Blender 2.8 Beta and ACES. https://www.toodee.de/?page_id=1309
Read MoreDumbo and ACES
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…
Read MoreAvid Technology Joins ACES Logo Program
http://www.oscars.org/news/avid-technology-joins-aces-logo-program Reprinted here for the ACESCentral Community: Academy Color Encoding System welcomes creator of Avid Media Composer nonlinear editing system as inaugural member of Editorial Finishing logo product category The Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) team and Avid® announced today that Avid has joined the ACES Logo Program as the first Product Partner in the new Editorial…
Read MoreACES and DAVINCI Webinar recording with Dado Valentic Colour.Training
I have been doing webinars for a small group of around 350 pro colorists from around the world as a way to expand on the classes I teach.It is always good to review how to actually do the work in Aces as software changes and you might be missing on some tricks. This webinar was…
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