June 2 – 4, 2016: cinegear (los angeles, ca)
Cine Gear Expo 2016Friday, June 3 – 10:00 – 8:00 PM (demos end at 7:00)Saturday, June 4 – 10:00 – 5:00 PM (demos end at 4:00) ACES Central presented by the Academy, ASC and ICG is the destination to learn about “all things ACES” at CineGear. It’s a presentation room on the Paramount backlot, where…
Read MoreHow Can I Add My ACES Show to IMDB and ShotOnWhat
ACES is a color management, digital file interchange and archiving system developed by and for the industry. Hundreds of leading professionals from the community, under the auspices of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences contributed to its development. ACES is a free and open system and so in keeping with that heritage and…
Read MoreMeet the Mentor: John Frith, Head of Imaging at MPC
JOHN FRITH, HEAD OF IMAGING AT MPC ANSWERS 3 QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW AND WHY THE COMPANY USES ACES IN VIRTUALLY ALL THEIR WORKFLOWS. Q: John, how are you using ACES at MPC? A: We are fully setup to support ACES at MPC and welcome any ACES based projects. We’ve worked on a number of (large)…
Read MoreARTICLE: Finding ACES – Cinematographer Brad Lipson and MTV’s “Finding Carter”
Cinematographer Brad Lipson initiates an ACES workflow for MTV’s popular new “Atlanta shot” series, Finding Carter ICG Magazine – October 2015 http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/851fc72e#/851fc72e/70
Read MoreACES Overview by Andy Maltz – IBC 2015
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’.
Read MoreCase Study – Screen Gems
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…
Read MoreACES in VFX by Sheldon Stopsack – IBC 2015
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.
Read MoreACES in VFX by Alex Fry on “The Lego Movie” – Siggraph 2015
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)
Read MoreACES in VFX by Marie Fetiveau – Siggraph 2015
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)
Read MoreACES in Post by Andy Minuth – IBC 2015
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’.
Read More