ACES at HPA Tech Retreat 2021

This was a great session and garnered lots of press mentions of ACES…here’s a couple: https://postperspective.com/2021-hpa-tech-retreat-content-in-the-cloud/?mc_cid “I set up an ACES workflow using Resolve in AWS cloud accessed via Teradici from my MacBook Pro. The virtual machine was loaded with Nvidia GPUs and CPU power, and I was able to convert 12K frames into 4K…

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Color Management Requirements for NextGen Production/Post

Join our Lunch Roundtable for a lively discussion…let’s get the relevant issues out on the table! Tuesday, March 23, 2021 1:00 pm Los Angeles time With the upcoming releases of ACES 1.3 and 2.0 now scheduled, the ACES team is beginning a longer-term planning process. Indies worldwide have embraced ACES and studios and sophisticated users…

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OpenColorIO v2 is Officially Available!

OpenColorIO is a color management solution geared towards motion picture production with an emphasis on visual effects and computer animation. It can act as a ‘gateway’ for many VFX applications that do not natively support ACES to be part of an end-to-end ACES color managed pipeline. OpenColorIO v2 is a major update and contains a…

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Making “The Life Ahead” with VENICE and ACES

Thanks to ACES Product Partner, Sony for this story about “The Life Ahead” and their use of ACES. Getting the look, on set and in post The production’s on-screen look is the direct result of a close creative collaboration between Angus, colourist Paolo Verrucci and digital workflow supervisor Francesco Giardiello. “The project was worked on…

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Join ACES at the 2020 Colorist Mixer!

This was a fun event! Here are some screenshots from the presentation: Join us at this year’s 24hr Colorist Mixer, as we sponsor ACES Vice-chair Joachim Zell sharing his expertise in a keynote covering Look Design. 00:00 Dec 13 LA 03:00 Dec 13 New York 08:00 Dec 13 London 09:00 Dec 13th Berlin 16:00 Dec…

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Brown Bag Lunch Update on ACES

December 7, 2020 • 11:30am-1:00 pm EST GoToMeeting Link It’s lunchtime at the SMPTE December 2020 TC Meetings! Join the Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) Team for an update and interactive conversation about ACES, its goals, development process and standards-based approach to color-managed workflows and future-proof deliverables. ACES now includes six SMPTE Standards and more…

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HBO “Equal” Doc Titles by Blue Spill uses ACES

Thanks to Stash Media for highlighting the Blue Spill team’s use of ACES in the title design for HBO’s new show. Another example of ACES use beyond motion pictures… Full article here “We worked on the project over a seven month period delivering, alongside the title, 48 sequences across the four episodes. Our team of…

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