“Academy Sci-Tech Council Supports the Industry” Roundtable at SMPTE 2020
Join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ team and learn about some of the important projects of the Science and Technology Council, including the Academy Software Foundation (ASWF), the Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) and the Academy Spectral Similarity Index (SSI). This work is helping to support professionals in all areas of the…
Read MoreSex Education Season 2 – A Deep Dive into the End-to-End ACES Workflow
This live webinar has finished…enjoy the video! Discussion thread here. Thursday October 22, 2020 11:30a PDT/19:30 BST Join us for a lively and candid conversation with the Season 2 production and postproduction team from Netflix’s hit series Sex Education. Topics explored will include how the decision to use ACES was made, how they prepped and…
Read MoreDecoding the Academy Color Encoding System (ACES)—What Editors Need to Know
Thanks to author Jonny Elwyn and ACES Product Partner AVID for this very easy to read blog post on the imporance of ACES to editors. AVIDBlogs: Decoding the Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) – What Editors Need to Know
Read MoreAbelCine “ACES: Where Are We Now?” blog post
Thanks to AbelCine and author Geoff Smith for this thoughtful blog on ACES. We appreciate your support and look forward to helping educate the community and our mutual professional communities on “how to do ACES!” https://www.abelcine.com/articles/blog-and-knowledge/tutorials-and-guides/aces-where-are-we-now Now that ACES 1.2 is out…let’s talk about an update!! 🙂
Read MoreWebinar: ACES ‘101’: Standards-based Color Managed Workflows
You can view this webinar courtesy of SMPTE below Video Index00:00 SMPTE announcements and housekeeping05:30 ACES 101 Program Start06:50 What is Color Management?19:20 What is ACES?42:30 Current and Future of ACES52:40 Panel Discussion View presentation deck We also encourage you to discuss topics presented or ask questions here: The widespread use of HDR in production…
Read MoreOpenColorIO Version 2 Updates ACES Transforms
It’s getting easier to use OCIO and ACES together with new developments in OCIO v2 announced this week. Thanks to the OCIO team! Version 2 functionality includes a new GPU renderer, native implementation of ACES (Academy Color Encoding System), an improved user experience, and processing improvements. The developers wanted to make sure that the new…
Read MoreWebinar: ACES Panel at the ASWF Open Source Days ’20 Virtual Event
Watch the webinar Video! Here is the presentation deck from the show: Join ACES community members including a working group chair, working group participant and ACES team members as they discuss their recent development and integration efforts. With a new development process influenced by the ASWF development model, the ACESNext efforts have included two ‘minor’…
Read More“The Land of Oblivion”, Carlos Vives’ iconic album turns 25 and releases HD video (restored using ACES!)
Fun read! Colombian production company, Mestiza Films uses ACES to restore a 25 year old video from 35mm. + Technical mattersThe process was carried out using the ACES (Academy Color Encoding System) color space since the material curve was logarithmic. This allowed us to make a very good transformation to the curves and color spaces…
Read MoreNetflix docuseries “Cheer” shot on VariCam LTs and EVA1s. Uses ACES for Dolby Vision HDR finish!
Thanks to ACES Product Partner Panasonic and author Bob Matsumoto for highlighting this show and its use of ACES in post. ACES call out: “For color management, (colorist Marco) Cordero used ACES (Academy Color Encoding System), using P3-D65 ST 2084 as the Output Display Transform to make it HDR. The Dolby Vision trim tools facilitated…
Read MoreBBC and Hulu’s “Normal People” Finishes in ACES
Thanks to Shoot Online for this ACES mention! Short excerpt: “The Irish love story series was directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Hettie Macdonald, with cinematography by Suzie Lavelle BSC and Kate McCullough. Gary Curran, colorist and company director at Outer Limits, who handled all postproduction, relied on an ACES workflow…” Read the full article here:…
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