ACES, HDR and Creative Flexibility During a pandemic for Amazon’s Show “Unfortunate Stories”
SGO (an ACES Product Partner) has announced an exclusive online event: ACES, HDR and Creative Flexibility During a Pandemic for Amazon’s Show “Unfortunate Stories” taking place on Thursday, 18 March 2021 at 7 PM (Madrid time, 10 AM Los Angeles time)
Read MoreOpenColorIO 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…
Read MoreMaking “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…
Read MoreJoin 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…
Read MoreBrown 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…
Read MoreCamerimage 2020 Session – Shining a Light on “His Dark Materials”
Thanks to Camerimage and panelists for presenting this session about ACES workflow for “His Dark Materials” SE2. This panel session explores the ACES workflow from pre-production through grade for the much-loved BBC and HBO fantasy series, His Dark Materials, Season 2 shot 6K Full Frame on the Sony VENICE with Zeiss Supreme Lenses for a…
Read MoreAmazon Prime show “Historias Lamentables” uses ACES
Thanks to ACES Product Partner, SGO for highlighting this recent use of ACES on the streaming show “Historias Lamentables”.
Read MoreHBO “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…
Read More“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…
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