Category Archives: Toolbox

A box of tools.

Creating a real film look from digital footage

Studio Daily recently held a 70 minute webinar in partnership with Assimilate Scratch on how to create a film look from digital footage by adding a ‘film intermediate’ into the post workflow. Creating a film look The short film Curfew … Continue reading

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Even more DaVinci Resolve tutorials

Color Grading Central has four free short tutorials on color grading in DaVinci Resolve. The first is on creating a bleached by pass look, the second on how to dial extreme looks to taste, the third on how to conform … Continue reading

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Understanding how FCP X works

Comparing FCP 7 and X If you’ve been an FCP 7 editor for years, getting your head around the new layout, architecture and language of FCP X can be confusing at first. Helpfully Oliver Peters has written a decent explanation of some … Continue reading

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What does a DIT do?

With the proliferation of file based workflows essentially becoming the norm, having a DIT (Digital Image Technician) on set to wrangle data, create dailies and provide near set colour grading services is merging the boundaries between production and post. In … Continue reading

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