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Whether you’re an editor, sound editor, Foley artist, compositor, VFX specialist or work in any profession related to the post-production process, this is the place to discuss, share content and offer tips and advice on your chosen craft of the business in general

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Paul Rivers
Dacinci Resolve 18

Can you suggest one great class to learn a solid "workflow" DaVinci Resolve for editing and/or VFX?

Alan Borislavov Kazandzhiev

Hello there! I suggest learning from Kullen Kelly on YouTube. The best grading content is his for sure.

Paul Rivers

Thanks Alan I will check him out.

Langley Coleman
Unreal Metauhman helmet

If you're like me and you've been dying to get into the awesome power that unreal engine 5 has recently become, then you probably have looked into facial motion capture solutions and realized that a bike helmet with a pcv pipe arm to hold your iphone can cost up to 2k! ridiculous!!! -- well a Youtub...

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JSFILMZ Mocap Helmet
JSFILMZ Mocap Helmet
https://www.amazon.com/Generic-JSFILMZ-Mocap-Helmet/dp/B0C9WN7LWD
A plastic + 3d printed mocap helmet to use in virtual production
Emily J

This is so cool! Thanks for sharing!

Geoff Hall
Why Netflix Is Using Machine Learning To Train AI To Do Match Cuts

Just when we were worried about AI replacing screenwriters, perhaps we should have been more concerned about post-production talent been replaced?

Thoughts?

https://nofilmschool.com/netflix-ai-match-cut-machine-learning?...

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Why Netflix Is Using Machine Learning To Train AI To Do Match Cuts
Why Netflix Is Using Machine Learning To Train AI To Do Match Cuts
https://nofilmschool.com/netflix-ai-match-cut-machine-learning
Will Netflix's new AI match cut program replace human editors or make us realize that AI can't do every human job?
Zerrick-Rafael Solece

Wow, this is interesting.

Niki H

My personal opinion is that everyone involved in making art should be concerned. We should all be paying attention and speaking up now, when it matters. Before our ownership and likeness rights are dissolved. Not after.

Eon C. Rambally

Zerrick-Rafael Solece, interesting indeed!!!

Eon C. Rambally

Niki H, you've presented a very important subject!!!

Geoff Hall

@Niki H preach it, Niki.

Naveen Chandran
ColorTwist - DCTL Tools for DaVinci Resolve Control Hue / Saturation / Luminance / Density Precisely!

ColorTwist is a powerful bundle of four professionally developed DCTLs that enable you to achieve stunning creative looks and film emulation by manipulating Hue / Saturation / Luminance / Density in your footage.

Whether you’re a professional colorist or a filmmaker looking to add a unique touch to y...

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Color Shift DCTLs - Color Grading Resolve DCTL tools
Color Shift DCTLs - Color Grading Resolve DCTL tools
https://nxcolor.com/
ColorTwist - Color Shift DCTLs - Color Grading Resolve DCTL tools that can help adjust Hue / Saturation / Luma / Density Precisely!
Langley Coleman

Is this like Lumetri for Resolve?

Naveen Chandran

Hello Langley, Yes, Resolve has excelling color grading capabilities built-in, this is an plugin that allows for precise color correction / grading of any particular hue/color without affecting any other parts of the image!

Sam Sokolow
Do you have an animated TV show idea that you'd like to write?

If so, one of the top animation TV writers and show runners is coming to Stage 32 to lead an 8-week lab where you will write your animated TV idea to completion. This is a rare opportunity to work one-on-one with one the best in the business to craft your script. Here's a link to you can see how the...

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Langley Coleman

Fellow Animators! only 3 spots left as of today!

Maurice Vaughan
6 Tips To Know Before Editing Your First Feature

Stephen Boyer (experienced Film & Video editor) shares some great tips about the editing process in today’s blog.

www.stage32.com/blog/6-tips-to-know-before-editing-your-first-feature-3399...

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Mike Boas

This is a great post, touching on many of the things I learned editing features as well. I just wish I had the luxury of editing while the feature was shooting! I’m usually doing art dept, or sound, or AD so I don’t get to look at the footage thoroughly till we’re done.

Maurice Vaughan

Does that happen sometimes, Mike Boas? Editing while the movie is being filmed? I thought all movies were edited after filming was done.

Mike Boas

If you read the blog post, Boyer talks about reviewing footage and doing rough edits of each day's footage as soon as possible. He's putting in long days and trying to keep up. The advantage there is...

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Mike Boas

On the narrative features I've edited, I've barely had time to look at footage until we're done. But if you can have an editor act as DIT person, that's a huge advantage. On one feature with a DIT, we...

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Maurice Vaughan

Thanks for the answer, Mike Boas. I read the blog, but it's been a week and I've read so many other things since then. It must've slipped my mind. I think it's smart to edit as you go because of what...

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Langley Coleman
New Blender Version

Hey fellow 3d and VFX geeks.

a really awesome new version of blender came out today with a lot of crazy features to make your movie magic faster and easier.

This Tik Tok can get you up to date on the new tools superfast.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8eYjssH/...

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Sam Sokolow

Very cool - thanks for sharing, Langley!

Alan Borislavov Kazandzhiev
Losing Contrast and Saturation of a show on TV screen.

Hello there. I'm Alan and for the first time in my life I work as a colorist for a TV show. I noticed that the grade on the show looks less saturated and constratie while airing on a TV. It desaturates the oranges way more than the other colors. Do some of my you the reason for this phenomenon?

David Kleve

The sensors in the camera array can only approximate what we see. I believe there a quite a few adjustments occur to get the colors to match what the eye actually does see. Film had the same issues wh...

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Lindbergh E Hollingsworth

Are you coloring to broadcast standards? That's your deliverable. Unfortunately each device - TV, smartphones, computer, tablet - can make the colors, image look slightly different. TVs have different settings which affect the image.

Langley Coleman

Alan Borislavov Kazandzhiev Every display is going to be a little different, but you can color calibrate your monitor with special equipment. I've used a Spyder before, but I understand there are bett...

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Terry Spann Jr
Narrative Post-Production Projects

Hi All!

I'm a creative that has a love for post-production. Currently, I work full-time at a production (ad) agency where we produce hundreds of videos a year.

I've been doing local work here in Charleston, SC on my own, and while I have a couple of creative projects that I'm starting to work on no...

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Lindbergh E Hollingsworth

Do look into your local city and state's film commission .... find out what filmmaking groups are in your area and get involved!

Ashley Renee Smith
Upcoming LA Meet-Up on June 15th!

Hey LA-Based Editors,

Don't miss out on the opportunity to network with other post-production professionals, filmmakers, producers, execs, financiers, DPs, screenwriters, actors, etc. at the monthly LA meet-up on June 15th! If you haven't yet, you can RSVP for the Meet-Up and receive all the updates...

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Sam Sokolow

Thanks, Ashley. Will, be a great evening to meet top with the Stage 32 community!

Geoff Hall

I wish I could be there!

Mirielen Arantes
Happy with my color-grading

I'm really happy with this color-grading work I finished for my college project. Although I had studied and tried it before, it was the first time I did a complete project.

I just wanted to share it

Maurice Vaughan

You're welcome, Mirielen Arantes. Congratulations on doing color-grading for the first time on a complete project! Is it a short film?

Ashley Renee Smith

Great job, Mirielen Arantes! Is coloring something that you're hoping to continue pursuing?

Sam Sokolow

Thanks for sharing Mirielen. I'm a novice editor who works on Premiere when I get the chance and I find color grading to be one of the more nuanced skills there is. Great work!

Bin Userkaf

Truly amazing. I adore the colors!

Niki H

Good job Mirielen! This job takes lots of practice! One of my friends is a colorist and she can watch footage and tell you who colored it. You develop skill but also a style.

Langley Coleman
Fantastic Rescource for Colorist and DPs

Hey Everyone. I recently found an awesome site for Colorists and DPs

If you remember the days before ShotDeck went live and started to charge a subscription fee, this site is a little like that

screenmusings.org Has screengrabs from a ton of awesome movies and tv shows sorted, tagged and organized by...

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Maurice Vaughan

Great share, Langley Coleman. I've used ShotDeck, but I haven't heard of Screenmusings. Thanks.

Santiago Gutiérrez

Great post, thanks!

Bin Userkaf

Thank you! I was looking for something like this today!

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