Posts Tagged ‘color grading’

Or even: why I need to stop watching the “news.” AND use a color chart. It started off innocently enough: our 17-year old traipsed down the stairs, laptop in hand, to ask us what we saw. Really? A gold and white dress. But he saw…

Color Grading Central releases Color Finale, a plugin that will make people think twice about going outside of Apple’s NLE for more sophisticated color grading alternatives. planet5D discount! We're stoked to have arranged a $20 discount for planet5D readers (regular price is $99) -- but this offer expires…

Hot on the heels of their second movie looks set, Rocket Rooster Cinema Colour, Rocket Rooster has released a great set of cinematic color presets for grading your raw movie footage in Adobe Camera Raw. The Rocket Rooster Raw Presets collection is effective, affordable and…

Filmmaker and planet5D reader Alex Beasley manages to coax 24p RAW footage out of a Canon 50D using Magic Lantern. It is not without challenges, but Alex Beasley not only shoots 24p RAW with a camera that isn’t even supposed to HAVE video (the Canon…

We've mentioned Speedlooks several times recently and they're getting rave reviews! They asked us to also let you know about their Christmas Sale going on until January 4th with a [adrotate group="6"]special planet5D bonus! LookLabs is having a Christmas sale! Beginning December 24th until January…

If I seem to be going 3D LUT crazy lately it is for a very good reason - right now I am learning to use Resolve 11 and in the process am noticing the similarities and differences between color grading movies and enhancing the color…

Swiss specialist movie software company Cineplus recently released KinoLUT, reportedly one of the best 3d look-up tables – also known as LUTs – for moviemakers wanting the orange and teal look. According to Cineplus’ John Hope, KinoLUT also offers “the best skin tones in the…

Canon C300 takes top honors, but Sony's F5/55 garners attention. Thanks to our friends over at Cinescopophilia for alerting us to the 2014 Televisual Production Technology Survey. Televisual questioned 100 executives at “leading TV, film, commercials and corporate production companies in the UK” to determine…

Knowing how influential the Canon 5D Mk II has been to so many of us, we’re delighted to share with you three items from planet5D reader and filmmaker Julien Lasseur: his new short film UNDER THE RUST, filmed entirely with a Canon 5D Mk II and…

High-end movie production hardware and software maker Blackmagic Design has now released the full version of its DaVinci Resolve 11 color grading software. Blackmagic first announced its radically revamped version 11 at NAB 2014 in April and released beta versions of Resolve 11 and Resolve…