Useful Things

Here's a collection of useful documents and information for filmmaking, color grading and anything else that strikes our fancy.

Color Inspiration Board

Post Production

Color Workflow

• Example Color Day

• Color Grade Project Prep Checklist

• Prepping Edit for Color Grade

• Scaling and Roundtrip Workflows - DaVinci Resolve and Premiere

• AVID -> Resolve Roundtrip

Quicktime Gamma Issues

• Filmlight - Quicktime Colour Management video

Specs

• Netflix Parter Help Center

• Netflix Viewing Environment

• S-Log 2 & 3 White Paper

• REDWideGamutRGB & Log3G10 White Paper

• LOG levels

HDR

• Dolby Vision Post-Production

• Vimeo HDR

• YouTube HDR

• Dolby HDR Color Grading Best Practices

Tools

• Resolution / Aspect Ration Cheat Sheet

• Ratio Calculator

• Widescreen Mattes 2K, 4K, UHD

• ARRI LUT Generator

• ARRI Line & Lens Illumination Tool

• RED IPP2 Output Presets

• LTC Timecode Audio Generator

• BLITS

Delivery Specs

• Extreme Reach

Color Plug-Ins

• Video Village

  • Film Box, Scatter, Lattice, Screen

• Dehancer

• Spectra

• Film Convert

• RavenGrade

Info for the Hungry Mind

• Apple ProRes White Paper

• Apple ProRes RAW White Paper

• DNxHR Codec Data Rates

• ON COLOR SCIENCE FOR FILMMAKERS by Steve Yedlin, ASC

• WolfCrow - a great resource for filmmaking

• Film Comparison for Still Photographers

• HDR - An Introduction by Kevin Shaw

• Reflectance, Exposure & Transfer Function

• The Visual Appearance of Skin

• CG Cinematography Guide

• Film Comparison

Library Music

• APM

• FirstCom Music

• Killer Tracks

• Pond5

• The License Lab

• Audio Network

• Songs to Your Eyes

• Elias Music Library

• Pigeons and Planes

• Warner Chappell Production Music

• P+R

• LA Audio Lounge

• Coupe Studios Music

• Premium Beat

• Musicbed

• Amphibious Zoo

• Marmoset Music

• Artlist.io

Production

• ARRI Frameline Composer

• Repair a Clip from a Camera Card

Colorado Resources

Groups

• CFVA

• CFVA Production Guide

• Film in Colorado

• Women in Film and Media - Colorado

• Colorado Creative Alliance

Equipment Rental in Colorado

• MP&E

• ACamera

• Cinema Shot