An exceptional price/quality ratio PC screen!

4 important specifications cached my attention:

• IPS screen with wide viewing angle
• 100% sRGB color gamut spectrum coverage
• Flicker free
• Blue light filter

Out of the box the screen came well calibrated, with a small Delta-E variation of color. After a manual calibration, it approaches perfection (except for the typical brighter black of IPS screens).

The "Flicker Free" and "Blue Light Filter" functions are very important for the eyes, especially for long working periods of time in front of the computer. I did not encounter problems related to ghosting or clouding, the image uniformity of my sample being impeccable. It doesn’t make much sense to comment much about IPS technology, whoever is interested in image editing, knows why to choose an IPS screen in favor of other technologies on the market.

The screen is elegant, with thin edges on the side and top and the construction is made of good quality plastic. The foot is made of metal and offers an inclination from -5 to 20 degrees.

In conclusion, for my needs (image editing) it’s an excellent screen at a very decent price. I recommend it with confidence!

I've created over 2000 tracks of original music and sounds that you are welcome to freely use in your projects. All I ask is to be attributed as indicated on my website:

https://soundimage.org/

I sincerely hope some of my efforts are helpful! :-)

Formerly, the app had a limit on free "Organizations" of five people and some integration functionality.

The new paywall will put a limit of 500 "items" on free orgs across any workspace or module, after what the accounts will enter in edit only mode and effectively locked out of data in 30 days.

The rule will apply to new accounts from January 3 and existing accounts from January 19, as per email notice.

https://help.podio.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360034170732-Upcoming-Changes-to-Podio-Free?utm_campaign=2018-12-19-Podio-Free-Changes

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direct DL link WINDOWS - https://dl.google.com/edgedl/photos/nikcollection-full-1.2.11.exe

direct DL link MAC - https://dl.google.com/edgedl/photos/nikcollection-full-1.2.11.dmg

 
For anyone interested my experience is that Dfine is all around an excellent denoiser, newest topaz DN6 probably the best (also more time consuming) close followed by noiseware. Silvereffex is nice too, silkier than almighty tonality street dog. Sharpener Pro is also alright, mix (lighten and darken layers) to lessen effect, good clarity, you can configure it (well all of them) to go into new layer with mask (plink!) quick stuff. Color Effex has a ton of options and the legendary U-points (glub glub), useful if you invest some time, explore the myriad effects and combinations and end up creating some recipes, like sardines stuffed with mozzarella and heroin; used to be my post digi-darkroom, today's alien. Analog effex's also fun, for crazier moods. Skip Vivezza and specially HDR Effex, very bad. This suite used to be hundreds of petrodolars, probably google decided on dumping it (not cost effective) and thus the grandiloquence gest (prrrfff), enjoy =)
 

https://www.google.com/nikcollection/

 
Some good introductions by Northlight Images

Silver Efex Pro
http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/reviews/plugins/silver_efex_2.html

Sharpener
http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/reviews/plugins/sharpening_nik3.html

Viveza
http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/reviews/plugins/viveza-2.html

Color Efex filters
http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/reviews/plugins/color-efex-pro4.html

Noise
http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/reviews/plugins/dfine_2.html

 
 

 
Mind you some things: when you save the image in standalone mode it will overwrite the original, so better make a copy beforehand. In Dfine the more manual noise's patches you select the better the results, BIG difference, it's also worth tweaking the advanced controls. Whenever I say u-point I mean control points, I'm used that way; these points behave a bit like add or/and subtract circular gradients' masks (with selectable ratio/size and transparency/power) but they also are very sensitive to where they're placed, a bit like a spot light (mimicking a 3D behaviour) within the confinement of a 2 space. When you save a recipe, U-points are not saved with it... basically there's no way of creating a U-point "memory". You can export your recipes and backed them up, shared them, etc. Also U-points behave differently depending on filter, e.g. in Pro-contrast the effect is not activated unless you create either "+" or "-" u-points. I found to be useful to mark the favourite effects (yellow star) so they're easier to locate. If there is something you'd like to apply to a video, you can save a recipe (as long as there are no vignetes, sharpening, etc. only luma and chroma tweaks without masks), convert Davinci's base trim_lut0.dpx to png or tif, apply your recipe and then create an timeline with the file and extract the grade's LUT in Resolve =)
 

41 free presets for PVs

Finally, attached are 41 presets - the ones managed to find - I created on CE long time ago; plus a couple charts for testing. You've got to understand that many of them were developed working on some specific look/batch/context/experience, plenty of times directly with unrefined (no time to cut baby's nails man?!!) base image, sometimes darker, sometimes brighter, more constrasty, more bland, etc. etc. Most if not all are meant to be used together with U-points, otherwise pretty useless; for instance I recurred a lot to the glow effect, but the reality was that more often than not with just u-points to very specific areas, as I mentioned before it's silly but there's no way to save those u-points. Hierarchy of effects' stack can also be changed and thus plenty more variations are possible.

To import the presets, see here - http://flypapertextures.com/installing-nik-presets/ - they'll live in /Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/Google/Color\ Efex\ Pro\ 4/ImportedPresets folder on a mac. CE has a semi-hidden history tab too.

 
List of package contents:

CH_01_test_zega_chart_sRGB.jpg
CH_02_Pixl_Cmnet_Pro_Ver9_04.jpg
README.txt
m__07_V&T.np
m__BREAD_01.np
m__CHUCHO.np
m__CHUCHO_02.np
m__CHUCHO_BAN.np
m__CHUCHO_BAN_night.np
m__EXTRACTOR_01.np
m__EXTRACTOR_02.np
m__FSWL.np
m__Fuji-400H_Bernard.np
m__GRAIN_obscur.np
m__HDR_meltiness_01.np
m__JJ-01.np
m__LMV - 01.np
m__LMV - 02.np
m__LMV - 03.np
m__LMV - 04.np
m__PORTA_grain.np
m__PORTRA-VC_sweetness.np
m__PORTRA_grain-desat.np
m__P_nightkiss.np
m__P_oldemoc.np
m__P_oldemoc_02.np
m__P_sunbath.np
m__beby_softness_01.np
m__child_portrait_01.np
m__crakeleur.np
m__doble-ass.np
m__doggy-madness.np
m__escuelita_01.np
m__escuelita_truck.np
m__faded_01.np
m__faded_02.np
m__galerio_01.np
m__galerio_02.np
m__horizon_pan.np
m__naked-red.np
m__portraiture_SOFT.np
m__possibleHDAR.np
m__sunarice.np

 
       Enjoy
 

I put together some stuff that either workarounds some of mac OS problems/limitations or makes specific tasks easier.
Your most welcome to add your own

01 Afloat

 
I wanted DigitalColor Meter to remain on top of all windows as is very anoying to have to call for the app to see/copy values.
This is the solution I found: afloat • case you want to I attached SIMBIL 0.9.9 and this Afloat direct download link HERE should work. BIG thanks to Chris Van Patten

 

 
See in the screen grab below how DCM it is not active as safari was selected and yet it remains floating on top, like a good girl ;-)
 

It works with many (not all) applications including finder itself, below's another example
FYI with multi-window apps, i.e stickies, IF you decide to pin one window to the desktop, you'll have to circle through (finder then stickies) to then select window from the menu, be sure that the correct sticky is selected and then adjust effects, that'll make dialog desapear. Have a look at guide that comes with afloat installer as there are shortcuts for almost everything. The "Make this window an overlay" (clicks fall through) and "Make it opaque while I'm working with it" options are also useful

Now, if you like it and use it, maybe you could spare some change so the guy can buy flowers #1 to his girlfriend =)

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If you are a dye hard freedom-to-the-flowers supporter, change that for condoms
 
FHD SOC frame grab fresh from today
Hybrid to proRES422 (my own tweakings) FHD frame grab

Another 1:1 crop. SOC and passed through conversion only, absolutely no grade or other tweak outside hybrid and karl's ffmpeg downscale script!

A little stress workflow test with a mix of hybrid and Karl's 4k to FHD script conversions.
BTW I asked Selur - with @Karl 's permission and approval, thanks man! - if he would consider implementing Karl's script. He's probably thinking about it or writing poetry for his beloved one, you never know ,-)

Here's a general feature list:

•   extensive ability to configure x264s setting (with dependency checks)  
•   ability to configure x265s setting  
•   tagging support for mkv/mp4/mov  
•   chapter support for mkv/mp4/Blu-ray  
•   subtitle suppot for mkv/mp4/Blu-ray  
•   separated audio-, video-, filter profiles, audio&video combi profiles  
•   an integrated bitrate calculator  
•   accepts vc-1 and avc raw input  
•   manual&automatic creation&pass-through of chapters  
•   ability to encode single title/chapters  
•   a job-control  
•   aac/mp3/ac3/ogg/flac/dts/pcm audio encoding with dcaenc/mencoder/ffmpeg/aften and different aac encoders  
•   supported aac encoders: qaac, fdk, faac, fhg, neroaacenc, vo-aacenc  
•   filtering through mencoder (+ some resize automation) or avisynth if the 'avisynth extension' is used  
•   acceptable Input: avs and everything that mplayer/ffmpeg can decode  
•   supported video output formats: MPEG-4 ASP (Xvid), MPEG-4 AVC (x264, qsvencc), VP8/VP9 (vpxenc), ProRes (ffmpeg), MPEG-4 HEVC (x265, kvazaar, DivX265), FFV1 (ffmpeg), UT video (ffmpeg), FFvHuff (ffmpeg)  
•   supported audio output formats: dts, ac3, ogg vorbis, mp3, aac, flac, pcm, opus, pass-through  
•   supported containers: mov/mp4/mkv/m2ts/webm/avi, Blu-ray or a AVCHD structure  
•   audio/video pass-through -> can be used for muxing, tagging, chapter editing  
•   a lot of option to automate stuff  

Filmmakers from across the world are challenged to write, shoot and edit a film no longer than 5 minutes in length in just 60 hours. The challenge is free to enter and teams can register online (www.60hourfilmchallenge.com) until the 31st August.

The challenge begins on Friday 1st September at 9pm (UK Time). Teams will receive an e-mail containing a title, line of dialogue and prop/action they must include in their films. Each team has to make their films over the weekend (1st-4th September) and upload their final films to our Vimeo group no later than Monday 4th 9am (UK Time). The shortlisted films will be screened and the winners announced at Colchester Film Festival on Saturday 4th November.

The challenge will be judged by our expert panel, directors Olly Blackburn (Donkey Punch), Tom Geens (Couple in a Hole), The Blaine Brothers (Nina Forever) and producer Jennifer Handorf (Prevenge).

Entering the challenge is a great way to get noticed, films from the challenge have gone on to feature at festivals around the world. Rob McLellan’s 2012 entry ‘Love and All That’ went onto inspire MGM’s feature film ‘Abe’, which is currently in pre-production.

Winning teams will receive over £10,000 worth of prizes which have kindly been donated from: Adobe, AKM Music, Beachtek, BlueStarProducts, Boris FX, Boxx TV Ltd, Cartoni, Cinedeck, Contour Design, Daz 3D, EditShare, FilmConvert, Filmstro, FXGuide, IndieFlix, Lenspen, Logickeyboard, Loopmasters, MindShift Gear, Musicbed, Peli, PowerProduction Software, ProMediaGear, RØDE Microphones, Snapperstuff, Spiffy Gear, Stan Winston School of Character Arts, Toon Boom Animation, Vid-Atlantic and Vocas Systems.

60hrFilm

Website: http://www.60hourfilmchallenge.com
Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/60hrFilm
Facebook : @colchesterfilmfestival
Twitter: @ColFilmFestival
Instagram: @colfilmfest

There are a couple features I wanted to highlight as I think they're pretty great, especially on something you run in a web browser

• Rich text editing
• Mirroring (horizontal and vertical)
• Dual-screen capable - this gives you the ability to have an operator and a talent screen
• Configurable shortcuts (keyboard / control surface / presentation remote)
• Save unlimited scripts in the cloud
• Access on any device - web, tablet or smartphone
• Fully offline capable - once you load it, you can run it in the field without an internet connection

These are just some and more features will come as more people tell me what they need. I want this to be the best web-based teleprompter solution out there and you can help make that happen!

You can sign up for the beta right now which will give you at least 90 days access to the full EasyPrompter Pro in exchange for your feedback.

You can sign up at https://www.easyprompter.com/beta

Thank you!

His 360VR Toolbox used to sell for over $1,000. If you produce or are thinking of making 360 videos then this is a great pack of plugins.

 
Here the Editor Essentials

https://fxfactory.com/info/editoressentials/

 
and a cute SG

 
Source: http://www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/articles/1956-tim-dashwood-joins-apple-all-of-his-plugin-products-are-now-free

If you're like Vitaliy you'll probably have some sort of collection of scanned grain, flares, leaks, wipes, transitions, layers' skulls, effects and so on. Though not in every an each project, these resources, can be handy in some situations.

 
Projection Films has a nice set of these in FHD and 4K flavours. Many ( the ones in the folders) are FHD proRes. The files are licensed by Tim Clague under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

 
It takes quite some time to download ALL of them. I left a 4.77GB zip file at mega ( use any browser but safari) case you don't want to go through the hassle. If you find them usefull consider donating to Tim >> http://projectorfilms.blogspot.pt/p/free-hd-downloads.html http://projectorfilms.blogspot.pt/p/free-4k-light-leaks.html

PROJECTOR_FILMS' free light leak and lens flare - DL 4.77GB Mega

  Some other sources for free "GRAIN" - https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/10-free-film-grains-for-video-editors/

http://www.openshot.org/features/

A lot of people been waiting a very long time for 2.0 to release and this year.

Installers for Linux, Windows and Mac

I have many recorded songs that I would love for people to use. In addition, I am not opposed to writing and recording music specifically about a topic someone would request or specifically to suit a certain artistic feel. Most likely most people will simply post music here that people can apply to their movies as they see fit.

I would suggest that anyone who uses songs posted here should give credit to the artist, and that if the motion picture that uses these songs should happen to blow up and make a bunch of money, then there should be some reasonable expectation that a deal should be worked out between musician and movie maker.

I am also not clear as to what the best storage method should be for songs. Nearly all the songs I have recorded are in .wav format and would require a fair amount of space to store. It would also be nice to find a place to store .mp3's of the tracks so that people can listen to them and decide if they want to use the .wav.

Also, this topic can be used as a place to discuss best audio formats for motion picture. I almost feel like this should be a category because there are many sub topics I could see branch off.

Note 1. Bandcamp provides a HTML code that supposedly creates a player. The player does not seem to function on this site. Bandcamp does allow for high quality .wav storage and download, and allows you to set it up so that people can download for free, or name what they want to pay which includes 0.

Natron

Thanks to @czarek for heads up on this "thing" called Natron.
Actually in version 1.2.1 and beta v2, it comes bundled with lots of useful plugins and features and there's some more you can throw in for free, like the TuttleOFXs. If you're doing frequent or/and complex composite work and want a FREE node based workflow solution, check this baby out, it's a clone of Nuke... for more adventurous, less purchasing power people with loads of work :P

It is not by any means my "area", so other people can take over the thread and give better and knowledgeable answers and advice.
I can only say that I'm really enjoying the experience, cheers =)

Natron forum - https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/natron-vfx

 
 
MERCI BEAUCOUP à Alexandre Gauthier-Foichat et Fréderic Devernay
and all people contributing to this project

Their other stuff - ClipToolz Monocle | ClipToolz Convert | ClipToolz fourK | ClipToolz Thumbs - is worth checking also.

http://www.cliptoolz.com/colorFeatures.html

 
Download Links:
                             WIN 64                                  WIN 32

 
gashô

More informations here: http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?322805-Compositor-Addon-3D-LUT-Editor

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I have a mint Olympus 12mm f2, Panasonic 25mm f1.4, and Olympus 45mm f1.8. All lenses include caps. The 12mm has a ND filter, that can fit the 25mm too. The 45mm has a ND filter and a lens hood.

I am willing to meet locally in LA, too.

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So Assimilate has released this free player called Scratch Play for both PC and mac and I must say it is really a mighty and useful one.

FORMATS natively supported

and PLAYBACK

AUDIO abilities

COLOR, now here's where starts to shine

MONITORING

and best for last EXPORT

Cutting long tables short, or not, you can watch (and listen) footage of almost everything, with metadata and SCOPES, LUTs and whatnot. You can compare between 2 clips, same clip at different time, sizes, with different colour settings/grades applied, different color spaces, LUTs, source mode mapping (Lin to Log, viceversa and Lin/sRGB, Log/Filmm Rec 709, Wide Gamut, etc. you can even load yours), 8, 10 and 16 bitdeph, different frame rate/speed (from 0.1 to 199), with different frame size or aspect, offset, with guidelines (2:35, 1:85, etc.), crop marks, color full range and gamma, timecode and 3D baby jesus snorting coke LUT if that's your thing. Here's another cool feature: you can export your LUTs. You can visualize RGB channels plus luminance or alpha only. It supports dual monitoring, makes fullscreen either in single or compare clip mode, you can completely fade borders, guides, etc. Scopes can be transparent or solid, has dedicate snapshot button, a magnifier... for sorting buggers :P and pressing tab (on mac) hides panels.

Now the "drawbacks" it is free with little stupid adds, you'll need a fairly decent powerhourse for all-in smooth performance, you may, just may like it.

gashô

Dr. Jason A. Freeman

Learn to make music with digital audio workstation software, understand the theory and history behind music production tools, and write your own computer programs to make new music and sounds.

https://www.coursera.org/course/musictech

Introduction to Music Production

Loudon Stearns

Learn about the music production process—including recording, editing, and mixing—and the tools available to you to create contemporary music on your computer.

https://www.coursera.org/course/musicproduction

Introduction to Digital Sound Design

Steve Everett

Sounds and music are embedded in almost every aspect of daily life. This course will provide an overview of the fundamental principles of sound and the factors that determine our audio perception. It will also explore techniques of recording, mixing, processing, synthesis, sampling, analysis, and editing of digital audio.

https://www.coursera.org/course/digitalsounddesign

Fundamentals of Audio and Music Engineering: Part 1 Musical Sound & Electronics

Robert Clark and Mark Bocko

In this course students learn the basic concepts of acoustics and electronics and how they can applied to understand musical sound and make music with electronic instruments. Topics include: sound waves, musical sound, basic electronics, and applications of these basic principles in amplifiers and speaker design.

https://www.coursera.org/course/audiomusicengpart1

Below you can find some scaled down example shots of what you can expect from this collection:

You will find all textures on this website:

http://stocks.rene-henrich.de

There even is a full archive for you to download (2GB!!).

I'm sure some of you here could find a good use for these :)

:)