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Slugline. Simple, elegant screenwriting.
Red Giant Color Suite, with Magic Bullet Looks 2.5 and Colorista II
Tuesday, January 9, 2007 at 2:32PM John Dickinson of Motionworks has created a handy Quick Reference Guide for what-does-what in Levels.
I confess that mastering Levels took me many years, some of which were included the occasional over-the-shoulder tutorials from the guy who invented it. So you are not wussing out if you set this image as your desktop wallpaper. Nice work John!
Tuesday, January 9, 2007 at 1:17PM Announcing Rebel Café, a forum for discussing issues related to The Guide.
There are a number of ideas in The Guide that could touch off much deeper conversations, and the blog was just starting to feel a little one-way, you know? Check it out and let me know if you think it's a good idea. I may not always be quick to respond in either venue, but at least with the Café there might be another rebel who can help you out.
(Thanks to all the readers who reported in after the last post—I gave the first few folks who emailed a sneak preview of the Café and they seemed to dig it!)
Monday, January 8, 2007 at 1:18PM If you've received your copy of The Guide, please shoot me a quick email at rebelsguide [at] gmail [dot] com. Got something I want to run by ya.
UPDATE: This message was a call for beta testers of the Rebel Café, which is now up and in full swing. So no need to email that address, just head on over to the forums and join the conversation!
Monday, January 8, 2007 at 12:54AM Mac users, read The Sad Story of PNG Gamma, and then download GammaSlamma.
In short, PNG is a potentially useful file format hampered by a well-intentioned but disasterous attempt at simple color management. But when you remove the bogus Gamma flag from a PNG file, you've got an elegant and free cross-platform lossless image format.
Windows users can aparently strip out PNG Gamma flags with PNGCRUSH.
I've tested neither of these, so please let me know if they work for you!
