Music video shot and produced as a collaborative effort amongst friends featuring Jeremiah Dunlap of Northern Colors. Credits to follow. I was tasked with color correcting or color grading Pretty Little World and wanted to try out the new color tools in Final Cut Pro X. Read more about the tools I used…

Bryce Olson is a 15 year old up and comer. This is only his first serious attempt at filmmaking and he’s already showing promise. I was impressed by his attention to detail and showing visuals that support the story, (something that is often forgotten about). Rather than writing this young lad off, I’m sharing it with you so please “like” it or share feedback by commenting on his YouTube video!

I have launched my new website dedicated to color grading. You’ll find color grading tutorials and grade presets. Check it out after the break.

Get access to Aaron Sorensen’s really cool Ignition Pack. Aaron is a really good friend of mine and really gifted visual effects artist. He can not only pull off the technical but the artistic most importantly. What’s even cooler is that fact that he’s opened up his latest visual effects creation for download. And what better video to add these effects to then the super talented Devin Graham’s “Homemade Fireworks – Great balls of fire” video ! Imagine how his Ignition Pack will look on your project. Check out his FREE Small Ignition (3 Pack) after the break…

As a colorist I’ve had a great interest in what would become of Apple Color. Though its fate is still not known. I thought that upon first launching FCP X for the first time I would do some digging around with its color correction tools. In terms of workflow I have to say that it is better and more intuitive than FCP 7’s 3 Way Color Corrector as it incorporates similar approach to Apple Color’s hsl curves/lines found in the secondary room for hue, saturation and luma adjustments. Read more…

Just purchased FCP X from the App store for $299 and I’m waiting for the download to finish. It’s about a 20 minute download on my connection and its 1.43 Gb in size. It appears (unless of course there’s a later release but I wouldn’t count on it) Apple Color and Soundtrack Pro have been implemented within the FXP X framework but time will only tell and we can only expect speculation. Looking forward to diving into and testing it out. Will post updates from my testing.

I created my first set of film burns (FREE one’s) as an answer to achieving that vintage accent look of Indie film. Washes of color and light mesmerized me and I thought to myself how can I “bottle” up that effect? So I set out experimenting and created the free set that I now gift to you. My passion for film burns and light leaks didn’t stop there though and I continued to study different concepts of light, color and shape; refined the techniques I was using to create my LUSTER film burns and light leaks…. They are now available for the first time for download. Today only $39 with Promo Code “planet5d”

Friend to digital cinema foundry Patrick Lawler and often featured on dcf has just completed his 2011 demo reel. There is a lot of power in a demo reel. Read on…

Submitted by Mike Pecci complete with behind the scenes video, you may recognize the film burns in the video compliments of digital cinema foundry. Read on…

From the album “Chasing After Shadows… Living with the Ghosts”

This one is just fun!

Talented friend, cinematographer and BYU grad Devin Graham is living the dream producing creative videos in Hawaii all the while getting paid for it. Read on…

Shot as a part of the campaign for the National Museum of Hip Hop. Shot with a Canon 5D Mark II and Canon & Nikon Glass. Submitted by Ruben Late. Read on…

The official video for Clapton Fox’s “Scan Brown Mink”. The promo was shot in Dalston, East London on the Canon EOS 7D using the Canon EF 50mm f/1.2 L and Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L lenses. Submitted by: Ben Lankester

A feature film directed, produced and edited by Evan Kaufmann and his wonderful group of colleagues this past summer in St. Thomas, USVI. Incredible talent on this island and the perfect setting for this type of drama. Super, super, super low budget and shot entirely with the Canon 5D Mark II DSLR.