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Zone LAB for Resolve: Ansel Adams and even more zones
7+ hour, 43+ min ago (438+ words) If you want to hear it in Rap-Form, here is a Video about the Plugin (Hopefully Gen AI, but we wouldn't put it past low-level proto gangstas to do it). Zone LAB includes a 21 zone exposure map with a false…...
Hi Phy Engine wants clean sims in Blender
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (694+ words) For those who don't know the tool: Hi Phy Engine LLC plugs into Blender as a Python addon, then runs sims through its own solver and returns results to the timeline. Think character sim prep, cloth, Rigid Body, sand, snow,…...
Shader Error Light Painter paints light in Blender
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (941+ words) For those who don't know the tool: Light Painter is a Blender add-on for lighting lookdev that paints onto a light texture in Cycles using Spot or Area lights, right in the viewport. For sharper painting while you work, keeping…...
Adobe brings Color mode to Premiere beta
1+ week, 1+ day ago (901+ words) Adobe ships Color mode as a dedicated color workspace inside Premiere Pro beta. It uses a streamlined layout that maximizes the Color monitor, reduces on-screen clutter, and adds dedicated color panels that only appear in Color mode. Colour mode centres…...
Switch X API for video transformations in YOUR pipeline
2+ week, 8+ hour ago (425+ words) For those who do not know the tool: Switch X is Beeble's image and video transformation system for prompt-driven and reference-driven visual changes such as lighting adjustment, background replacement and related compositing-style alterations. Until now, that workflow lived primarily in…...
Auto Cut brings AI cleanup inside Premiere Pro
2+ week, 2+ day ago (754+ words) Tl; DR: Auto Cut lives inside Adobe Premiere Pro and Da Vinci Resolve, so editors can nuke busywork in the same timeline where deadlines go to scream. There is a familiar moment in every edit: the story finally works, the…...
LUTs, Tags, or ICC: Getting Colours Right in Resolve on a Mac
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1118+ words) Digital Production LUTs, Tags, or ICC: Getting Colours Right in Resolve on a Mac A proper hardware device by Blackmagic Design (BM for short) and a calibrated screen has been the iron law for any professional user of Da Vinci Resolve…...
Open Light: Procedural HDR Lighting Without the Texture Archaeology
2+ week, 3+ day ago (349+ words) Digital Production Open Light: Procedural HDR Lighting Without the Texture Archaeology For those who do not know the tool: There is not much legacy history to unpack here, because Open Light is new. The more relevant context is the developer:…...
dy Install Libs adds Library Manager to Houdini
2+ week, 4+ day ago (433+ words) Library Manager adds a single interface for discovering, installing, and managing open-source and commercial Houdini libraries. That matters because library installs rarely fail in exciting ways. They fail in slow, petty ways, like a missing file, a wrong path, or…...
Reality Scan 2. 1. 1 adds better COLMAP support and new XMP export options
2+ week, 4+ day ago (411+ words) digitalproduction. com Reality Scan 2. 1. 1 adds better COLMAP support and new XMP export options Reality Scan 2. 1. 1 is now available, and while this is not the kind of release that arrives with fireworks and a new category of buzzword, it does address…...