Linear Light, Gamma, and ACES

Imagine a digital 50% gray card. In 0–255 RGB values, it’s 127, 127, 127. On the...

Jun 2021

Apple’s “EDR” Brings High Dynamic Range to Non-HDR Displays

Was it worth buying a Pro Display XDR just for this joke? Yes. Apple caused quite a stir with the announcement of their Pro Display XDR, a High Dynamic Range display that occupies a convoluted space in the market. It seeks to be both a Very Nice Computer Display, and a reference...

Dec 2020

Magic Bullet Suite 14 and Trapcode Suite 16

It’s a big day at Maxon/Red Giant! We’re releasing huge updates to Magic Bullet and Trapcode Suites.Trapcode Particular continues to embody our ethos of power and ease-of-use, with a completely modernized simulation engine that allows particles to behave more naturally, with real physics forces working together without limitation. In other words, yes,...

Nov 2020

Circle of Stone

TLDR; a short film I DP’ed is playing tons of festivals, and you can see it stream this Friday!The Call to Action In 2017, my buddy Mark Andrews asked if I would be his cinematographer on a short film. Mark and I went to CalArts together and have been making films together most of our lives, on and off. Most recently we collaborated on Brick &...

Oct 2020

Introducing Prolost Beta

Prolost Beta is a new subscription offering on the Prolost Store. It's an occasional email from me containing a download or a link to something cool I'm working on, that's not quite ready to become a product yet. Or maybe ever. This will most often be Lightroom presets or profiles, After Effects presets, or Apple Shortcuts, but it could be just about...

Sep 2020

Skate Warrior 1992, 1999, 2020

You May Have Seen This Image Before. ...

Jul 2020

VFX Suite 1.5

Today Red Giant released the first major update to the VFX Suite we introduced last year. Lens Distortion A brand-new effect, Lens Distortion makes it ridiculously easy to profile the distortion of any lens, and either remove it, or build a VFX workflow around it in After Effects. It’s a necessary utility that’s also a blast to use. This is my favorite...

May 2020

Slugline 2

View fullsize From the Slugline Blog:Slugline 2 is a new app that replaces the old Slugline for Mac. It has a slick new UI, which includes a lovely dark mode. Big new features include: a drag-and-drop outline, an awesome new timeline, color-coded notes, Final...

May 2020

Virtual NAB at C4DLive

TLDR;Hi!C4DLive is happening this week! Already!Watch my talk at noon PDT on Thursday, April 23! Ask questions!Buy Cinema 4D, Get Red Giant Complete for 50% OffRed Giant Complete is free for students and teachersTGNTR;If it weren’t for COVID-19, the newly-combined Maxon, Red Giant, and Redshift teams would have been at NAB in Las Vegas this week, sharing...

Apr 2020

Red Giant & Maxon, Sitting in a Tree

Red Giant, where I’ve been Chief Creative Officer for a couple of years now, but making filmmaking tools for you for 17 years, is merging with Maxon, makers of Cinema 4D.From the Red Giant blog:Hi folks — by now you’ve probably heard the news that Maxon and Red Giant are joining forces to become one company. This is a really exciting time. For years,...

Dec 2019