Description
This episode I’ll be speaking to Kaur Hendrikson a colorist based in Tallinn Estonia. Any of you who use DCTL’s will be familiar with his name.
In the last few years, he has setup up a successful DCTL store and is constantly developing new tools for freelancer and large facilities alike.He does DCTL and Python scripting training for Black Magic and platforms like Mixing Light.We spoke about this and a lot more.
We discuss:
(00:00) - Intro
(01:18) - Interview starts
(02:04) - Starting out
(06:01) - Estonia
(08:36) - Hockey Stick
(13:13) - The DCTL store
(15:49) - Vision mixing automation
(21:41) - Coding to solve problems
(22:58) - Black Magic teaching
(25:22) - Resolve Certification
(26:42) - Teaching
(28:51) - Python Scripting
(30:53) - Product Design
(34:28) - Future of DCTL library
(37:52) - Current limitations of DCTL
(42:19) - Panel Mods
(45:42) - Color management
(51:16) - Issues with color management
(52:45) - Maths in DCTLS
(54:32) - Color models
(56:03) - Functions and smoothness
(59:13) - DCTL bad practices
(01:03:25) - Problem solving
(01:04:44) - Highlight Modes
(01:11:29) - Recent grades
(01:13:06) - The future
(01:14:26) - Node tree
(01:15:40) - What young colorists need
(01:19:02) - Project Archives
(01:20:41) - Open-Source vs for profit
(01:26:32) - Interacting on forums
(01:28:32) - Forum theatre
(01:32:49) - Finding work
(01:36:33) - Current interests
(01:42:47) - End sign off
(01:43:08) - END LOGO
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