Phil Strahl C.S.I.

@philstrahl.bsky.social

🐘 @phil@mastodon.social Senior Colorist with Red Bull Media, Workflow Architect, VFX guy, tutor & self-proclaimed nerdy Jack of all Trades. CSI member; PVA certified. He/his.

so we rescued a set of cinema film scanners does anyone need a set of cinema film scanners? if you have a need for a cinema film scanner (or can give it a good home!), and can arrange to have it transported from the Seattle area, message me on fedi or e-mail me at hello@alyx.sh

a big set of Spirit 2K film scanners. they look cool as fuck. they're beautiful brushed stainless steel on the sides and a big glass view door to watch the film transport mechanims

they're in a garage

Today’s #Colorist Tip: Try to work modular, especially when you can expect changes. For example, with this node tree I can tweak certain colors completely individually from the look in case the client wants to experiment but their brand colors should remain intact. #colorgrading #color

A node tree showing a junction of a side-tree only used for pulling mattes via qualifiers. Their alpha is then fed into individual nodes where the grading happens. The results are combined in a parallel note at the end.

The turnaround time on this one was wild: To-color delivery of a 60 GB ProRes4444 from Japan; I stared my 4.5 hrs of #colorgrading on an mp4, of which I lost 1 hr trying to online the ProRes; rendering; then 60 gigs to transfer back to Japan for final assembly😅 www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsNy...

F1 Drivers Vs WILD Japanese Game Show! 🇯🇵

Ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix, Formula 1 team @redbullracing raced @alphataurif1 in TINY Honda Kei Trucks. Max Verstappen and F1 teammate Sergio Perez, ta...

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