In their very first episode, Bela Beier (Editor-in-Chief, Digital Production Magazine) and Christoph Zapletal (Compositing Artist & Instructor) talk about control surfaces for an artist's workstation. They are joined by Angry Face founder Mazze Aderhold for an in-depth discussion of new and refurbished grading panels and the upgrades you can apply to a panel. They finish the show by discussing the latest news from IBC 2024.
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Segments:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:06 Why Control Surfaces Matter
00:04:55 Choosing the correct Mouse
00:09:09 The Space Mouse Wireless
00:11:02 The Contour Shuttle Express
00:13:36 The Loupedeck Story
00:19:37 Gotchas with Control Surfaces and their Software
00:22:21 The Pros and Cons of small Grading Panels
00:25:04 The Democratization of Grading
00:32:00 Introduction Mazze Aderhold
00:33:01 Recommendations for Generalists
00:34:58 Keyboard Mapping Software
00:37:28 Grading Panel Costs
00:38:26 Control Surfaces on the second Hand Market
00:39:48 Panels for Cross-Software Use
00:44:39 Substituting a Grading Panel
00:48:25 Pimping your Grading Panel
00:53:47 Customizing the Rings
00:56:08 Used Panel vs. 5 Star Rodent Hotel
00:57:48 News from IBC
00:58:49 Blackmagics 17K Camera
01:06:13 Electric Sheep ML Powered Roto
01:11:09 ZBrush for iPad
01:15:54 Outro
Links mentioned in the show:
https://www.tangentwave.co.uk/
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantablack
https://www.maxon.net/en/zbrush-for-ipad