On July 20, Blackmagic Design and IntekTV hosted South America’s first ever Colorist Mixer at Country Club Lima in Peru. Held in conjunction with Blackmagic Week, the event drew an enthusiastic crowd of approximately 60 people from across Latin American, including more than 20 colorists. It was also streamed with the help of the Davinci Resolve Latino community.

Diego Yhama, CSI, founder of Estudio Roco, Bogota, and creator of the podcast Coloristas Hispanos, acted as host and gave an informative talk on AI-assisted color grading. He was then joined by Peruvian colorist Miguel Mendez, CSI, Chilean colorist Wawin Arriagada, and Argentinian colorist Cecilia Belliz, CSI for a discussion about opportunities in Peru’s growing post-production community. That was followed by networking and socializing.

“We began with a short talk about AI tools available in DaVinci Resolve, how AI can help colorists, and whether AI is a threat to jobs,” says Yhama. “Our panel discussion focused on the role of the colorist, the state of color grading in Peru, how to create looks and how to work with clients. It ended with a beautiful exercise with panelists and attendees discussing the creation of node structures and important considerations in doing so. That was my favorite part.”

Yhama added that the event underscored the desire for connection among post production professionals in Latin America and the advantages of membership in Colorist Society. “There’s never been a Colorist Mixer in Peru,” he notes. “I expect several of the colorists in attendance to join CSI. “It was a great opportunity to begin building a professional community. We look forward to more events like this. It was wonderful to see such a large group of colorists talking about their work and sharing ideas on how to improve our craft.”

Yhama is currently leading an effort to raise the profile of colorists in South America through membership in CSI. “There are colorists in countries across South America, but they are hard for producers to find,” he explains. “Membership in CSI will give them greater visibility and better access to good projects. We’re stronger together.” He is currently working with the officers of CSI Argentina to create a chapter open to Spanish-speaking colorists throughout the region. “We’re from different countries, but we have the same goals. We are stronger together.”

Although local film and television production is growing, South American countries continue to get much of their content from the United States and other foreign suppliers. The development of a community of colorists and other professionals may help tip the balance in the other direction. “Colorists here and not only highly skilled, they also bring cultural experience and understanding,” Yhama observes. “Events like Blackmagic Week and the Colorist Mixer are important because they provide training and information in our language. The amount of television and film production in Spanish will continue to grow and we want to be ready for it.”

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All of this advice is what I wish I was told before I got into film school! Love hearing about everyone’s humble beginnings. – Marlene

In this episode Michael McHugh, from Met Film school, Toby Tomkins from Cheat, Thomas Urbye from The Look, and iColorist founders Warren Eagles and Kevin Shaw will answer any questions you have getting a start and getting into the industry, including on:

• What they look for when hiring interns, staff, freelancers and others
• Whether online qualifications make a difference
• Whether professionals still need a reel
• If film school qualifications are a big advantage
• Whether colorists need to be finishers in 2022

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Michael McHugh is an editor and colorist, lead virtual production trainer, Avid-certified instructor in media composer, DaVinci Resolve certified trainer, and a senior post-production tutor for MA and BA short courses at MetFilm School. Every year, Michael sees students graduate & enter the industry.

Toby Tomkins is CHEAT’s founder and a senior colourist. Over a decade of experience has earned him high-profile commercial clients; from BMW and Land Rover to Lloyds and Amstel, as well as a significant role in award-winning TV shows like ‘The End of the F***ing World’, ‘We Are Lady Parts’, and ‘This Is Going To Hurt’.

Thomas Urbye founded The Look in 2007, after leaving MPC where he was a colourist for four years. He is the company’s Senior Colourist and CEO. Thomas is recognised as one of the world’s leading colourists, with twenty years experience, his work includes recent productions ‘Landscapers’ (Sky/HBO), ‘Fleabag’ (BBC/Amazon), ‘Sex Education’ (Netflix), ‘Top Boy’ (Netflix) & ‘Gangs of London’ (Sky/AMC).

Kevin Shaw, CSI is co-founder of Colorist Society International – the first organization to represent professional colorists – and the ICA (iColorist). Kevin has been color grading for 30 years, working all over the world as a colorist, restoration specialist, technologist, consultant and instructor.

Warren Eagles, CSI has an extensive 25 year experience in all forms of color correction. Warren co-founded the ICA (iColorist) and runs his own shop grading and running training classes. His credits include commercials; mainstream UK and Australian dramas and documentaries including “Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels”.

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In this episode we cover updates from Dolby Vision with:

Aby Carman is Worldwide Tech Lead, Head of Training & Certification at Dolby Vision. Aby Mathew is a Senior Staff Content Engineer with Dolby Laboratories and is based in Burbank, California. He joined Dolby in Singapore a little over ten years ago, and moved to Los Angeles in 2015 to spearhead the training and support effort for Dolby Vision in its very early days. Prior to Dolby, Aby worked with Autodesk for over ten years as a visual effects, color and finishing specialist supporting Flame and Lustre customers across the Asia Pacific region. He continues to work with artists, colorists, post production facilities and studios around the world as they create compelling Dolby Vision HDR content.

Diego Yhama is a colorist, iColorist instructor, and university professor based in Colombia. In 2015 he started Estudio Roco, a color boutique house and switched from Lustre to DaVinci Resolve. In 2017 he worked as a demo artist for BlackmagicDesign at NAB in Las Vegas. The same year he became DaVinci Resolve Master Trainer for South America. He has taught color in nine countries, several universities, and postproduction companies, and he continues to work a demo artist at NAB. EstudioRoco.com

Robbie Carman is a colorist and instructor with 18 years experience including hundreds of programs for broadcast outlets like Discovery Networks, National Geographic, PBS, MSNBC, Smithsonian Channel and many others. He was co-founder & managing partner of Mixing Light for nearly a decade and is now lead colorist and owner/partner of postproduction boutique DC Color. dccolor.com

Jeff Greenberg is an iColorist instructor with over two decades of experience as a Post-Production consultant and Master Instructor for Adobe, Apple, Avid and BlackMagic Designs, and specializes in editorial, workflow, compositing, sound, color grading, and compression. Jeff is consistently voted as one of the top seminar speakers/ interviewers in the industry. jgreenbergconsulting.com

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In this episode we cover best practices for color grading in a sustainable and healthy way, from home or in the suite, including

• Protecting your eye health
• Getting the right chair
• Standing desks – are the worth it?
• Fitness outside the room
• Taking breaks to work better

Robbie Carman is a colorist and instructor with 18 years experience including hundreds of programs for broadcast outlets like Discovery Networks, National Geographic, PBS, MSNBC, Smithsonian Channel and many others. He was co-founder & managing partner of Mixing Light for nearly a decade and is now lead colorist and owner/partner of postproduction boutique DC Color. dccolor.com

Rebecca Goodeve is an independent freelance colourist who’s colour grading work includes award-winning features, shorts, promos, documentaries & commercials. In 2017, she opened a boutique colour grading studio, Author Colour, and in 2021 expanded to a full global post-production house, Author Productions now rebranded to Saku Productions. sakuproductions.com

Warren Eagles, CSI has an extensive 25 year experience in all forms of color correction. Warren co-founded the ICA (iColorist) and runs his own shop grading and running training classes. His credits include commercials for Qantas, Ford, Mitsubishi, Revlon, and Tooheys, mainstream UK and Australian dramas and documentaries including “Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels”. warreneagles.com.au

Kevin Shaw, CSI is co-founder of Colorist Society International – the first organization to represent professional colorists – and the ICA (iColorist). Kevin has been color grading for 30 years, working all over the world as a colorist, restoration specialist, technologist, consultant and instructor. finalcolor.com

Jeff Greenberg is an iColorist instructor with over two decades of experience as a Post-Production consultant and Master Instructor for Adobe, Apple, Avid and BlackMagic Designs, and specializes in editorial, workflow, compositing, sound, color grading, and compression. Jeff is consistently voted as one of the top seminar speakers/ interviewers in the industry. jgreenbergconsulting.com

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In this episode we discussed grading for the internet, including:

• HDR for YouTube
• Color Space Tags
• Phone viewing
• Best practices for online content

Heather Hay, Founder & Senior Colorist of full service post house Roman Rae, has two decades experience in film, from a runner in Santa Monica to a colorist at Avenue-Edit, Vandal, Cinema 305 and as a freelancer. She has worked on film and TV, including features such as La Niña de la Mina; music videos; and TVCs for Nissan, AT&T, Samsung, Coca Cola and Pizza Hut.

Diego Yhama is a colorist, university professor, and trainer. He started his career working in VFX and was a postproduction coordinator and colorist on films, episodics, and documentaries.

In 2015 he started Estudio Roco, a color boutique house and has graded productions for NatGeo, Discovery Channel, Discovery Home and Health, and The Fox Channel. In 2017 he became DaVinci Resolve Master Trainer for South America.

Warren Eagles, CSI has an extensive 25 year experience in all forms of color correction. Warren co-founded the ICA (iColorist) and runs his own shop grading and running training classes.

His credits include commercials for Qantas, Ford, Mitsubishi, Revlon, and Tooheys, mainstream UK and Australian dramas and documentaries including “Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels”.

Kevin Shaw, CSI is co-founder of Colorist Society International – the first organization to represent professional colorists – and the ICA (iColorist). Kevin has been color grading for 30 years, working all over the world as a colorist, restoration specialist, technologist, consultant and instructor.

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In this episode we discussed different looks in 2021 films and tv shows – the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Vincent Taylor is a Senior Colorist at Harbor Picture Company. He’s worked in APAC for 15 years making internationally outstanding short & long form content for TV, Film & Online Platforms. At MPC Shanghai, he worked with Coca Cola, Bentley Motors, Mercedes, New Balance, Nike, L’Oréal and many more international brands. Majoring as a Director of Photography at Australia’s well known VCA, Vincent became an award winning cinematographer working in commercials, music videos, documentaries and film. In this stage of his career, Vincent received twelve awards from the Australian Cinematographers Society and was nominated for an Australian Film Industry award. Crossing over from behind the camera to work in colour grading, Vincent built a strong reputation as an innovative and exciting colourist in Australia & China in commercial and creative industries, before being headhunted for North America’s Chimney launch.

Dario Bigi, CSI is a Senior Colorist at Bonfire and has been a freelance colorist for over 10 years. Prior to that he was a freelance editor for over 20 years. He has worked on a wide variety of diverse and challenging projects including; feature length films; short films; 30 second commercials; documentary series; documentary flms; multi-channel video walls and countless branded content and digital films. More recently Dario has been the Colorist on commercials for American Express, Diesel and Visa.  As a Colorist he has graded four feature films; ”Failing Better Now”, “Kilimanjaro”, “X/Y” and “Unintended”. In addition, he has been Colorist on documentaries for HBO, PBS and Rolling Stone Films. Additionally his Commercial Colorist work has been for Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, Degree, Reebok, Adidas, Cotton and Ebay.

Kevin Shaw, CSI is co-founder of Colorist Society – the first organization to represent professional colorists – and the ICA (iColorist). Kevin has been color grading for 30 years, working all over the world as a colorist, restoration specialist, technologist, consultant and instructor. See more at finalcolor.com.

Warren Eagles, CSI is co-founder of the ICA (iColorist) and a freelance colorist with an extensive 25 year career in all forms of color correction. A Resolve owner/operator he runs his own shop and splits his time between grading and running training classes with the ICA and has so far conducted over 50 classes worldwide. See more at warreneagles.com.au.

Diego Yhama, CSI is an iColorist instructor and runs his own boutique color house Estudio Roco. He is also a demo artist for BlackmagicDesign at NAB and a DaVinci Resolve Master Trainer for South America. He has taught color in nine countries, several universities, and postproduction companies, works with the the sales department of DaVinci Resolve for Latin America, and is a LinkedIn learning instructor. See more at estudioroco.com.

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