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ColorEdge CS3200X review: The EIZO feeling without the colourist tax?
Two weeks with EIZO's new 31.5-inch CS3200X reveal a colour-accurate 4K production monitor that retains much of the CG experience at roughly a thrid of the price. How?
Finally, EIZO does OLED: CG3200X
EIZO finally gives ColorEdge an OLED panel, with 1,000 cd/m² maximum luminance and unusually transparent control over ABL behaviour.
Photoshop 27.10 Adds Light and Save Controls
Photoshop adds a Light adjustment layer, cleaner save-format controls, Dynamic Text expansion, AMD tuning and a substantial fix list.
LUT Tuner Makes LUTs Tunable in Resolve
Excerpt: Cutpoint Labs turns edited .cube LUTs into adjustable Resolve DCTLs, complete with fit metrics, range controls and an inverse workflow.
SMPTE Opens Its Standards Library
SMPTE has opened its complete standards catalogue, giving engineers and developers free access to current and future documents.
Splat happens: Volinga 3DGS workflow for Unreal
Volinga turns photo sets into Gaussian splats for Unreal, with local processing, PLY and NVOL export, cleanup tools, and relighting support. But what does that actually mean? Let's ask some questions!
SpyderPro learns new tricks: where colour goes wrong
Datacolor is pushing beyond display profiling with Device Preview Plus, C2PA tracking, and a software layer that wants to help you with other duties as well.
Assimilate Live FX: The VP-Stages’ very, VERY nervous system.
Live FX turns a laptop into a virtual production media server, driving LED walls, lights, compositing, and colour.
Resolve 20.3 brings 32K support, metadata tools and stability fixes
DaVinci Resolve 20.3 rolls out: 32K on M5 Macs, more flexible metadata and HDR10+ export, plus a slew of bug patches.
Blender 5.0 – it’s here!
Blender 5.0 is finally here — with ACES/PQ-HDR, high-geometry support, UI tweaks and a fresh release cadence for production pipelines.
SpyderPro goes full HDR with receipts (C2PA)
Datacolor’s SpyderPro adds 12,000 nits support, 3D-LUT export, and C2PA metadata embedding. Targeted squarely at post pros, not hobbyists.
Nobe OmniScope, Pomfort, and RePro sync up on set
RePro connects Pomfort Livegrade and Nobe OmniScope for a unified on-set-to-post workflow. Real-time streaming, shared looks, and synced scopes cut guesswork.
Maxon Autumn Release: New Colour Science, Liquids, Clouds and a Logo
Cinema 4D 2026 brings OCIO colour management, GPU simulations, UDIMs, Redshift 2026 plus Maxon’s brand-new ecosystem and logo.
Blender 5.0 Ships Built-In ACES 2.0 View Transform
Blender 5.0 gains a built‑in ACES 2.0 view transform, new HDR and wide‑gamut export, and better OpenColorIO compatibility, making HDR pipelines more native.
Xencelabs Pen Display 24+ Debuts with On-Board Calman Colour Calibration
Xencelabs launches the first pen display with built‑in Calman Ready hardware calibration for consistent, on‑device colour accuracy.
DJV 3.0 Returns: Free VFX Review Tool Gains Timeline & USD Support
DJV 3.0 revives its open-source VFX viewer with OTIO timelines, USD playback, OCIO color management, and multi-track audio under a BSD license.
ACES 2.0 – available in Mistika!
Wait, there is already a new Version of ACES? We barely got used to the last one! And it is already working in SGO Mistika? Let's dive in!
Datacolor LightColor Meter: Precision in Light and Color
Datacolor’s LightColor Meter provides precise light and color temperature measurements with Bluetooth connectivity and app control.
Grading tricks from a professional
Many of you come into contact with colour grading time and again, whether intentionally or unintentionally. For example, when thinking about colours in the context of a VFX workflow or, like me, because it has become part of my job as a filmmaker in the image film sector. It would be perfectly conceivable to have this work step done by a professional colourist, but the budget is often not sufficient for this...
After Effects! Substance! Oscars!
And once again news from Adobe: After Effects now supports every variant of OCIO and ACES, Substance Designer has received a bugfix, and there's also a Tech Oscar for the Substance team!
Anastasiy Safari releases Magic Tints 3
As a standalone version, but also as a plugin for Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign: Can the new convenience functions convince users?
Putting the „Ace” in ACES
The fact that ACES is more than just another buzzword in the VFX industry should have
t should have got around by now. And anyone who works at a major studio in a reasonably up-to-date pipeline will already have had contact with ACES. But what about one-person dancing bands, freelancers with mobile workstations and those who like to dance at several weddings?
Colourlab Ai 1.3 and 1.4 Released
Colourlab Ai delivered versions 1.3 and 1.4 in quick succession, adding HDR scopes, LUT tools and NDI support.
Nucoda and Phoenix 2021.1 Modernise Rendering and Restoration
Digital Vision World released Nucoda and Phoenix 2021.1 with NDI support, GPU-accelerated RED debayering, Komodo RAW support, EXR improvements and 120fps projects.
Magic Bullet Suite 14 Expands Colour Workflows and LUT Tools
Magic Bullet Suite 14 added guided colour correction, Huenity, Color Remap, a LUT browser, new presets and improved colour transforms.
SpyderX Photo Kit Bundles Calibration Tools
Datacolor’s SpyderX Photo Kit combined monitor, camera and RAW calibration tools in a discounted June 2020 bundle.
Update: New ACES for DaVinci
The new DaVinci Resolve 12.5.3 Studio update brings good news: ACES support and several bug fixes!
Quato Presents Monitors and Colour-Management Solutions at CeBIT 2009
At CeBIT 2009, Quato is presenting new solutions for an optimised colour-management workflow. Alongside profiling input devices such as scanners and digital cameras, the focus is particularly on monitor and printer calibration and certification.
RTT and Datacolor Form Strategic Partnership
Datacolor and Realtime Technology AG are entering a strategic technology partnership and marketing cooperation to transfer digitally developed colors virtually into animated film sequences, advertisements, packaging and other products.
Datacolor and BenQ Cooperate
Datacolor, a leader in color-management technology, has worked with BenQ to develop an ideal calibration solution for the new BenQ W5000 and W20000 home-cinema projectors: ColorFacts Calibration System for BenQ Projectors.
Datacolor Expands Spyder3 Color Management
Datacolor’s Spyder3 range provides monitor, printer, television, and projector calibration for professional and enthusiast workflows.
Joint venture enables vendor-independent AV and calibration training
Flat screens do not forgive incorrect settings. Candy colours, a comic-book look and artificial image exaggeration often dominate not only at the POS, but also prevent correct, high-quality reproduction of premium television and video material in customers’ homes. Two companies are now joining forces to counter this problem: Datacolor and MGR International
BenQ Introduces 22-Inch E2200WA Display
BenQ is launching the 22-inch widescreen E2200WA display in early February for home and office multimedia use.
New luxury Full HD widescreen projector
With the Pro8100 home-cinema projector, ViewSonic is entering the “luxury home-cinema lifestyle” category. The model is also the first in the new Precision series, which combines innovative colour-performance technology and design. The new product line delivers excellent image quality with both standard- and high-definition signal sources.
DP 01:08: Interview with Christoph Gamper of datacolor AG
ColorVision presented the new Spyder3 calibration system in Zurich on October 11, 2007, and announced that ColorVision would be integrated into parent company datacolor. DP editor Michael Krimmer spoke with Christoph Gamper, General Manager EMEA of the Consumer Business Unit at datacolor.
NEC Introduces PlasmaSync XC Displays
NEC's 42-, 50- and 60-inch PlasmaSync XC displays offer up to 15,000:1 contrast, 1080p inputs, 24 Hz playback and RS-232 control.
Full HD image quality with the BenQ W5000
BenQ presents the W5000 home-cinema projector in mid-November with Full HD resolution (1,920 x 1,080p). Thanks to HQV technology (Hollywood Quality Video) and 1.07 billion colors, the BenQ W5000 meets the highest demands for color variety in image reproduction.
Wacom Combines Cintiq Display and Intuos Input
The 12.1-inch Cintiq 12WX offers 1,024 pressure levels, 5,080 lpi input, tilt sensing and programmable controls in a 2 kg display.
Datacolor Introduces Spyder3
Spyder3Elite and Spyder3Studio add seven-detector calibration hardware, ambient-light monitoring and multi-display matching.
EIZO Introduces CG241W Colour Monitor
The 24-inch CG241W supports EBU, SMPTE, ITU-709 and D-Cinema colour standards for video and animation workflows.
Quato Adds Calibrated Grading Displays
Quato introduces the Intelli Proof 240 motion and 260 motion excellence displays for postproduction and colour grading.
ColorVision Cuts Calibration Prices
ColorVision reduces prices across its Spyder2 and PrintFIX monitor and printer calibration range by up to 25 percent.
NAB: New Arrilaser HD/DI Film Recorder Debuts
Upgradeable device is intended to enable film recording for low-budget productions
IBC: Da Vinci Integrates Cinespace
The integration is intended to guarantee colour-accurate work
Kodak Display Manager for Quantel iQ
Announced at IBC 2004, the Kodak Display Manager System is now part of Quantel's iQ Digital Intermediate (DI) system.
ARRI Introduces Colour Management System
ARRI presented a colour-management system for its ARRILASER film recorder at NAB.