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B aselight – a FilmLight product – has released version 6.0, redefining the colour-grading experience for creative professionals. New features impact primary and facial colour correction, look development, curve processing, compositing, image sharpening and more. Plus, the system upgrade includes a new timeline – with improved visualising, editing, organising and listening functionality plus an updated gallery. X Grade, Face Track and Chromogen bring new capabilities to Baselight. X Grade reinvents primary colour correction, letting users make multiple corrections in a single layer without needing a key BASELIGHT 6.0 GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND
or matte. Designed by FilmLight’s image engineers, the Chromogen look-development tool addresses the intricacies of modern HDR data. Lastly, Face Track attaches a polygon mesh to each face, creating a perspective-aware correction
which can be copied and pasted to any instance of the same person. Baselight 6.0 also allows users to manipulate image sharpness, add lens flare and produce bokeh. The upgrade only works with FLOS 8.4 or later and macOS 11-13.
NIPPON TV ACQUIRES STUDIO GHIBLI F ounder of the acclaimed animation house Studio Ghibli, director Hayao Miyazaki has enjoyed a long, successful career, receiving global praise for feature films like Spirited Away and My Neighbour Totoro . As Miyazaki’s retirement looms nearer, Studio Ghibli seeks a new leader, guaranteeing its future and maintaining its world-leading position. Private broadcaster Nippon TV stepped in to acquire Studio Ghibli after Miyazaki’s son Goro refused the succession. Nippon promises to respect Ghibli’s creative autonomy, holding 42.3% of the studio’s voting rights. The broadcaster has been involved with Studio Ghibli since its inception in 1985, being the first to air Miyazaki’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind on television. Miyazaki’s latest picture, The Boy and the Heron , was supposedly his last, but the director has gone back on his word, with ideas for future films in the works. It’s unclear whether Miyazaki will ever retire, but Studio Ghibli can rest assured that it’s in good hands.
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