Bob Silga Leads Apple Color Workshop at PhotoCine Expo
The Post Production Training Hall at the PhotoCine Expo is excited to announce the addition of Bob Silga. Bob is a professional colorist with 30 years experience who teaches color correction at Columbia College and DePaul University. Bob’s career spans both commecial and film projects, and he was the Director of Training for Silicon Color’s FinalTouch software. After Apple purchased Silicon Color, Bob was hired to be the lead QA for Apple’s Color application where he was instrumental in helping design the application and created all of the Color FX Room signature looks. Bob recently created Scone Looks™ (a collection of presets) for Apple Color.
Scone Looks is set of presets for use within Apple Color. The highly anticipated preset collection boasts 483 dissectible preset looks, including Primary, Secondary, Color Grades, and ColorFX. Even users with no previous background in Color can create motion picture quality laboratory techniques as seen in feature-length films among the likes of “300″ and “Fight Club.” Additionally, the preset bundle contains 13 information-packed Training Podcasts to provide users with Color grading tips and techniques; as well as “Before and After” side-by-side video clips of each preset, encouraging a creative, yet simple exploration of each Look within the Color workflow. Both the Training Podcasts and “Before and After” clips can be accessed via Class on Demand
“Users with the most minimal experience in Color can create breathtaking, professional looking footage by simply choosing one of Bob’s presets. We have the ‘Before and After’ examples of real footage on our website so that users can easily choose a desired look… and the Training Podcasts provide some really informative tips and tricks. It’s a really amazing offering – there is nothing out there like it.”
Don’t miss the opportunity to learn Apple Color from someone with Bob’s experience. Btw, check out this article about the history of Color from LayersMagazine (go figure)
Color 1.5, Apple’s color grading tool, which was introduced in the last iteration of Final Cut Studio. Before becoming Color 1.0, it was a product called Final Touch from Silicon Color with a retail price of $24,995. That’s right, twenty-four thousand, nine hundred ninety-five dollars. Apple purchased Final Touch in late 2006 and now anyone who buys the $999 Final Cut Studio has access to this powerful Color Grading tool. Plus, in Final Cut Studio 3, the new and improved Color adds 4K support, better round tripping, and many other features colorists have been asking Apple to include. As with Color, the rest of the suite is filled with productivity enhancements and new features that would make any video professional happy he invested money in the upgrade.
If you own Final Cut Studio, you own Color and you can’t go wrong learning the ropes from someone like Bob Silga online or at the PhotoCine Expo in September.
