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.angry-face.com/

https://3dconnexion.com/

https://contourdesign.com

https://loupedeck.com/

https://www.tangentwave.co.uk/

https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantablack

https://electricsheep.tv/

https://www.maxon.net/en/zbrush-for-ipad