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Recently, news came out about a group that had reversed engineered applications in the Adobe Creative Suite and from other developers like Autodesk & Microsoft.  While there have been countless 'inspired by', open source and derivative efforts for this kind of thing in the past, this news was notable for how accurate the efforts are to the original pieces of software. In this episode of The Of...

In this episode of The Offset Podcast, we're once again joined by L.A. based colorist and facility owner Nick Hasson.   If you haven't checked out Part 1 of our chat with Nick be sure to do so as it details Nick's climb through the facility ranks in L.A.  In this episode, we get a little more big picture with Nick and explore the state of affairs of color, finishing and post production in 2026.  ...

In this episode of The Offset Podcast we're joined by friend, amazing colorist, and all around great human Nick Hasson. We've been wanting to have Nick on for a long time and we're excited to finally get the opportunity.  Nick has spent the past 25 years at some of the biggest postproduction & color companies in the world including ILM, Technicolor, RIOT, Company3, Light Iron, Modern VideoFilm...

In this episode of The Offset Podcast we're discussing how to determine your rate(s) and bid on a project.  Pricing, discounts, and proposals are challenging for many people - and lets face it - these topics while are important, are decidedly not the fun part of running a postproduction business. In this show, we'll explore how we go about thinking about setting rates, building proposals, handling...

In this episode we're discussing a question we got from viewer/listener Matt S. who in part wrote: 'I’d love to hear your thoughts on working with GFX and VFX through color. I run a motion design studio in Denver and we are often delivering GFX to DI houses. We’ve gotten surprised a few times seeing how our material gets laid into a show, and sometimes heavily graded' Thanks Matt for writing in! ...

In this episode of The Offset Podcast we’re discussing online communities and their value.   Way back when, it used to be ‘community’ was those you worked with and people in your local/regional geographic area. At the birth of the modern internet, community took on a different form that has progressed greatly over the past 30 or so years.   Some of the specifics we explore this episode include: Th...

It’s our 60th episode!  Thanks to our amazing audience for keeping the show going over the past 3 years.  Huge thanks to our sponsors @flanderscientific, @conform.tools.  Thanks to our editor Stella that cut so many of these episodes.  We have 100 episodes in our sights.   Thank you - Robbie & Joey ——— In this installment of The Offset Podcast we’re addressing a message we got on Instagram fro...

In this installment of The Offset Podcast we're discussing quality control or QC for short.   If you've worked in production & post for long enough, you've probably encountered QC challenges and QC reports.  While passing QC can sometimes be challenging - understanding what it is, how it works, and how (at least most of the time) that its not personal attack can go a long way to treating QC as...

In this episode we're revisiting our very first episode from all the way back in early 2024 - Client Communication.   In the past two years a lot as changed, and in service based industry like postproduction revisiting your approaches every once and while is a useful exercise. While we hit on some familiar themes, there's lots of new topics and viewpoints discussed in this episode.   Some of the s...

Recently we've been thinking a lot about how quickly time seems to go by and nothing demonstrates this more than how our kids have gone from being to toddlers to graduating high school and moving on to their next stage in life.   While there isn't anything novel about this transition, it got us thinking about the unique challenges of being a parent who's also a post production professional.  In th...

In this installment of The Offset Podcast we’re discussing why there’s been an obsession with film print emulation over the past few years and if we’re ever going to move on from the FPE mania that has been gripping the color world recently. The 2020s at least in most western media, could easily be defined as the FPE era. One only has to look to the plethora of FPE tools available and to their scr...

There’s a term that’s been on our minds a lot recently - refactoring. It's a computer programing that essentially refers to the idea of restructuring, and optimizing source code to improve the efficiency of software while persevering the intent and overall functionality. In this episode of The Offset Podcast, we want to extend that idea to postproduction businesses - most of which (ours included)...

In this Episode, we're wrapping up NAB 2026 with some first hand experience from Joey - who, as he's done for almost a decade, was the lead Resolve demo artist at the Blackmagic Design booth. In addition to Joey's NAB experience, we'll discuss the state of affairs with trade shows like NAB and then explore some of our favorite things centered around DaVinci Resolve 21.   Specific topics include: T...

It's that time of year again - NAB time! That annual gathering in the desert that in many way acts a launching point not just for new products but industry trends and standards. In this installment of The Offset Podcast, we're discussing NAB 2026, what we hope to see, but also what we're a little worried about (AI Slop). Specific topics we'll explore in this show include: The proliferation of IP v...

In this episode of The Offset Podcast, we're joined by Brandon Thomas & Stefan Allen from Conform. Tools.   Conforming is one of those processes in modern postproduction and finishing that can be technically challenging and a huge time suck. Different NLEs and color/finishing tools all think slightly differently. For example; positioning or a speed change in Premiere Pro might not show up corr...

In this installment of The Offset Podcast we're discussing vibe coding and its role in post production workflows.   You've likely heard this term before, but if not, vibe coding refers to the concept of using natural language via an LLM to program tools like websites, apps, plugins etc. The promise of vibe coding is that anyone - given good enough instructions - can program or code complex tools w...

It’s our 50th episode!   When we started this project a few years ago, it was mostly out of a desire to ‘make something’. We never thought we’d build up a library with hours of audio and video content. A huge thanks to all our listeners and viewers, we couldn’t have got here without you!   We’re also extremely grateful to our amazing sponsors including Flanders Scientific who have been with us sin...

Please give a warm welcome to our newest sponsor Conform. Tools!   Conform Tools allows you to convert timelines between Premiere, Resolve, and other NLEs while automatically solving all those tedious issues that can add significant time to your workflow. With a growing toolbox of features, you can avoid time consuming trim and transfer issues, and securely send large media files to collaborators...

Productions of all types and sizes often rely on archival and stock footage, but not all archival is created equal and some content can be wrought with issues. While its easy to just to say 'inherent to source' and ignore issues with these types of sources, a lot of problems can be addressed in a pretty straight forward manner.   In this episode we're starting a two part series on dealing with arc...

It's our first episode of 2026 and the first episode of season 3!  We have a lot planned for the show this year, and we appreciate you, our audience, for being along for the ride. Over the next few months, we'll be dropping some new features for the show, along with some content that we're really excited about - stay tuned!   In this installment of The Offset Podcast, we're doing that cliché, but...

Happy Holidays! It’s our last episode of Season 2 and for the year!  We’ll return in mid-January 2026  for Season 3 with some great new topics, new types of content and much more. If you’ve enjoyed The Offset Podcast help us improve it.  If you have 5-10 minutes we’d love it if you could take our audience survey by visiting this link: https://wkf.ms/4acQMvb Thank you to our amazing audience we cou...

In this episode of The Offset Podcast, we’re exploring another viewer/listener submitted question - this time from a viewer named Camilo. Camilo asks about the balance as a colorist of being a technician vs an artist.  Thanks Camilo for the topic - it’s a deep one! Specifics topics we explore in this episode include: Color grading IS technical, but its ALSO very creative.  Most colorists aren't ex...

Did you know you can submit questions or show ideas for the podcast?  If you head over to offsetpodcast.com at the top of the page there is a button to submit an idea for a future episode. You can also use this button to provide feedback about the podcast.  We’d love to hear from you.   Today we’re exploring a question we got from one of our viewers/listeners Jon who writes asking about trends in...

You hear a lot of talk about references when it comes to color grading - but what are references? How do you interpret them to get great results? And, how can references play a role in client communication? It's these topics and more we're discussing on this installment of The Offset Podcast Specifics discussed int his episode include: What is a reference and what is it good for? References aren’t...

If you have a craving for the latest, fastest and most powerful hardware and software out there - you’re not alone!   Technology lust is real, and in this episode of The Offset Podcast we’re discussing managing it.  Specific topics for this episode include: Staying at or near the technological curve Measuring desire vs real impact of new gear and software The benefits of being slightly behind the...