In this episode, I'll be talking to Thatcher Freeman. He's a California-based colorist and software engineer. For his day job, he's an actual AI specialist. He's made great contributions to the color grading and software coding communities. He's also a filmmaker, so I wanted to talk to him to find out what makes him tick.

We discuss: 

• (00:00 ) - Intro
  


• (01:10 ) - Interview starts
  


• (01:57 ) - Thatcher's background in film making.
  


• (05:01 ) - The difficulties on finding resources on color theory.
  


• (06:41 ) - Current industry trends.
  


• (09:14 ) - A colorist's value.
  


• (10:21 ) - The combination of art and technology.
  


• (13:14 ) - Freelance pressures.
  


• (29:14 ) - Subtle vs Pushed graded.
  


• (33:00 ) - Things that break the signal.
  


• (54:29 ) - Personal taste in films and watching as a professional.
  


• (01:08:19 ) - Thatcher's DCTL library.
  


• (01:15:22 ) - Advice for DCTL coding.
  


• (01:36:23 ) - Current Research.
  


• (01:41:27 ) - Outro
  


• (01:41:49 ) - End logo
  

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