Colorist Mixer at NAB 2026 Was a Great Success

Join us at our upcoming Mixers at BIRTV and IBC.

In April, Colorist Society and iColorist hosted our 17th annual Colorist Mixer to coincide with NAB Show 2026 in Las Vegas. It began a year-long celebration of Colorist Society’s 10th anniversary. The event took place Sunday, April 19 at Virgil's BBQ, drawing colorists and post-production professionals from around the world for a memorable evening of networking and fun.

Attendees enjoyed a smoked sliders station, an open bar, and the crowd-favorite Color Quiz, where guests teamed up to share fun facts about color. And, everyone had a shot at winning in our best lineup ever of raffle prizes. Winners included:

• Dwaine Maggart: HP Series 7 4k Thunderbolt 4 Docking Monitor
• Michael Smith: MacBook Neo from Barco
• Mark Toss Osborne: LG C5 Series OLED evo AI 4K TV
• David Broadbent: PixelTools DCTL Plug-in Bundle
• Tyrell Lloyd: Calman Professional Software Bundle from Portrait Displays
• Joseph Goldstone: DaVinci Micro Panel from Blackmagic Design
• Jamie Fenn: Genesis Plugin from Cullen Kelly Color
• Evan Anthony: Dolby Vision Trims License from Dolby
• Sam Koay: 4-day PVA-Certified Video Calibration Training Course from Professional Video Alliance
• Ryan Kelly: ASUS 27" ProArt Display
• Darren Hartman: 15TB creative.space //EDGE-X portable NAS with 1yr proactive support from DigitalGlue
• James Allen: $2000 gift certificate for an FSI monitor from Flanders Scientific
• Raymond Maxwell: Sony WH-1000XM6 Best Wireless Noise Canceling Headphones

Prizes were also provided by:

• PixelStrings - Cinnafilm (1yr PixelStrings subscription plus $500 of processing credit in PixelStrings SaaS);
• conform.tools (three Professional Level Subscriptions)
• fxphd (1yr standard membership plus Intro to an HDR On Demand Course)

Sponsors including Blackmagic Design, Barco, Calman, Dolby, Flanders Scientific, HP, LG, and the Professional Video Association contributed prizes.

“It was a fantastic kickoff to our anniversary year,” says Colorist Society president Kevin Shaw.

Upcoming Mixers

The next Colorist Mixer will happen on Thursday, August 20 in Beijing in association with BIRTV 2026. Tickets are available through WeChat. The final Colorist Mixer for 2026 will take place at IBC in Amsterdam on Saturday, September 12th. Make your reservations at coloristmixer.com.

Check Out the Colorist Society Online Store

Exciting news! Colorist Society now has its own online store. The store has a great selection of T-shirts, polo shirts, hats, coffee mugs, and more — all customizable with the Colorist Society logo. It’s a great way to show your support. And a portion of every purchase goes to supporting Colorist Society programs.

Click here to see everything on offer.

Stores are currently open for members in the US and the UK, with an Australian store coming soon. We'll be adding products over time, so come back often to see what’s new. And please share it with your friends and colleagues.

Kevin Shaw Interview with PostPerspective at NAB 2026

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FilmLight Colour Awards 2026

New ‘Spotlight & Documentary’ Category

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IMDb Color Department

We wish to remind our members that, following a lengthy campaign led by the Colorist Society, IMDb and IMDbPro now feature a Color Department category on its name and title pages. Colorist Society is a recognized professional association on IMDb. Members should connect their profile to Colorist Society to further improve their status.

Colorists who have added their professions to their name pages are also now discoverable via IMDbPro advanced search.

Member News

Colorist Society ANZ Adds a Chapter Officer

Colorist Society’s Australia/New Zealand Chapter welcomes Marcus Herrick, CSI as a new Officer. Senior Online Editor and Colorist at Blue Post, Melbourne, Marcus will lead member activities in Victoria. A longform specialist, his credits include War Machine, Charge! Agincourt, and Floodland.

Dirk Meier, CSI, Interview with Sad Hill Media on Color for 'Secret Agent'

From the long-take trenches of the early digital masterpiece Russian Ark and the boundary-pushing slow-motion of Antichrist, to emulating distinct formats in Happy as Lazzaro and Romeria, Dirk Meier has witnessed many of the key inflection points in digital cinema. Now, he joins Film Formally to share his war stories, the lessons he’s learned along the way, and his philosophy for look-development and aesthetic frameworks in the digital era.

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