Abudhabi golden visa for filmmakers

Abu Dhabi Golden Visa for filmmakers

Abu Dhabi boasts a number of high-growth sectors such as creative industries, research and development, healthcare, agriculture and financial services as well as a thriving ecosystem for start-ups. The  Abu Dhabi Golden Visa offers long-term residency to investors and innovators. It is available to top talent from around the world who wish to live, work and grow in Abu Dhabi for years to come. The Abu Dhabi Golden Visa is valid for up to ten years and offers a wide range of visa options for talented professionals such as doctors, scientists, inventors, real estate investors, entrepreneurs, athletes and creatives.


What is the cost to get Golden Visa of twofour54?

When looking into how to apply for a Golden Visa UAE, you also need to consider the monetary requirements. If you are applying through twofour54, the following processing fees apply for both UAE residents and non-UAE residents.

‘Normal’ processing fees:

All inclusive: AED 5,223*
Without VIP medical screening: AED 4,723*

‘Fast track’ processing fees:

All inclusive: AED 6,223*
Without VIP medical screening: AED 5,723*

Once the payment has been processed, twofour54 will apply for the initial approval of the Golden Visa on your behalf.

Upon submitting your completed application, UAE residents will also need to cancel their current residency. Any dependents on the same residency should also be temporarily placed on hold until the main Golden Visa process is completed. You can manage the hold request through the ICP self-service portal, or ask twofour54 to manage the process on your behalf.

Hold service fees:

Refundable deposit to immigration: AED 5,000*
Service charges: AED 480*

Please note that all prices are exclusive of VAT and are subject to change at any poi

Twofour54 golden visa for filmmakers

If you are wondering how to apply for the Golden Visa UAE, twofour54’s Tawasol department will be able to answer any questions you may have and guide you through every step of the process. In fact, endorsed applicants who already have a UAE residency can apply for their Golden Visa directly through Tawasol.

After you have submitted the required documents and paid the fees, the Tawasol team will apply for the initial approval of your Golden Visa on your behalf. They will also tell you when and where you should go for your medical screening, and notify you when your residency status has been changed, and your Emirates ID is ready for collection.

Pure color Infinite creativity - Filmlight Baselight 6.0

FilmLight has introduced the latest iteration of its grading software, Baselight 6.0. This release, following an extensive beta program, incorporates years of machine learning (ML) development and introduces features aimed at boosting productivity and fostering creativity.

Among the enhancements are a refined and modernized timeline, a new primary grading tool called X Grade, a revamped development tool named Chromogen, and a novel ML-driven tool known as Face Track. Face Track is designed to identify and track faces within a scene, adapting to their movements and rotations. It associates a polygon mesh with each face, facilitating the distortion of perspective-aware tools like Paint and Shapes with the mesh. Colorists can seamlessly apply corrections and enhancements made in Face Track to the entire timeline through a simple copy-and-paste process, ensuring consistency across a sequence or episode.

Martin Tlaskal, head of development at FilmLight, expressed the belief that this release significantly advances their technology, providing a platform that aligns with the needs of contemporary colorists. Face Track, in particular, is highlighted for its ability to substantially reduce the time spent on beauty work by colorists, streamlining processes and corrections across characters. Leveraging machine learning, Face Track revolutionizes face tracking, allowing colorists to make corrections and enhancements across multiple scenes efficiently.

Freelance colorists, including Cem Ozkilicci and Raúl Lavado, who participated in the beta program, praised Face Track as a game changer. It reduces time spent on tedious tasks like keying and shaping, providing efficiency in brightening/darkening faces, lifting eyes, and handling beauty and skin work. With the integration of paint tools, Face Track becomes even more potent, enabling colorists to focus more on grading and less on drawing shapes and tracking.

Leading up to the Baselight 6.0 release, FilmLight developed Flexi, a framework facilitating the swift integration of future ML-based tools into Baselight. The new tools in Baselight 6.0 encompass the RIFE ML-based retimer, a redesigned Curve Grade, integrated alpha for seamless compositing, an improved Gallery for enhanced searching and sorting, and various new and enhanced color tools such as Sharpen Luma, a built-in Lens Flare tool, Bokeh for out-of-focus camera effects, Loupe magnifying for precise adjustments, an upgraded Hue Angle, and more.

Digital Cinema colorist Sudip Shrestha have lauded the creative leap provided by Baselight 6.0, expressing excitement about the impact of new tools such as X Grade and Chromogen, along with the other upgrades, on their ability to deliver and realize their creative vision.