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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

X264 vs. H264...

I can see it perfectly (as any so compressed internet file can be) on my mac via Quicktime player.
 
Looks great. :thumbsup:

Always nice to see James Hong. Such a good actor.

Who is Lia Griest, and why is that the only name in the credits printed in lowercase letters?
 
Jannard said:
The only reason we haven't posted the "Tattoo" movie yet is because it is almost impossible to post a correct H264 movie that looks right. We have had much better luck with X264. The problem is that you all will need to download and install an X264 codec to play the file.

This really showcases gamma issues. We all know what that means. Jarred has the files and will point you to the codec to install it.

It is the best way (for now) to view high quality images.. This is really weird.

We have spent days working on this. Quicktime H.264 really sucks... sorry to say. Anyone figure out how to make this work? We have great looking 4K files and are trying to get files for everyone to download and they look like shit.

X264 gives the best results. That is just wrong.

Jim
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Agree 100% Jim, thats great that you found a temporary solution, downloading right now. Can't wait to see it
 
Peter Matthes said:
Who is Lia Griest, and why is that the only name in the credits printed in lowercase letters?
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Lia used to be our " Big Spender " ( purchasing ) until I stole her away to keep my head on straight at the studio everyday... ironically enough... the title still fits :)

We would be so screwed without her...
 
Looks great. Just watched it again and again. I would like to see in 4K. But I will miss your event on May 3rd. Los Angeles is a litte bit far away from my home in Innsbruck.
 
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Jannard said:
If some one doesn't figure this stuff out.. we will.

Jim
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I'm sorry, I have to agree here. It's time someone else stepped up to the plate.
QT and Gamma must be dealt with similar to how Powers Boothe treats his disrespectful customer...

Jim Jannard: "I'm a kind man. All y'all know that..."

:-)
 
I noticed that all of Red's domains are registered under her name, and she has an unused Reduser account.

Thought that I might have discovered a mythical member of the Red team. :laugh:
 
just watched it...

Bleeding Christ! Evering looks soooo right.
Kudos to David and that crew - my jaw just hit the floor.
You guys are a real inspiration. (and yeah, drooling over a RED even more now - thanks)

Antonio Forjaz said:
this film always reminds me of "Deadwood" and "Blade Runner"...any else have the same feeling?
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Yeah, Blade Runner came to my mind and Angel Heart.


And I really like it, how Yodaesque that old Chinese guy is.

best, Frank

by the way, try Handbrake http://handbrake.fr/ for x264 encoding - it´s free and works wonders.
I constantly get much better results as with CS5.
 
You've already gotten some feedback on this, but I'll chime in too, to underline it:

With Adobe CS5 it's my impression that there's no gamma shift on export (on my Mac Pro).

That being said, like the above poster says: Handbrake is a supreme (free) x.264 encoder. Problem is that the input file support is lacking. CineForm and ProRes is a no-go for instance.

You could go uncompressed to Handbrake and that ought to yield perfect results.
 
AndreeMarkefors said:
That being said, like the above poster says: Handbrake is a supreme (free) x.264 encoder. Problem is that the input file support is lacking. CineForm and ProRes is a no-go for instance.

You could go uncompressed to Handbrake and that ought to yield perfect results.
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Yeah, uncompressed, that´s what I do all the time for best possible results.
 
Antonio Forjaz said:
just watched it again...3 times...after 2 at NAB...great...really great

this film always reminds me of "Deadwood" and "Blade Runner"...any else have the same feeling?
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Definitely getting a "Blade Runner" vibe - one of my all time favourite flicks. James Hong also played the memorable role of the eye manufacturer who gets "horrased" by Rutger Hauer ;) There's also some similarities in the style of lighting between this film and Blade Runner that I noticed; the high key light through shutters and light bouncing off a mirror and passing through an overlay of liquid :)

Very cool short! Great to finally watch this! Thank you RED :)
 
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Handbrake is quite restrictive compared to something like MeGUI. The default preset is only 'Medium', something like 'Very Slow' is much more efficient. I haven't been able to get 4K working with it either. x264VfW seems like the best bet as you can encode directly from your NLE. On a Mac, Uncompressed thru Handbrake seems like a good option too. A 4K 10-bit X264 of "Tattoo" would be an interesting watch!
 
Ok.. i have a question for you guys. For a 2K downloadable version of this at badass quality..... be it X264 or PRORES or DNXhd... what is the maximum file size you guys would put up with to download? 1GB? 2GB? 4GB?

p.s... just looked at handbrake. Looks good but incredibly restrictive as already mentioned... any other suggestions?
 
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