Recent content by Keith Van Orden

Hey fellas, I've recently begun work in a studio with various freelancers, permalancers, full time artists and editors. It's a constant reshuffle of people and workstations. One of my responsibilities is to maintain these computers, routinely run benchmark tests, diagnostics tests, color...

Here's my situation; I'm dealing with multiple drives that all pertain to the same (old) project. There's a raw footage drive, a master project drive, two backup drives, and a backup drive of footage that was on a shared media server. Some of these drives have random project files, some have...

Hi there, I have a question regarding metadata on R3D files. Basically, I work at a studio that handles a lot of still and video files, and when we ingest any still images, we append the metadata (in Adobe bridge) to include our copyright information, and simple keywords like genre, location...

Hey there, Is there any app or dongle or any sort of connector that would allow an ipad to be used as a director's monitor? Obviously anything fancy like H.264 recording through it would be pretty much impossible, but is there a way to set it up to review clips and whatnot? Thanks!

Hey everyone! We have a fashion shoot coming up next week that takes place in the Glamis county sand dunes. Naturally, our primary concern with the equipment is bits of sand getting into everything. Now, I know the Epic Dragon has a contained ventilation system that will prevent particles from...

Hey guys, I'm the new equipment manager for a small production company that has two RED Epics, one being a Dragon, and I'm wondering what your advice is as far as flying with these precious cameras. We have an upcoming shoot on the opposite coast so I need to begin prepping as soon as possible...