Recent content by Tom Chase

I have noticed that the HDMI output coming out of my Dragon looks very dark, like 2 stops darker than the 5" RED Touch. I have gone HDMI out to three different monitors/tv's all of them consistantly look very dark. Does HDMI out of the RED have a look/LUT assigned to it by default? Monitor 1 -...

I'm thinking about upgrading my workstations monitors. Currently I'm using a 27" Apple Cinema Display & a 24" ASUS PA 248q for the GUI on my editing/color apps. In premiere I will use my 24" ASUS as a "reference" monitor via the Decklink Mini Monitor Card on the HDMI port. I'm curious if anyone...

So tonight I took my Dragon to shoot some slow motion test footage of a local wrestling event (actually pretty cool). I did a black shading prior at the settings I was going to shoot on; I was shooting with my Canon 35mm FD lens wide open - I was about 40 feet from the ring so I set my focus to...

Hi all, Quick workflow question - I'm doing some grading and a blood hit/spatter on a friends project. I am curious if most people grade first, then go into fusion/after effects and do the VFX or if they go the other way and start with the VFX then grade. I've been given Sony MTS/R3D...

I don't recall this happening in Resolve 11, now on Resolve 12.3.1 - but I got some H.264 files sent to me (shot on an Epic) to do a quick test with, and after about 5 minutes Resolve stops responding. I can access the drop down menus from the top line but they don't do anything (including...

Hey all, I'm helping a friend of mine gather Ultra Low Budget agreements for his upcoming sizzle reel and to help him prep for the follow on feature. We got a hold of SAG-AFTRA easy; but I can't seem to get any love from IATSE. Does anyone have a POC/Number/Email or even know if their is a...

Does anyone have any generic profiles for the Dragon that I could plug into my Sekonic 758. Thanks a head of time. Tommy

So I have a quick question about which of the two above mentioned OLPF's would be best for a general use OLPF. I currently have the Low Light OLPF which I love and it's great for my personal shooting style. But as I'm renting out my camera or doing more operator work I feel like I need a more...

So, back in April I had rented out a camera to a decently well known Director in my part of Texas. I gave him an amazing two day rate, plus me. Because I have many mutual friends, I didn't take a deposit and some how ending up becoming the colorist on this project. When I did get paid, about...

I just upgraded to El Capitan - over all I like it, except I'm having issues with the Avid Artist Color being found with the new OS. It seems like the EUControl app is not seeing the panel - updated to I think 3.3.2 and have current firmware on the panel. When the panel gets found by EUControl...

Just curious of peoples experience using El Capitan on older Mac Pros (I have a 5,2 with 48gb Ram and an unlashed GTX780). Is it worth upgrading if your using Premiere CC, Resolve or RCX? Thanks

So, I got into an interesting conversation with an AC buddy of mine. We got on the topic of shooting on 5d's vs t3i (I know they aren't RED's). But the convo went to FULL FRAME - and how he wanted to rent my 5d soley because it was Full Frame. I was surprised to learn that he (he's been AC'ing...

Just curious if anyone one else if using a non-flashed GTX780 on a Mac Pro and what settings are you choosing in RCX for the Graphics Card - Open CL or CUDA? I'm still trying to get my head around RCX. Thanks Tommy

Hello everyone, I am testing the waters to see how many people would be interested in doing a group by on the Xeen Cine Lens set (24mm, 50mm, 85mm). I spoke with Xeen today and they are interested in setting up a group buy - no pricing yet. Mainly I just wanted to see how much interest there...

I think there may have been a post about these before in the past, but I can't seem to find it. I am curious if anyone has tried this brand? Power-U 130WH V-Mount x2 for $340 seems a little to good to be true...