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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 :)

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  1. Tom Chase

    REDVOLT Drain

    Hello, Quick question, is it normal for REDVOLT's to drain by 20% over night? I was testing some new lights last night, threw on a REDVOLT that had been sitting for about 3 weeks and didn't pay attention to how charged it was, but by the end of the tests it was down to about 30%. I threw it on...
  2. Tom Chase

    Resolve 10.1.4 or higher crashes

    Hi all, About two weeks ago I was using Resolve to grade some footage from the Epic and it worked great. Saw an update to resolve (10.1.5) installed it and got pulled off to another project. Tried opening its last night and all I get are crashes. It loads, puts me into "select user" window, I...
  3. Tom Chase

    Upgraded to Premiere Pro CC (2014) no decklink out

    Hi all, Did the upgrade last night to the Newest version on Premiere Pro CC and I lost all links to my Decklink Monitor. I have unistalled and reinstalled the drivers serval times now. Anyone else experiencing this? Any ideas on fixes? Thanks Tommy
  4. Tom Chase

    Sekonic C-500 & LED lights

    Was looking to purchase a color temp meter. The sekonic C-500 kept up as a goto meter, but seen several posts about problems with reading LEDs accurately. Curious if anyone has had these issues. My personal lighting it is 95% LED's. if this is accurate any suggestions for measuring color temp...
  5. Tom Chase

    REDMOTE charging times

    I haven't used my REDMOTE for like 2 1/2 months, pulled it out this evening for a shoot coming up next week. Well I had it hooked up to my MacPro for 15-20 minutes and its barely charged. The green charging light isn't on, only the flashing battery icon is blinking red. I have heard that you can...
  6. Tom Chase

    Vimeo or YouTube

    So I have a project I shot against a black background and I underexposed (my fault - stupid me didn't trust the histogram). I've compressed it for viewing on a desktop from a quicktime file, it holds up with minimal noise, I've burned it to DVD MPEG 2 it again had minimal noise. But when I...
  7. Tom Chase

    Mobile site

    Can RED please look to make the ideation of the Red.com site more iPhone friendly. The navigation is horrible on the iPhone. Thank you (please don't hate me for bringing it up) Tommy
  8. Tom Chase

    lens upgrade time

    Hello, I have finally decided to take a big plunge for me. I been shooting for several years now and I love my Canon EF L Lense but I feel like it's time to move to dedicated cine-lenses. Big issues with the L's are pulling focus & lack of declicked apeture. So here is my question what three...
  9. Tom Chase

    Hard Drive Setup

    Quick question for everyone - How do you set your hard-drives up for working w/red files in Premiere & After Effects. Currently I have the following setup on my Mac Pro (2010) 1-Intel SSD boot drive, an interal software RAID were I currently keep my R3D files, and I 1TB 7200 RPM interal drive...
  10. Tom Chase

    eSata REDMag Reader

    I have a question for anyone using the Firewire/eSata RedMag Reader. I have had problems getting it to be seen by my eSata Card (Highpoint RocketRaid 2642). I have talked to Red and Highpoint both say it should work. I sent it back to HighPoint to be looked at but I am considering a new card and...
  11. Tom Chase

    Non-Thunderbolt Expansion Chassis

    I am looking to possibly add an expansion chassis to my 2010 Mac Pro and all I seem to find is Thunderbolt based chassises (sp). Any suggestions for the older Mac Pro's without Thunderbolt. Now that I have a solid GTX780 running I am looking at maybe doing a second one (for Resolve & After...
  12. Tom Chase

    Avid Artist Color & EUcontrol 3.1.2

    Has anyone else had an issue with Resolve not seeing the Avid Artist Color after upgrading to 3.1.2? I just had to downgrade to 2.7 to get Resolve to see my panel. Also has anyone else noticed that B&H Discontined the Tangent Element? Thanks Tom
  13. Tom Chase

    Neat Video for Noise Reduction

    Quick question - do you use Neat, if so whats your workflow? I'm looking at purchasing it and I don't know if I should go with the Resolve Plug-in or the Premiere Plug-in. I feel like going the resolve route makes more sense but please share your experiences. Thanks Tom Chas
  14. Tom Chase

    New Graphics Card

    Hi all - thanks for all the help on my Reference Monitor question. Posting this in here because I really want to use the new card to increase Resolve. I am looking to upgrade my Graphics Card for my Mac Pro Tower (2010) currently I'm running a NVIDA Quadra 4000 and really I'm not impressed...
  15. Tom Chase

    Reference Monitors

    Greetings all, I am looking to invest in a reference monitor for all of my workflow but mostly for Resolve. I know FSI is a great monitor but I don't have that type of money. I am looking at two monitors the Konvision 2260W or the Ikan MS21. Was wondering if anyone has any suggestion or...
  16. Tom Chase

    Monitor Calibration using hardware

    Hello all, I am looking at purchasing the Xrite I1 tool for monitor calibration. Right now I am really poor (lol) so I am using a Mac Pro with a 27" Cinema Display and a ASUS PA249Q attached to a BlackMagic Decklink Monitor card. I know its not a Grading or Broadcast Monitor, if I could afford...
  17. Tom Chase

    Avid Artist Color ------ Making me crazy

    Greetings, I am going to go insane here pretty quick. So I just got my Avid Artist Color last night - after a few tweeks I was able to get it setup and running using both Resolve 10 and Red Cine X Pro. I was loving the surface, great respone and so much easier for grading. What surprised me...
  18. Tom Chase

    Avid Artist Color

    Hello, I am looknig to pick up a color grading surface and I am on a tight budget. I was looking at the tangent wave or Avid Artist Color surface. From the reviews I've read it seems the Avid Artist Color surface is the way to go. Has anyone had any experience using this device working in 5K...
  19. Tom Chase

    BOMB EVF or ...

    Hello, I am considering purchasing a battle teased BOMB EVF from the RED store. I have a hard time shooting with the 5" REDtouch and I understand with the EVF I loose the touch features of the menu and without the +1 adaptor I will only be able to use the EVF or REDtouch not both. So my...
  20. Tom Chase

    Learning RCX

    Hello, I am for the lack of a better word a "one man show" - write, direct, edit, color all by my self. That said, I use a lot of Da Vinci Resolve for my coloring work, since purchasing my Epic I have continually tried to work with it - using Premiere and the RMD files it's been getting better...
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