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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 :)

From hdforindies: Want more stills from a Red? I got more stills from a Red

offhollywood said:
we didn't take the time to even try the zebras or false color - we now have mastered getting a "perfect" histogram by using FALSE COLOR - our images we are shooting now are WAY better than the car stuff we shot -
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That's great to hear, but there's nothing wrong with the images on Mike's blog—they look exactly as they should. I brought them into my film grading pipeline and they behaved perfectly and produced some really lovely corrected images. And that is all that matters.

People are going to have to get used to the fact that the images they shoot with RED One are not meant to "look good" without some serious post-processing—in fact, as we discussed here, the best RED One images are often the ones that "look" the worst to your eye.

-Stu
 
That's going to be so hard to convince people of on set. A few years of HD and they have forgot what a video tap looks like. I can't wait to see the LUT system put into effect for the monitoring.

_mike
 
offhollywood said:
we didn't take the time to even try the zebras or false color - we now have mastered getting a "perfect" histogram by using FALSE COLOR - our images we are shooting now are WAY better than the car stuff we shot -
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Mark,

Are one or two of those stills posted anywhere? Is it possible to post a DPX, as Graeme Natress suggested(they are much faster in pshop than tiffs).


Thanks so much for the updates, it's so generous and considerate.

David
 
ProLost said:
That's great to hear, but there's nothing wrong with the images on Mike's blog—they look exactly as they should. I brought them into my film grading pipeline and they behaved perfectly and produced some really lovely corrected images. And that is all that matters.

People are going to have to get used to the fact that the images they shoot with RED One are not meant to "look good" without some serious post-processing—in fact, as we discussed here, the best RED One images are often the ones that "look" the worst to your eye.

-Stu
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Thanks Stu -

Everyone at Offhollywood is a fan of your work - so, your compliment means a lot - thanks!!

What I should have said was "we are now getting great images more CONSISTANTLY than our car shoot" - and we got TONS of great stuff on that shoot, but we did under-exposed some stuff - I think we were just paranoid - worried about the sun -

It takes a bit to get use to "shooting for the best dynamic range" - but once you do - post is FUN!!

The FALSE COLOR feature on the camera works fantastic for setting the exposure for best dynamic range -
 
battistella said:
Mark,

Are one or two of those stills posted anywhere? Is it possible to post a DPX, as Graeme Natress suggested(they are much faster in pshop than tiffs).


Thanks so much for the updates, it's so generous and considerate.

David
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There's a little taste in public folder of my iDisk -

Member's name: offhollywood

I haven't gotten official permission yet from the production company - but I'll leek this one out anyway - this was the very first test shot from today - we let Mike Curtis operate the camera - set up along side a 35mm on the set of a Asian cosmetics commercial - set the exposure using false color feature of the camera -

pop it in photoshop, auto levels, crush the blacks a bit .... yeah ...

as soon as I get "official" premission Mike Curtis will post a bunch more on his site on Monday -
 
Mark,


That still is fantastic! I don't think there is a 35mm shot in the world that can match that. I loaded it into AE and dropped it onto a SD timeline. At 25% i might add so it filled frame top to bottom. It was unreal. almost too good :] I can't wait for this damn camera.

What lens?

_mike
 
offhollywood said:
There's a little taste in public folder of my iDisk -

Member's name: offhollywood

I haven't gotten official permission yet from the production company - but I'll leek this one out anyway - this was the very first test shot from today - we let Mike Curtis operate the camera - set up along side a 35mm on the set of a Asian cosmetics commercial - set the exposure using false color feature of the camera -

pop it in photoshop, auto levels, crush the blacks a bit .... yeah ...

as soon as I get "official" premission Mike Curtis will post a bunch more on his site on Monday -
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Mark,

Kind of you to reply and post. The shot looks great!
Many thanks.

David
 
Mike Prevette said:
Mark,


That still is fantastic! I don't think there is a 35mm shot in the world that can match that. I loaded it into AE and dropped it onto a SD timeline. At 25% i might add so it filled frame top to bottom. It was unreal. almost too good :] I can't wait for this damn camera.

What lens?

_mike
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75mm Cooke S4 Prime
 
Having a look at this shoot in PS I did the old channel view and this is what I got. The blue channel takes a hit in the low detail areas much greater than any other channel. However on the skin or in high detail areas it looks great. So some variable compression seems to go crazy in the blue.


Stills taken down till Mark gets the OK.
 
Before you guys go HOW WILD posting with that frame grab - please let me get the proper permission. They are going to say yes, I just want to be respectful and legal.

Thanks in advance!!
 
how do i find your idisk? what are the exact steps? i forget...

i promise not to post it elsewhere...
 
I removed that image from my iDisc -

I am working on clearance to post 4 or 5 frame grabs from that shoot that are STUNNING - it may take a day or two - meantime, those of you that downloaded that frame grab - please keep it to yourself or you won't see anymore images from me ...

Thanks in advance!!
 
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