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TedRed

TedRed

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Hello Everyone,

A small team at RED along with a small team of industry professionals have been working in secret over the past couple months on something we call REDucation. We just officially launched this evening (April 20th, 2009)

No need to make a long post here explaining what we've been up to.... if you go and check out:

www.reducation.net

you will get some sense of what we've been working on....

Looking forward to your feedback and thoughts as we start to bring this education program to life.

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Since this first post a while ago, we have successfully had 3 REDucation classes in LA - lots of comments in this thread on those classes for those that are interested in some of the student feedback.

Updating the thread today, Feb 7th 2010 with info about our 4th class - REDucation Vegas:

REDucation Vegas - from April 8th to April 12th.

We are ramping up the planning now, and this promises to be a very interesting, in depth week of learning the RED camera and post workflow.

Registration is open now, follow this link to register:

http://www.reducation.net/registration.html

We are working on a much larger scope event that our previous REDucation classes in LA, to handle all the interest and demand worldwide from students coming in for this and staying for the NAB show, and attending the REDuser Vegas event on April 14th.

This will be a unique, one time event that will will be taking the first 200 students that register. There will be a vast amount of RED camera gear, including some cameras with the new MX sensor in them, and the latest post production software and utilities to work with the footage. A large amount of teaching and support staff will be there to keep things as much hands on as possible, and a team of highly trained presenting staff to teach the latest RED workflows for shooting and posting all types projects on the RED is preparing now for the class.

Any questions about REDucation Vegas, you can email to: info@reducation.net

Looking forward to meeting many people eager to take their RED skills to the next level in Vegas in April!

Thanks

+ Ted
 
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Good stuff...glad to see that RED itself is going to spearhead this effort, especially as the product portfolio begins to rapidly expand in the next weeks and months.
Peace,

-Harry
 
I am speechless...This news was a gift...further refinement of the concept of Independance...No more getting saddled with so called "Experts"

I want to know how to pay for a place in this course. And I want to get on the list...Now!

Thanks,

DogDay.
 
East Coast - PLEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEE
 
This just made my day!!!!:thumbsup:
 
Um, great, but PRICEY. $2500 for the week? That's a lot to learn about the gear we just bought from you. Before people jump on me...yes, in the scheme of things, it's not that much. But I have employees that would love to go to this and at $2500, they'll have to wait for the manual. :-) (and wait...and wait...)
 
Every time you have to ask some clown for their "Expertise" you will be milked for cash. This solves that once and for all. Well worth the cash. I am in Europe and will fly across the ocean for this opportunity to liberate myself from the middelmen.

Also there have been several bootcamps offered and they have well exceeded this fee. This should bring them to their knees and bring down their prices too.

DogDay.
 
Nick Wolf said:
Every time you have to ask some clown for their "Expertise" you will be milked for cash.
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Um...not on these boards. I've learned a lot around here...and it's cheap. The price is to just muddle through the posts you don't want to read...to find the nuggets.
 
Kevin Wild said:
Um...not on these boards. I've learned a lot around here...and it's cheap. The price is to just muddle through the posts you don't want to read...to find the nuggets.
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I agree 100%. I have learned as much here as I have in class.
 
hmmmm....one week of wages for a lifetime of RED knowledge?? Soooo worth it.

Count me in.
 
True this site is a gold mine. And the people here are exceptionally helpful.

I am speaking subjectively. For me a course like this would be the last piece of the puzzle. A huge hurdle would be removed by getting this hands on teaching.

Dogday.
 
Sounds promising, but I'd love to see something under the curriculum section.

I'd be really interested to know to what extent this training will go to.
 
Vince K said:
hmmmm....one week of wages for a lifetime of RED knowledge?? Soooo worth it.

Count me in.
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I don't post often here, but actively follow the forums, and this statement about a lifetime of RED knowledge is false.

It is impossible to learn enough about a piece of electronics in a week to last a lifetime.

Electronics Always change. They obsolete themselves.

Even with Jim's slogan of Obsolescence obsolete, things have still changed, things will always change (that's also a Jim guarantee).

A few days of learning can be a great start, but a huge part of being knowledgeable about any electronics is keeping up with it DAILY.

-Alan Gordon
 
Alan Gordon said:
I don't post often here, but actively follow the forums, and this statement about a lifetime of RED knowledge is false.

It is impossible to learn enough about a piece of electronics in a week to last a lifetime.

Electronics Always change. They obsolete themselves.

Even with Jim's slogan of Obsolescence obsolete, things have still changed, things will always change (that's also a Jim guarantee).

A few days of learning can be a great start, but a huge part of being knowledgeable about any electronics is keeping up with it DAILY.

-Alan Gordon
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I was referring to the fact that for me, personally, it would be added knowledge that I can take with me and use on future gigs.
I have worked with the R1 a number of times, but like DogDay had mentioned earlier, the course will only add to what I know now, and can only help me in the long run.
That's something I can take with me and use over my lifetime.
 
Vince, the point that I would make is RED is positioning these classes as industry type classes. In other words, you'd better be a person regularly working with RED. It would take quite a few days of DI in this market to justify spending $1500 on the tech class.

I don't want to whine too much...RED can charge what they want. But I think they are about double where they should be as far as pricing. With people who travel there, you're talking a $4000 expense for a week to learn stuff that (like the other person said and RED would probably admit in a different conversation) will be obsolete soon.

I hope they reconsider their pricing. It's a no brainer for me right now. I'll take the $7500 for myself and 2 employees and put it towards the new lenses. See, RED gets my money anyways. :-)

Kevin
 
All in all, I want to learn more about 4k RAW, and I see no one else offering this.
I would hope, that after taking this workshop, I would get more work on RED gigs as I would be MORE knowledgeable than the next guy who didn't.
I'm still very interested regardless of the price. If they bring it down, even better.
 
I agree that its a little pricey, heck, im going to have to fly for almost 20 hours to get to LA and then 20 hours back. Hoorah!

I think if people are expecting to become an expert on the RED after a 3 day or 7 day course then they'll be disappointed. I think that is why the questionnaire is there, asking role, years in the biz, number of RED jobs worked on etc. Maybe the guys will be honest and tell you if you arent that suitable? Personally I look forward to learning how to trim the fat in our workflow and get some advice from the only real experts.....RED.

Plus, I guess I can take the opportunity to take one of our R1's over with me for the audio upgrade. (or Epic swap if it coincides!) It would be a lot less stressful than watching a FEDEX man walking away with the camera in a cardboard box!
 
Ted,

Can people like me who worked on more than 20 commercials and 5 feature films in India can help you out take the course forward to this part of the world?

Any assistance from Red will serve professional approach for the above suggestion!
 
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