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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 :)

Some tips...

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Calibrate your monitor... you are now a Professional. This is mandatory.

Download the "Compatibility Update for Quicktime 7.2" from Apple.
Under Prefs, check the appropriate box.

Check your CF card reader for compatibility with REDCODE files BEFORE you shoot something important.

Upload and install the latest RED Alert!, QT node and RED ONE Firmware. Check for new packages daily.

Jim
 
Apple's Software Update only says the Quicktime compatability update improves compatability with ilife! lol .. We're in a Pro world now..:whistling:
Seriously though folks.. Are you all calibrating your monitors to 1.8?? I had a good look at the Apple systems set up to demonstrate Color at IBC and noticed that the image on the Apple Display was almost identical to the image on their little JVC monitors with HD-SDI inputs. The apple displays were calibrated just as they come out of the factory: "HD Display", which is 1.8 I suppose.
 
Sorry... that isn't the right update (although it won't hurt anything). If you have FCP2, there is a new box to check in QT prefs. That's what I was thinking about and got lost at 2am.

Jimk
 
There's been a lot of good tips lately, especially since the camera's release. But they're in many different threads. Maybe the mods can collect them and put them in one sticky. Brook?
 
Hey Jim, is there anyway that in the future when new cameras are shipped out, that we can post these updates and tips as Sticky's? I think it would be helpful to most RED users and owners so we don't have to go scrolling through pages of posts.

Thanks!
 
any chance of having all RED tips ( i think this is the 3rd posted by JJ)
saved and easy to find ??
 
How about just coming over and calibrating my monitor and a private seminar on how to use the black box and set me up with a business plan?

ha ha ha....well I guess i'm not paying enough. But i'll pitch in some beer and tacos...again!:biggrin:
 
BajaProductions said:
How about just coming over and calibrating my monitor and a private seminar on how to use the black box and set me up with a business plan?

ha ha ha....well I guess i'm not paying enough. But i'll pitch in some beer and tacos...again!:biggrin:
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No hay problema!

Jim.
 
I didn't know you're a latin speaker too!
 
Sumfun said:
There's been a lot of good tips lately, especially since the camera's release. But they're in many different threads. Maybe the mods can collect them and put them in one sticky. Brook?
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Work, work work... it's all I do... :bleh:

When I have a little time to sit down, I'll see about collecting some posts. Until then, if you go to Jim's profile, there's a button that will let you find all of his posts or all of his threads. That'll do for now, I hope.
 
Brook Willard said:
Work, work work... it's all I do... :bleh:

When I have a little time to sit down, I'll see about collecting some posts. Until then, if you go to Jim's profile, there's a button that will let you find all of his posts or all of his threads. That'll do for now, I hope.
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Hey Brook,

We definitely appreciate the work that you do. No hurry on this. But I want to point out that the tips are not just from Jim, but from many of the early owners, too.
 
I calibrate my monitors with a spider, but only one of them is an Apple Display. In my video suite, I am currently using a BM Decklink Extreme>HD Link>LCD for HD viewing/color correction. I plan on eventually getting an LCD with HD-SDI that has accurate color and black to do better correcting with.

Right now I'm in the budget color correction mode.

Steve


Billy.Summers said:
Is anyone planning on using a "spider" to calibrate mac monitors?
Like still photographers do
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FCP assumes your display is 1.8. I think Color does as well. And QuickTime Player also will after using Jim's fix. 1.8 seems to be what you want to calibrate to for video work on the Mac these days.

I used to do DTP, so I already had a Spyder 2 kicking around, and I've used it to calibrate all my displays. Though I've noticed with Apple's displays, the included color profiles are so good there's often no visible difference. (With non-Apple displays, like the popular Dell models, vendor profiles, if any, often aren't nearly as good, so they should definitely be calibrated.)
 
Anyone know how to calibrate an LCD? Are there settings for HD Broadcast specs or something RED compatible in the Syder things or those LCD calibration tools? If so, which one do I get?

Shoot coming up with RED in October, need to figure out the workflow now.
 
tomk said:
Anyone know how to calibrate an LCD?
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Yes...

1) Put a good probe on it.
2) Run compatible software and generate a gamma LUT that can accurately match black and white.
3) Realize that no LCD (except for ECinema's new ones) can really do true black.
4) Go beg for a high-end color-accurate CRT.

Seriously though...

High-end LCDs like ECinema and Cine-Tal do a good job and can give very good results. But even somebody like Martin Euredjian from ECinema will be honest about LCD vs. CRT. On a consumer LCD, you have to recalibrate every day and make sure you stay tightly on-axis for any critical viewing. But for serious color work that needs to be done within typical studio or network tolerances, a CRT or high-end Projector is still far and away the best reference. Go to any post house with a fulltime professional colorist and see how many are using LCDs for grading reference.

Lucas
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LA, CA, USA
 
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