http://indie4k.com A blog about the technical, financial and creative aspects of HD and Ultra-HD independant filmmaking. Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:59:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://indie4k.com/archives/261 http://indie4k.com/archives/261#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:59:00 +0000 Chris Kenny http://indie4k.com/archives/261

With the addition of Rocket support, the upcoming Resolve for Mac is pretty much exactly the grading system we've been waiting for. #

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Check out the first two episodes of Nice Dissolve's new web series at http://www.364series.com #

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Really hope we see USB 3 on those new Mac Pros. #

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Lighting the Sydney Opera House Sails http://fb.me/CbK8AfY5 #

Hulu now works better on an iPad than on an 8-core Mac Pro. I hate Flash. Hulu really needs to do a desktop app with native playback. #

(The current Hulu Desktop app still does playback via Flash.) #

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@rnkn There's the 90's classic "Tank Girl" http://j.mp/cpWuQX in reply to rnkn #

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Wow, so the Internet really magnifies PR disasters, doesn't it? http://bit.ly/9qipCf #

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VIVID LIVE Laurie Anderson projection onto Sydney Opera House, Red camera and 4K workflow by Nice Dissolve: http://bit.ly/aVdYbt #

I think I've finally figure out what Google is up to with WebM/VP8: http://bit.ly/cQxXCc #

I think I've finally figured out what Google is up to with WebM/VP8: http://bit.ly/cQxXCc #

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Finally got our RedRocket, after the first one got stolen off a FedEx truck. If anyone needs cheap transcoding in NYC: http://bit.ly/9XXKPP #

And Red 404 gets back Thursday with an MX upgrade. We're planning a bunch of low-light tests. We'll probably post results at Indie4K.com #

I don't buy this notion of FCP going 'prosumer': http://indie4k.com/archives/247 #

Steve Jobs on FCP rumors: "Don't believe everything you read. The next release will be kickass." http://bit.ly/cLRDF3 #

Just got our Mysterium-X Red back. http://yfrog.com/12qrncj #

Red answers some Scarlet questions: http://bit.ly/9F87vO #

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According to Adobe, promoting your proprietary technology while also supporting standards is virtuous if you're Adobe, evil if you're Apple. #

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H.264 licensing is not noticeably more restrictive than licensing on earlier widely used codecs. Not sure why people are freaking out. #

Yes, saving a 461 KB JPEG should absolutely take three minutes and make me think the app is frozen. Good work, Photoshop. #

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Major REDCINE-X interface overhaul, audio sync tool, etc: http://bit.ly/cIzVo2 #

RT @16×9cinema: Steve Jobs on next release of Final Cut Pro: http://bit.ly/cNR58Q #

DaVinci Resolve: single GPU performance on Mac is similar to the single GPU Linux systems that cost $200K 6 months ago http://bit.ly/dcTj0s #

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Why Apple shipped the iPad, rather than a Mac netbook: http://morescaryrobots.com/2010/04/06/why-not-a-netbook/ #

Arri Alexa recording direct to ProRes 4444 is a killer feature. If pricing were more in-line with Red's, we'd have serious interest. #

Red proxy modules seem like a pretty brilliant idea http://bit.ly/b80Fa4 #

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This iPad thing is going to be a big deal. #

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That's two years running that "Best Cinematography" has gone to a digitally shot film. #

@Rocket_Scott And last year Best Cinematography was Slumdog Millionaire, shot largely on the 2/3" SI-2K. in reply to Rocket_Scott #

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Watch online for FREE as part of our @TrueFalse Retrospective ? The Order of Myths http://bit.ly/6web1j (via @theauteurs) #

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Red vs. HDSLR measured resolution: http://bit.ly/9bJI7O #

After LEDs and CFLs: nanofiber lighting: http://bit.ly/afxXkX #

Feature-length Lord of the Rings prequel shot for ~$50K: http://bit.ly/bBzF9P #

@abitofmagic From the video it seems like they did a lot of tweaking to get a nice warm white. Flexibility is probably there to do 5K. in reply to abitofmagic #

RT @Criterion May titles announced! STAGECOACH, Fritz Lang's M, WALKABOUT, Brakhage on Blu-ray, and Oshima's (cont) http://tl.gd/8mvqo #

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Slick HTML5-based video player: http://jilion.com/sublime/video #

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Red's Mysterium X reel: http://bit.ly/6D1BJY "Shoot the hard stuff" #

Lighting (and other) details for one of the scenes in Red's Mysterium X reel: http://bit.ly/aDS5L6 #

Via RedUser, 4K Mysterium X TIFFs: http://bit.ly/cAEVpe #

It looks like they're actually doing iWork for the iPad. They really want this thing to take over the most common 75% of computing. #

And it sounds like they're seriously overhauling document creation user interface for the first time in several decades. #

The iPad appears to replace both drop-down and contextual text-based menus with these little pop-up views that contain richer UI controls. #

Do people really think Flash video would even work usably on the iPad? Try using Hulu on a ~5 year old PowerBook for a performance preview. #

I've posted a bunch of iPad commentary over on the tech blog over the last couple of days: http://morescaryrobots.com/ #

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Red appears to have snuck a 3-way color corrector into the new RedCine-X beta. http://yfrog.com/4akbhj #

Mysterium X fixes the "black sun" artifact: http://bit.ly/4xma2d #

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My Apple tablet speculation: http://bit.ly/5Px0Ot I think they might be up to something big. #

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Red's new M-X sensor @ ISO 800: http://bit.ly/8lSJ7W 2K ProRes LT clip. Uncrushed blacks and no noise reduction. Impressive. #

On Christmas day, Amazon customers purchased more e-books than physical books: http://bit.ly/7dOZi5 #

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Indie4K post about Bayer sensors and industry elitism: http://bit.ly/56ebPU (I make no apologies for the horrible pun in the post title.) #

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Really digging Google Wave for collaborating on shoot planning. #

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Current snapshot of the "Top 50 Films of the Decade" as rated by our community http://bit.ly/aut50d (via @theauteurs) #

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Google now has fast, free, public DNS: http://bit.ly/5g9t7q #

Interesting explanation of what Google gets out of doing ad-free public DNS: http://kottke.org/09/12/google-dns #

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Red's new cameras to have face tracking as well as touch-to-focus? http://reduser.net/forum/showpost.php?p=517577&postcount=419 #

Red's new on-camera UI: http://reduser.net/forum/showpost.php?p=517911&postcount=20 #

Red confirms Redmote can be used to pull focus electronically on Canon and Nikon lenses: http://bit.ly/7H6JOa #

More info on monitor path independence on new Red cameras: http://reduser.net/forum/showpost.php?p=518057&postcount=660 #

2/3" fixed Scarlet will have ND filter wheel with OFF, .9, 1.8: http://reduser.net/forum/showpost.php?p=518086&postcount=667 #

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Red's new cameras to have face tracking as well as touch-to-focus? http://reduser.net/forum/showpost.php?p=517577&postcount=419 #

Red's new on-camera UI: http://reduser.net/forum/showpost.php?p=517911&postcount=20 #

Red confirms Redmote can be used to pull focus electronically on Canon and Nikon lenses: http://bit.ly/7H6JOa #

More info on monitor path independence on new Red cameras: http://reduser.net/forum/showpost.php?p=518057&postcount=660 #

2/3" fixed Scarlet will have ND filter wheel with OFF, .9, 1.8: http://reduser.net/forum/showpost.php?p=518086&postcount=667 #

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I have a nice long geeky post on Chrome OS and the future of computing up on my MoreScaryRobots tech blog: http://bit.ly/4IB5dn #

Avid to Color workflow: http://bit.ly/4z2jWq #

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1080p coming to YouTube: http://bit.ly/1QTENQ #

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1080p coming to YouTube: http://bit.ly/1QTENQ #

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Oh yeah netflix streaming on the PS3. http://yfrog.com/j6r5wj #

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New Red brains to have built-in Internet connectivity for firmware upgrades: http://bit.ly/3K3yk8 #

Red electronic lenses will have customizable light-up OLED focus rings, and possibly reversible focus direction: http://bit.ly/1KRhjY #

Red universal Look file format coming in next few weeks: http://bit.ly/lkIH #

Review of ViewFactor Studios Impero/Inclino: http://bit.ly/2Nkva8 #

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ZFS officially dead on OS X: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2009/10/23/zfs #

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RT @mikeseymour: 5D Mk II new firmware coming – full frame 24P & 25P "available in the first half of 2010" #

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The Red gets it's first Criterion Collection release. http://www.criterion.com/films/20987 #

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Red hints at schedule hit as it refocuses on shipping more solid products out of the gate: http://bit.ly/ildCi Details on 10/30. #

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Time Warner thinks sending me spam about "Hannah Montana The Movie" on on-demand is a valid use of the e-mail I gave their billing system. #

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Red build 20 menu map: http://bit.ly/2KZVpj #

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67 TB of storage for $7867: http://bit.ly/pzX49 Why do they not sell these? #

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New RedCine-X screenshot: http://www.redgrabs.com/up/1251626503.jpg #

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Digital Cinema Package creation discussion: http://bit.ly/1Q20x #

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New net neutrality bill: http://bit.ly/Hx25l Sounds good. Now it just has to actually pass. #

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Apple’s new Red workflow documentation: http://bit.ly/6UkEg #

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Final Cut Studio 3 has 4:4:4 ProRes and a version of Color w/ 4K support. #

Heh. A lot of the Apple screencast demos for new Final Cut features show Red-style clip names. I think the Final Cut team like Red… #

@rnkn It is a little baffling. Given that Apple axed 64-bit Carbon they’re going to need to move all the FCS apps over to Cocoa eventually. in reply to rnkn #

New Final Cut Studio rundown at Indie4K: http://indie4k.com/archives/137 #

ProRes 4444 supports 12-bit pixel depth and mathematically lossless alpha channels. White paper: http://bit.ly/1feEIv #

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“We completely understand the public’s concern about futuristic robots feeding on the human population” – Cyclone Power http://bit.ly/tdtET #

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Robots invading vintage postcards: http://bit.ly/C29dR #

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Franken knocking the ball out of the park with a question for Sotomayor on ‘net neutrality. #

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YouTube dropping IE6 support. The future of the web is a little brighter today. #

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Adobe CS4 native Red workflow is seriously slick. Apple needs to do this. #

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Wolfram Alpha and hubristic user interfaces: http://bit.ly/huVIF #

@danielzana Google Voice doesn’t currently seem to allow members to send invites. in reply to danielzana #

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