I’ve read a lot of stuff on the web in my efforts to educate myself about the Red One digital cinema camera’s new approach to motion picture image capture and its workflow. Below are some of the better resources I’ve encountered. If I’ve left off something helpful, let me know in the comments.
COMPANY WEBSITE
RED DISCUSSION FORUMS
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Reduser.net
The Red company-sponsored site.
Creative Cow Red Forum
Mostly oriented around Red post-production workflow.
Cinematography.com Red Forum
Lots of skepticism and passionate disagreement about the Red here.
DV Info.net Red Forum
Infrequent posting; lots of overlap with reduser.
WIKIS
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Redhax.net: a wiki for Red users. Very incomplete, but useful in spots.
Wikipedia:Red Digital Camera Company entry
RED: BASICS
Octamas.com: Red One user menu guides
FresHDV: “All Things Red” – another links listing
Creative Cow: Dress for Success with RED
Creative Cow: Shooting with RED: Testing, testing…
SHOOTING RAW:
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ProLost: Exposing to the Left vs. Exposing to the Right
Pro Lost: Digital Cinema Dynamic Range — an epic post
Pro Lost: Digital Cinema Dynamic Range [abbreviated version]
Reduser.net: Thread on Working with RAW
Bealecorner: John Beale’s camera tests
WORKFLOW:
American Cinema Editors: Podcast discussion for A.C.E. members about the workflow for Red with Avid and Final Cut Pro.
RedHax Wiki: Footage Protocol on Set
RedHax Wiki: Footage Conversion
Editors Lounge: Handling Red One in Post-Production [link to page with pdf file]
Coremelt: Red Camera 10-bit Color Online Workflow with FCP 6.0.2
DV Magazine: Posting RED
Scott Simmons’ Editblog: posts tagged “red”
Indie4k: Red Workflow posts 1 and 2
Pro8mm: Red & Super-8 Telecine (!)
ONLINE TUTORIAL/DEMO VIDEOS
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Wonderhowto: Learn All About the Red One Camera – 12 videos!
Studio Daily: Shooting Red
Studio Daily: What You Can Do with Red Alert
Studio Daily: Final Cut Pro – Red Workflow
Studio Daily: Edit RED Footage in Avid Media Composer
Studio Daily: RED / Avid Workflow
Studio Daily: Maintaining Red Metadata to Avid
Studio Daily: Assimilate Scratch / Red Workflow
Official REDCINE Training Videos
FOOTAGE
Red Relay
Repository of Red One footage.
PODCASTS
RedCentre @ FX Guide
Weekly podcast on all things Red from FXGuide.
RED 3rd-PARTY SOFTWARE
Crimson Workflow
FCP round tripping application.
RedTrip
Essentially an early, free version of Crimson Workflow.
Red Portal
Allows you to double-click R3D files to open in RedAlert!
AliasRDC
Helps with footage conversion (see http://www.redhax.net/wiki/Footage_Conversion).
MetaCheater
Allows MetaData use in Avid.
Spotlight Plugin for R3D Files
Lets you easily find and identify r3d-files on your computer.
3rd PARTY ACCESSORIES
Some might ask why this site is posting about Red, considering it is, for many readers, a high-ticket item (especially when you add in the cost of lenses, support, etc.). My answer is that this is a site that’s devoted to all forms of maverick filmmaking, including the invention of maverick filmmaking tools. By this standard, Red certainly qualifies.
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Perhaps something for the “RED 3rd-party software” section: There is a free Spotlight Plugin for R3D RAW files available at http://pomfort.com/spotlightredr3d/
good stuff man. there is a rumor Temple is ordering one, so this could be VERY handy.
One of my friends just bought one (or rather, he bought one months ago and it just arrived). I haven’t done much more with it than hold it and look at some of the footage, but I should get some hands-on experience within the next week or so. I’m excited…
We have the camera and after extensive use (TV commercials etc) can honestly say it bests any video capture system we have ever used.
Simply an incredible camera. Sony and Panasonic need to really start paying attention.
thanks for the excellent resource. could you change the link to my coremelt workflow papers to the below?
http://www.coremelt.com/support/workflow/papers.html
this will always access the latest versions and has a useful intro.
Sure thing, Roger. I’ve changed the link.
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