Tuesday
Apr152008
NAB 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 10:26PM Lots of grading solutions but no buyer’s remorse about our new Film Master system.
But man, is that Lustre shape tracking sweet.
For those grading on the cheap, you now have a control surface.
The Orphanage is cancelling RED One reso in favor of a Scarlet. Funny given that Scarlet is currently a lump of metal—just like RED One was two years ago.
3D is the RED One of NAB2008. Except, whatever.
With the exception of The Foundry. Nuke’s new stereo tools are useful, innovative. If you must.
Even more whatever: FED display at 240fps! Aparently no one told them humans max out at ~60fps.
Redrock Micro has a packed booth in the middle of nowhere.
As usual, after one day I’m ready to come home.
Reader Comments (14)
I'll get a Scarlet to. But I didn't even think about getting a Red One in first place. Wanted one, but...
I think the Scarlet will start the "real" http://www.extreeeme.org/digitalredvolution" REL="nofollow">REDvolution . I mean 3k isn't 4k, so you'll output at 2k or 1080p, but think about what you could do in post. and the 120/180 fps? John Woo galore ;-)
haha. I'm at NAB right now too and "as usual, after one day I'm ready to come home" Here's hoping we both make it through the week.
Hmm. This new panel is USB based, so i guess it's not gonna work with Apple Color, since the only thing supported is ethernet, right?
Stu:
Subjective testing shows favorable response up to about 250fps. So, 120 and 240 fps systems are quite viable.
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Eduardo, are you serious? It won't work with color? Working with Color would be the reason for me (and I'm sure many other people) would get it. Will it work with colorista at least? or the 3-way in FCP or Premiere? I'm currently looking for another CC/DI/Finishing option at my work. I use Stu's DV Rebel Toolkit pretty extensively to create my finished products (gonna do some extensive blogging on it soon with before and after pics), but frankly, they're a little clunky (but still massively useful and shot-saving over and over again!). I love Apple Color, and use it in my freelance work, but my day job is on a PC (I caved to the IT department) with CS3 (that part was my suggestion mostly because of AE), so I fear there's a giant wall between my MacBook Pro and my PC.
Anyways, I'm rambling now, but that's disappointing if it isn't useable with Color.
Is Scarlet really a pro-sumer camcorder? I understand it has fantastic 3k resolution but no interchangeable lenses and only 8x zoom lens. I really don't know much of the subject but do you guys think its better than the HVX200?
Tate, I don't understand the question. Plenty of "prosumer" cameras have fixed lenses, including the HVX200.
Regarding the fps issue...
It's off topic, but really cool. 2000fps.
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/04/water-falling-a.html
Stu, why aren't you into the 3D stuff? Just interested...
I agree that we need a new set of desktop tools though. I did the Hannah Montana title seq in After Effects and C4D and it was quite a complex (though very rewarding) job.
Doing tweaks was not easy with complex AE sequences - you have a sequence for each eye and anything you do for one eye has to be perfectly duplicated for the other. When you start doing major changes it's sometimes better to just delete the seq for the right eye, do your edits on the left eye, then recreate the right eye seq.
I know this process could be automated via custom scripts etc but then you are introducing another layer of complexity into the mix... a standardized, built-in toolset would be the best.
I guess now that The Foundry is doing their own compositing package, there's not much chance of their 3D tools getting integrated into AE the way Adobe did with the Furnace retimer?
Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com
Hey Stu, what I meant was that I am looking into buying a camera for my dv rebel purposes and I was looking into the HVX because of all its manual features and I just wanted to know how manual and effective is Scarlet in comparison.
Hey Stu, I am a student Film maker, and am currently finishing your book "DV Rebel's Guide". I had a question for you, and hoped that you could get back with me on it.
In your book, you mention that you used a fog machine to help give "The Last Birthday Card" a more "film-like" look. Obviously from watching the short, these scenes were shot during the day. If I shoot some night shots, Do you think fogging an Int. Scene will make any difference?
I would love to hear your advice, I can be reached at:
rkreh19@hotmail.com
Thanks for your help, and I look forward to your next book!
Hey Stu, I am a student Film maker, and am currently finishing your book "DV Rebel's Guide". I had a question for you, and hoped that you could get back with me on it.
In your book, you mention that you used a fog machine to help give "The Last Birthday Card" a more "film-like" look. Obviously from watching the short, these scenes were shot during the day. If I shoot some night shots, Do you think fogging an Int. Scene will make any difference?
I would love to hear your advice, I can be reached at:
rkreh19@hotmail.com
Thanks for your help, and I look forward to your next book!
Stu, it sounds like they weren't making the point that the reason you want over 60 fps is so that you have the foward compatibility of 3D. Also if you have above 60fps you can triple flash 24p images to get the nice smooth 24 frame playback like you get in a theater. That said, I think the main point is 3D. Your really need 144 fps for good sequential 3D (to correspond with shutter frame glasses) which is the best current tech for viewing in your home anyway (autostereo isn't really there yet from what I hear). Hope that makes high frame rates more meaningful.
Hey Rob_Himself, did you ever see Blade Runner? Beverly Hills Cop? The eighties would have been nothing without heavily smoked night interiors!