Using RED Cameras with Wacom Cintiq Pro
By Jennifer P
Check out this article written by Erica from Wacom that discusses how the role of RED camera systems in making visually striking. Productions like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Squid Game, and The Queen’s Gambit were explored in a chat at RED Studios in Los Angeles. Dan Duran, Head Post Production and Workflow Specialist at RED Digital Cinema, Director C. Craig Patterson, and Cinematographer and Director Kathryn Boyd-Batstone participated in the conversation, emphasizing the benefits of RED cameras. They praised the cameras for their small size, compactness, and powerful features, such as high-resolution raw capture and ultra-high dynamic range, which provide filmmakers with options throughout production.
You can read the full article from Wacom HERE
RED Cameras, RED Control Pro, and Wacom Cintiq Pro
When discussing the benefits of RED cameras, Dan says that “they’re not only incredibly small and compact but also incredibly powerful cameras, combining high-resolution raw capture with ultra-high dynamic range,” giving filmmakers a lot of flexibility when filming during productions.
RED Control Pro, which comes with RED cameras, gives users advanced control over their V-RAPTORTM or KOMODOTM cameras. RED Control Pro provides an enhanced experience, including a unique customizable interface, live streaming from the camera, menu navigation, and advanced LUT, CDL, and PRESET management. The app has also been completely redesigned for larger screens and simultaneous monitoring of live streaming from multiple cameras. On MacOS, RED Control Pro can be installed as a native version, which includes additional features such as clip auto download and detachable and resizable windows.
Cinematography and directing on-set with RED Cameras and Wacom
“especially as your teams get bigger and there’s more people to communicate with, being able to move efficiently is important. To visually have everyone on the same page by looking at one of these beautiful monitors and everything that’s listed there on the RED Control app, and then just tap the screen to make slight adjustments helps us move more efficiently. From a DP standpoint, I sometimes have to memorize so many different menu settings and everything is always different, which can be a challenge. Working on [the Cintiq Pro 27] was so intuitive.”
Cinematographer and Director Kathryn Boyd-Batstone
Efficiency was a major motivator when designing the newest Cintiq Pro to have the high color accuracy that allows for use on virtual production sets. With virtual production, a big challenge is matching the volume to set pieces.
“Being able to have color accuracy and being able to match those things was so important to make rest of [Fathead] believable and not take the audience out of the film. It took a lot of time, but having a tool with the color accuracy of the Cintiq Pro, we could have gotten to it so much faster,”
Director C. Craig Patterson
Read the full article from Wacom HERE
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