Jim Jannard has an informative post with updates on reduser.net. Highlights:
2. Build 16 has been completely rebuilt three times. This is an incredibly difficult trick we are pulling off. Much more difficult and complicated than we thought. We have all our horses on it. Graeme is even at RED working his ass off along with Rob, Deanan, Matt B., Bimal, Andy, Melissa, Stuart, Jarred and myself to make sure we get it right. RED Alert! and Redcine have to be rebuilt completely when we are done so they work with 15 (and before) and 16 (forward). This is a LOT harder than we thought (did I already say that?).
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6. PC support is very high on our list and we expect that full support will be announced in June. Finally.
Good stuff! I love Build 15, so Build 16 can only be good cake icing.
Jim also posts about a new Panavision marketing campaign–where Panavision is working overtime to “educate” us that Red 4K is not true 4K. Check out Panavision’s Master Class, “Demystifying Digital Camera Specifications” and see for yourself. I, for one, look forward to a good debate.
BTW, the production quality of this class and high-def video is pretty low (in the “1080p” version of Chapter 6):
- The “1080p” version is most definitely interlaced (i.e., not “p” for progressive). Check out this screenshot of the presenter’s hand at 01:22.
- There’s a big dropout glitch of 3 seconds from 00:57-01:00.
- And the blue sea/sky background of the slides is lame: like a 1990′s Powerpoint by the warehouse manager at a manufacturing company.
Normally we’d all forgive these things. But it kind of sticks in your craw, when someones trying to teach you a “master class”. Doctor heal thyself.
