{"id":1737,"date":"2025-02-13T21:51:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T19:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.futureevents.gr\/foc\/?p=1737"},"modified":"2025-02-16T17:17:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T15:17:44","slug":"using-red-cameras-with-wacom-cintiq-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.futureevents.gr\/foc\/?p=1737","title":{"rendered":"Using RED Digital Cinema Cameras with Wacom Cintiq Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

RED camera systems have been used to create some of the most visually stunning film and television projects<\/a> such as Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Squid Game, and The Queen\u2019s Gambit. To learn more about RED cameras<\/a>, their accompanying software, and how the two work well together with Wacom\u2019s Cintiq Pro 27<\/a>, Wacom headed down to RED Studios in Los Angeles and spoke with Dan Duran, Head Post Production and Workflow Specialist at RED Digital Cinema, Director C. Craig Patterson<\/a>, and Cinematographer and Director Kathryn Boyd-Batstone<\/a> about their workflows and how they use these tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RED Cameras, RED Control Pro, and Wacom Cintiq Pro<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When speaking about the advantages of RED cameras, Dan explains what makes them unique is that \u201cthey\u2019re not only incredibly small and compact but also incredibly powerful cameras, combining high-resolution raw capture with ultra-high dynamic range\u201d giving filmmakers a lot of flexibility when filming during productions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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RED Digital Cinema camera lineup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Paired with RED cameras is RED Control Pro<\/a>, which gives users advanced control over their V-RAPTOR\u2122 or KOMODO\u2122 Cameras. RED Control Pro offers an enhanced experience, including a unique customizable interface, the ability to live stream from the camera, navigate the entire menu, and advanced LUT, CDL, and PRESET management. The app is also fully redesigned for larger screens and monitoring of live streaming from several cameras simultaneously. RED Control Pro can be installed as a native version on MacOS, which includes even more options such as clip auto download, detachable and resizable windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what do these tools have to do with Wacom? Together, RED cameras and RED Control Pro are a perfect complement to the Cintiq Pro 27 <\/a>for on-set use. Cinematographers and directors can view footage on the Cintiq Pro\u2019s high fidelity screen with 100% Rec 709 and 98% DCI-P3 coverage \u2013 then select and make adjustments in RED Control Pro using a Wacom pen or their hand directly on the touchscreen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dan Duran, Head Post Production and Workflow Specialist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHaving a tactile monitor you can interact with, like a mobile command center, can completely change the experience for creatives,\u201d says Dan. \u201cOn a recent production, I saw a cinematographer and director collaborate in a way I\u2019ve never seen before. Normally when adjusting camera settings, there is one person reviewing the image, and one person actually changing the settings, but with the Cintiq Pro 27, both technical and creative merged into one, and the cinematographer and director were able to make real-time adjustments and collaborative decisions faster than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This combination of tools is unique in the sense that creators like Dan are able to see everything right in front of them. \u201cA lot of productions will have multiple ways to monitor as well as control the camera. With the Cintiq Pro 27, I\u2019m able to see all the settings and controls as well as the image all right in front of me, which makes it easy and intuitive to work with my production team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cinematography and directing on-set with RED Cameras and Wacom<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

C. Craig Patterson and Kathryn Boyd-Batstone worked together on Fathead, a recent short film project that pushed the boundaries of virtual production workflows using Unreal Engine and Wacom products. This film also received honors<\/a> at the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at this year\u2019s Cannes Film Festival, winning in the Student Short Film category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From their work on Fathead, C. Craig and Kathryn are well-versed in technology\u2019s role in time-saving workflows. C. Craig said, \u201cKat and I tend to work on sets where days are expensive, right? So like if days are expensive, time is expensive. So if there\u2019s something that\u2019s even cutting seconds off, that\u2019s an advantage, right? That\u2019s more time spent in a take \u2013 I\u2019d rather spend that time in a take.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kathryn added, \u201cespecially as your teams get bigger and there\u2019s 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\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. \u201cBeing 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,\u201d says C. Craig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Director C. Craig Patterson and Cinematographer and Director Kathryn Boyd-Batstone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For Kathryn, the RED Camera and Wacom Cintiq Pro combination is also promising for certain tricky filming situations. When experimenting with the setup, she remarked, \u201cI can see this being used for car shoots and when cameras are rigged in situations where it\u2019s hard to reach overhead \u2013 with this setup, it\u2019s just so easy to make that shot happen, and make subtle changes to the setup.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The setup looks to improve some of the challenges that directors and cinematographers face in multicam setups \u2013 lack of control and losing the personal touch of a single camera setup. C. Craig noted that, \u201ctools like this give you so much control in the multi-cam space \u2013 like one of the things with multicam is that people worry about that you lose the specificity and intentionality that you tend to get in in filmmaking \u2013 what tools like the Cintiq Pro and RCP does is give you ability to like, re-inject that intentionality back in on-set.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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C. Craig Patterson on the camera and Kathryn Boyd-Batstone on the Cintiq Pro 27<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Beyond the technical and efficiency advantages of this setup, being able to touch to control camera settings adds a tactile factor that makes collaboration more fun. C. Craig summed up his feelings on the RED Control Pro and Wacom Cintiq Pro simply, \u201cI tend to gravitate towards things that put a smile on my face \u2013 I\u2019m a filmmaker because I like to be in spaces that are joyful, and these particular tools are just joyful to use.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And you can see Wacom and RED together at Future of Cinema 2025 this February in Athens!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RED camera systems have been used to create some of the most visually stunning film and television projects such as Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Squid Game, and The Queen\u2019s Gambit. To learn more about RED cameras, their accompanying software, and how the two work well together with Wacom\u2019s Cintiq Pro 27, Wacom headed down to RED Studios…
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