Since the release of the first 25 Red One Digital Cinema Cameras into the wild it has proved to be somewhat difficult to process and digest all of the information. For up to the minute news and info you can watch the Reduser.net forums. Or stay tuned here at this post and we’ll be adding links to all things RED Digital Cinema as we find them.

*Adobe has added native Red .R3D support to Premiere CS3 and After Effects CS3.
*ShotPut has released Red Edition for automation of CF and Red Drive offloads.
*Want to know the finer technical details and info on Redcode RAW data rates and VBR compression? Mike Curtis has the scoop in this very detailed Pro Video Coalition article.
*The latest version of Build 16 has been released, as well as updates for RedCine, RedAlert, the Red RAW QT Codec and a new tool called RedRushes.
*Shooting with HMI’s and seeing flicker? Here’s the HMI shutter speed formula to know.
*Red vs. EX1 in a keying test. See if you can pick out which camera is which.
*Studio Daily has posted a short video in which Red’s Ted Schilowitz explains the workflow and post-production options when shooting with the Red Digital Cinema camera.
*Adam Wilt put the Red One, Sony F23, and Sony EX1 next to each other in this informal test.
*Scott Simmons on Crimson Workflow and 10-bit vs 8-bit workflow.
*Scott Simmons has written a in-depth overview of the current RED online/offline workflow options, and how they can be improved. Great article!
*Speed-ramping footage! Ramp from 24 fps to 75 fps over 5 seconds.
*Mark Pederson outlines the workflow used in a final Red 4K conform using Scratch. The workflow works.
*Jarred posted a tantalizing picture of the Nikon lens mount, this no doubt means they are getting close to a ship date on that particular critical feature for indie filmmakers. Side note: the mount swap should be done in a clean environment as it exposes the image sensor.
*Red has posted an updated delivery schedule. Reservation #’s 501-750 are being contacted this week (Feb 4, 2008), 751-1000 “will be contacted mid month.”
*James Mathers reports from the set of an indie RED feature.
*Redcine Beta Build 82 has been released, with a number of fixes and new features. Read all about it here.
* Flood at Red HQ! Jarred says the cameras are ok.
*If there is any question in your mind whether or not the people that make movies will adopt use of the Red camera, look no further than IMDB for quite a list of features that are using the Red One camera. And it’s not just VFX plates either.
*Red numbers 301-500 are reportedly ready to ship soon.
*The prolific crew over at Cineform has created a utility that will ease the transition of RED’s native file format to a PC-compatible editing format. Mike Curtis has the scoop on R3D codec to DPX and Cineform.
*Bruce Allen wrote in to mention a project he had some involvement in, a music video for Ringo Starr shot on the Red.
*Jannard has coyly posted a rendering of a mattebox with Red’s logo on it. Looks like some carbon fiber too.
*Due to concerns from the Red shooting community, cameras in development will be getting a board update that allows shooting in -20C temperatures. The cost? Another week’s delay.
*Understanding Rolling Shutter Artifacts. Practical explanations and examples of the issue and Red cameras, and how to work around it. Discussion here, and video example here.
*A new PL mount has been designed that allows backfocus to be set without the use of shims.
*Jim is frustrated; “This is a helluva challenge that we started from ground zero. I was nuts to think we could do it properly in this amount of time, let alone several months less.”
*The production delay to add a daughter board has been worked around in some other fashion. Production should resume soon, Jim says.
*The newly redesigned PL mount is back from the lab and looks good apparently. Brent says “Shims can join film on the next bus out of town.”
*Mike Curtis has an article on Red Day Zero in DV Magazine, and will be doing a presentation on RED at an Austin, TX rental house on December 4th. Open to the public.
*Soderbergh has committed to shooting “The Informant” starring Matt Damon using the RED camera.
*RED in SPAIN! HD For Indies has raw framegrabs and “curve-pushed” stills from a shoot in Sitges.
*The RED Digital Cinema camera was chosen for production of “Game”, another feature film helmed by well-established directors. They will be shooting with six cameras from the 1-100 prototype/beta batch.
*FXGuide has a short behind the scenes segment on a recent RED test shoot in Episode #017 of fxguidetv (direct hi-res MOV link here)
*Offhollywood 2K/4K film print test info here - Mark says “Our goal is to get a full 10 day color grade in Scratch, film-out in 4K, optical soundtrack, check print, and fully timed answer-print for under $80,000.”
*There is a Production Hold while the RED team retrofits cameras 1-100 with a new daughter-board, new shim-less lens mount, and firmware updates. Jim says “It is most likely that 101-200 will begin shipping November 30th and 201-600 will begin shipping December 10th.”
*RED mentioned as a viable 35mm alternative in the Wall Street Journal.
*Scott Billups says at CML “The chroma key is the best I’ve ever seen…RED > DPX pulls a key better than all film and all digital formats.”
*ProLost asks “Is the Red One really 4K?”
*The Hallowed RED Shipping Schedule has been updated yet again.
*Macgregor raises a few ISO/ASA rating questions, and notes a potentially troubling image/sensor artifact in this thread (view the direct post here).
*MacGregor (aka filmmaker Miguel De Olaso) rented a RED for a shoot in the Salt Flats…and he of course shot something amazing with it. Behind the scenes shots at Flickr.
*The first underwater RED shoot, DPX framegrabs available.
*Mike Curtis is hosting more 4K uncompressed TIFFs from the OffHollywood shoot in NYC. Go get ‘em and start abusing the images!
*What comes in the box? This RED unboxing video will show you, accompanied by an infectious soundtrack.
*HD For Indies is hosting the entire OffHollywood video presentation by Mark Pederson at Tekserve.
*Renegade filmmaker Steven Soderbergh has chosen to shoot yet another project with the RED camera…and with Panavision anamorphic lenses (effectively using only 2.4K of the Mysterium’s 4K frame).
*Graeme Nattress has posted a Mysterium sensor dynamic range update at the Reduser forum.
*HD For Indies has a wad of recent Reduser forum links and topics up, read them here.
*Having wrapped his “Guerrilla” shoot, one of the first to use the RED for a feature film, Steven Soderbergh made a few telling comments; “I feel I should call up Film on the phone and say, I’ve met someone.” Click here to read the rest at Reduser.net.
*Via the Reduser.net forum comes news of a new RED video clip sneak preview.
*Pederson’s final production diary entries are in…Seven, Eight, Nine and Ten. Spoiler Alert: He still likes his new RED camera. And he’s been just about everywhere with it…
*The hallowed Delivery Schedule has been delayed about 20 days.
*Mark Pederson has posted updates to his daily production diary. Read parts One, Two, Three, Four, Five, and Six at the Zoom In blog. (Via HD For Indies)
*An upcoming Red/Apple training in Folsom, CA has been announced. (Via HD4NDS)
*fxGuide RED #22 tests including uncompressed TIFFs for your perusal, in a 165mb torrent file. Nice! (somehow missed this link previously in the comments, thanks Laco!)
*Mike Curtis has posted two more NYC production stills galleries, one from the Brooklyn shoot and one from South Street Seaport.
*Steve Gibby and Kenneth Corben shot Red stereoscopic with the Paracam, and were viewing 3D 4K images by noon.
*Red One, meet Nikon Mount. Nikon, meet Red.
*Red #’s 26-50 will be delivered Friday the 7th, 51-100 will be delivered September 22-25th.
*Oh you want to play with ungraded 16-bit 4K TIFFs from the OffHollywood stunt shoot? Fine, here you go.
*Mark Pederson has shared the first part of his multi-week Red production diary. (Via HD For Indies)
*The Digital Cinema Society has been testing the RED One, and have posted a few preliminary pictures…it looks like all EVF display information is also output over HDMI. Nice. I assume that can be turned off as well?
*fxguide has a few notes and pics on their testing with #22.
*Initial thoughts on the camera setup from Steadicam op Afton Grant and associated image gallery (note the Bartech BFD and M-One motor in use).
*Looks like Jim Jannard is having a ball at the races with his new camera…
*Mike Curtis is posting live on set photos from a shoot with Red Digital Cinema cameras #6 and #7 in New York. Looks like a lot of outdoor stuff with stunt cars. Neato. Thanks Mike!
*Brook, Blair, Tony, and Evin have been shooting alot and you can see all the pictures and footage here.
*Pictures from Orange County Testing here.
*Source files and .AVI file from Orange County gang here.
*Evin Grant Dynamic Range Test-001.
*Brook Willard’s Still Pic Gallery.
*Early Red One Image Analysis.
*Red #6 & #7 Night Shoot.
*Evin Grant Available Light Driving Test.
*OffHollywood Follow Up Report and Pics.

See something RED-related that we’ve missed? Drop us a comment below and we’ll be sure to add it.

(Many thanks to Laco Zamba for all the great link updates!)

UPDATE: Behind the Scenes Video from the OffHollywood Shoot (below)