The Blog of Brian Iannone

Scarlet-X #1465 “Quasar” Has Arrived!

Brian Iannone — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:00:06 +0000

My Scarlet-X with it’s Ti Canon Mount and 5″ Touch LCD have arrived! Its serial number is #01465 and I’ve name it “Quasar.” I’ll be posting sample footage including .r3d files over the next few days/weeks. While I will be shooting, I’ll be tethered to power outlets until either my V-Mount battery and battery plate or DSMC Side Handle and REDVOLTs arrive. Below are some unboxing photos.

⬇ My brain and I.
⬇ The brain, RED Touch 5″ LCD and a Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L lens.
⬇ The Scarlet box.
⬇ The brain packaged nicely inside the box around protective foam.
⬇ Close-up of the brain.
⬇ Serial #01465.
⬇ The Touch 5″ LCD box.
⬇ The Touch 5″ LCD and accessories packaged inside the box.

I’d like to give a huge thanks to everyone at RED for creating such an incredible camera. Their products are amazing and their customer service is spectacular! RED truly is an outstanding company.

View my post on REDUSER.net here.

YouTube Supported Video Codecs

Brian Iannone — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:02:01 +0000

I recently learned that YouTube supports some advanced video codecs like ProRes, so I decided to do a few tests to see exactly which codecs and resolutions it supports. Below are my results.

Codec	1080p (1920×1080)	4K (4096×2304)
MainConcept H.264 at 10 Mbps (Level 4.1, Main Profile)	Yes	n/a*
MainConcept H.264 at 50 Mbps (Level 5.1, Main Profile)	Yes	n/a*
MainConcept CUDA H.264	Yes	n/a*
Photo-JPEG	Yes	Yes
Apple Animation	Yes	Yes
Apple Intermediate Codec	No	No
DNxHD 220 10-bit	No	n/a**
DNxHD 220 8-bit	Yes	n/a**
DNxHD 145 8-bit	Yes	n/a**
Apple ProRes 4444	Yes	Yes
Apple ProRes 422 (HQ)	Yes	Yes
Apple ProRes 422	Yes	Yes
Apple ProRes 422 (LT)	Yes	Yes
Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy)	Yes	Yes
QuickTime Uncompressed 8-bit 4:2:2	Yes	Yes
QuickTime Uncompressed 10-bit 4:2:2	Yes	Yes

*MainConcept H.264 and MainConcept CUDA H.264 encoder do not support 4K.
**DNxHD codecs do not support 4K.

I originally did this test for a thread on REDUSER.net. The thread can be found here.

New [bi] Visuals Website

Brian Iannone — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:32:44 +0000

My new [bi] Visuals website now online! After one year, seven months with the previous version of the site (v6.0), I’ve finally updated it. The new design showcases my photography with large background images and full-window sliders displaying images at 1920×1200. The galleries use the fast-loading View.js photo viewer, and combined with the image preloader, photos appear to load immediately. The site uses a multitude of HTML5 and CSS3 features including autoloading full-window background HTML5 videos. Even though the index page contains four 1920×1200 background photos along with the slider elements, the total page size remains below 950KB.

View the site at visuals.brianiannone.com.

Silent Peak of the Furnace

Brian Iannone — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:00:59 +0000

I went back to my archives and found some photos I shot at the Piton de la Fournaise volcano during my summer 2007 trip to Réunion Island. I shot these photos on August 10, 2007 (I was 13-years-old at the time). This is the first video I’ve made created out of a photo slideshow. My videos in the past have always been shot on… Cameras that shoot video.

The Vimeo version is in 1080p, but the YouTube one was uploaded in 2K. I also have most of the photos that I used in the video on my [bi] Visuals site here and here.

Some Behind the Scenes Photos

The weather in the caldera where the volcano is located (Enclos Fouqué) changes quickly. It can be clear one moment completely foggy ten minutes later.

That was a long time ago.

A very long time ago...