Testing the RED Native Workflow in Final Cut Pro
Scott Simmons’ Editblog takes a performance test drive with the new method for bringing RED clips into Final Cut Pro. You can download the new Log and Transfer tool here. You’ll also need FCP 6.05 or later which you can get through Software Update. The previous ingest choices were
1- Edit with the proxies generated by the camera in lower resolution. This necessitate a side trip to XML-land with tools such as Crimson Workflow and RED Cine.
2- Ingest all clips using the Log and Transfer tool in Final Cut Pro and convert .R3D to ProRes. This has two disadvantages- it takes a long time to transcode and you also lose the .R3D Raw advantage of additional color correction in post. Though you’re basically online and when you finish editing, you’re done.
So now we have a third option which is the re-wrapping of .R3D files as QuickTime. In theory this should give us the best mix of preserving the original format while getting into actual editing as soon as possible. For Editblog’s full analysis, visit this page:
http://www.scottsimmons.tv/blog/2008/11/21/kicking-the-tires-on-the-native-red-quicktimes/trackback/
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