RED Workflows
Whilst many of my students have discovered the power of shooting 4k RED is awesome they have also discovered the post-production workflow can be a
total headtrip
! And just to make the task all the harder of navigating
a viable post-production path from ingest to output many of the software developers have been
updating their RED workflow as they go. So what we planned on doing
just a month ago is all different now.....
But, that said, the improvements in systems like Sony's Vegas, Premiere Pro and After
Effects and how they handle and work with RED RAW footage are fantastic. In both Vegas and Premiere CS4 we now have true a
native R3D format 4k workflow with all the metadata controls, so
intrinsic to the way RED works, accessed from directly inside the editing system - negating the need for the still clubmsy and poorly developed RED software tools. The short of this is that once you pull the native RAW R3D files
into Premiere or Vegas you then never have render, export, transcode or re-wrap
until final output. Its really very cool.
This link below is to a 45min video from Adobe that takes you through the
major changes in the RED worflow and has a host of great tips on how to
get the best out of the process.
RED Workflow in Premiere Pro and AE Video
Similarly I recently wrote this article for DMN which covers the new Vegas native RED workflow.
But, having said that, a native 4k workflow isnt necessarily the
best solution. The other option several of my students have chosen is to shoot 4k as an acquisition, perform a
1-light colour balance in REDAlert and then Batch-Process all the R3D
fiels to 2k ProRes files for FCP to be edited on a 1080p timeline (with a bit of overscan) to
deliver as HD. With this workflow you can literally cut with real-time playback
a 1080HD project on your laptop with files sizes (1gb/min) which are
really very reasonable on your harddrives.
Oliver Peters, a well respected editor, has written an excellent and easily digestible article on RED worlflow in FCP using ProRes that is
must-read material for anyone planning a RED project and wanting to
keep things efficient and in proportion.
RED Post- The easy way
Posted at 11:00PM Jul 06, 2009
by Mike Jones in video |
