Proxy conversion to Prores?

[Athan Merrick]

Long time lurker. First time user. I have a very limited amount of Red footage for a ski film from another shooter. A few shots in 2k 120fps and a few in 4k 30 fps. Everything else is shot on standard HD. We are editing in Prores in FCP. I searched and couldn't find what I was looking for. I'm sure the answer was there, but I spent an hour searching and have had no luck sifting through all the info.

So can I just take the quicktime proxy file _F and convert using something like mpeg streamclip? Since everything else is just HD and not 4k am I really taking a hit in quality when compared to my other footage?

Or should I go through some other program like Redrushes or redcinex to convert the actual R3D's?

Here's the trailer for the film so people get some fun out of the thread. http://vimeo.com/12283965

Maybe next year with some actual budget I can be shooting Red. It would have been an awesome tool to have.

Thanks for the help.
Athan

 

[Jay Gannon]

Use RedCineX to convert and downscale the R3D's to 1080p and the format of your choice.

 

[Bruno Martins]

I'm using the REDCineX to convert, but it is taking so long! There is some other way to do, without the Rocket?