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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Really basic Redcine-X tutorial for free

Alwyas nice to learn from the pros...thanks.
 
glad you guys like it, will try to improve it and handle more specifics as time goes on. This was my first attempt ever at a screencast of any sort - so bear with me :)
 
thanks! great job! having so much fun as I wait for my Scarlet to arrive!
 
Thank you very much, Dan. I will review this once I have footage to play with! :D
 
Thank you very much Dan, that was very helpful. Keep them coming!
 
This is awesome! Thanks.

One question... If you're exporting to ProRes to drop into final cut for editing like you have, does that mean your final color grade has to be done before editing in FCP? Are there options for finishing an edit in raw and then working on colour?
 
Hi Josef - you could start with a one-light in redcine x to make your prores proxies, and then relink to the r3d files for color. I'll be honest - I'm the world's worst editor,but I will try to find some specifics on how to do that.

Cheers!
 
Thanks Dan
So useful when your approaching a new piece of software to have tutorials of this nature.
REDusers like you make a big difference.

I intend to work with PP, colourista II and AE.
Please forgive any poor terminology, as colour grading and RED workflow is not my forte. (Yet :))
Do I have a handle on this...

With some of the looks in my next project going to be fairly extreme/stylised,
I should be looking to create an underpinning look so too speak via a first correction in REDcine pro - that will
then give me more latitude with my images in relation to my intended final grade/look when I later move into Colourista and AE?
That make sense?

Thanks

Best
Lliam
 
Thanks Dan! Looking forward to the next tuts.
 
Lliam Worthington said:
I intend to work with PP, colourista II and AE.
Please forgive any poor terminology, as colour grading and RED workflow is not my forte. (Yet :))
Do I have a handle on this...

With some of the looks in my next project going to be fairly extreme/stylised,
I should be looking to create an underpinning look so too speak via a first correction in REDcine pro - that will
then give me more latitude with my images in relation to my intended final grade/look when I later move into Colourista and AE?
That make sense?
Click to expand...

Hi Liam - there are different philosophies on how this should be done.

Your workflow we could call the closed Loop system - you are going to be doing the color work yourself from start to finish, so you as an individual have the ability to bake the cookies how you want so to speak.

Since you are using premiere, AE and Colorista you can work natively with the raw r3ds.

Not everyone works with the native files, and in those cases where a post house is involved and they are used to a logarithmic "analog" grading technique - I'd recommend flattening the image to Redlogfilm and redcolor 2, and outputting at the highest quality they can take whether it is prores4444 or a dpx sequence.

For your closed-loop system - I would start with one clip and run some tests - first try working the clip with original metadata in PPro/AE/CTA. Maybe spend 10min on it.

Next try taking the clip into RCX, fine tuning white balance, setting middle grey, your toe (blacks) Knee (mids) and shoulder (highlight roll). Then import your clip and make sure the rmd carries over from your RedCine X session.

Finally, I'd say try the same method as step one , but instead of grading from metadata, set your Gamma to RedLogfilm, and make sure you are in redcolor 2.

By the end of this series of about 45min total in testing you should be able to tell:

Which way gives you BEST results
Which way gives you FASTEST results

The best thing is that we have choices now, and as rcxpro evolves it looks like it has the potential to be used as a full nle suite for r3ds...

Personally I use the firstlight technique a lot because I don't work with my projects at the editorial stage, and many times we don't even get a final color pass, so I just do my best to shape them up before they go anywhere.
 
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