Editing R3D in Sony Vegas Pro?

[Mike Williams]

I am able to edit the Meta Data in Sony Vegas. Is this the same as editing through RedCine-X? It's easier in Sony Vegas, but I want to make sure I'm getting the most out of the raw footage.

 

[harjotsingh]

Vegas pro is probably one of the worst editing programs to use. Switch to Premiere or Final.

 

[Paul Russell]

Vegas doesn't support Red Rocket, so editing R3D files in it is normally a nightmare. It's better to transcode using GoPro Cineform and go from there.

 

[Steve Delahoyde]

Don't listen to those two Vegas haters. That's all nonsense. Vegas is an amazing platform. You could edit r3d files cleanly and natively years before you could in any other editing platform. So yes, just import the clips and there you are. Vegas has its own pop up for tweaking the raw files, which you can access through the media manager. It's a bit old and doesn't have the wider range that redcine-x has, but it's perfectly functional. The only issue I've had working with Vegas is getting proper edl and/or XML files to kick out to bring into anything else for a final grade. But for quick projects that you can start and finish all in one platform, Vegas is beautiful. It just also wouldn't hurt to learn those other programs out there, to have the full range of working with r3d editing.

 

[Paul Russell]

um, it would be hard to class me as a Vegas hater, as I've been using it since 3.0 and up until 2 years ago it was still my preferred editor. It's just that Premiere, with Red Rocket, handles R3D better, offers nicer renders, and supports a wider range of plugins like Magic Bullet.

 

[Mike Williams]

Thanks for the responses. The first reply who said it's one of the worst out there - interesting comment... I've also been using it for years with much success.

 

[vincelucero]

Don't listen to those two Vegas haters. That's all nonsense. Vegas is an amazing platform. You could edit r3d files cleanly and natively years before you could in any other editing platform. So yes, just import the clips and there you are. Vegas has its own pop up for tweaking the raw files, which you can access through the media manager. It's a bit old and doesn't have the wider range that redcine-x has, but it's perfectly functional. The only issue I've had working with Vegas is getting proper edl and/or XML files to kick out to bring into anything else for a final grade. But for quick projects that you can start and finish all in one platform, Vegas is beautiful. It just also wouldn't hurt to learn those other programs out there, to have the full range of working with r3d editing.

+1. The beauty of Vegas in my opinion is you can drop any file (dslr, r3d, xdcam, etc.) into the timeline and edit pretty smoothly. Could never get over how you need to render certain clips in FCP before you could even see them.

 

[Dave Summers]

I really like Vegas too, been using it for about 7 years and yeah they were the first NLE to natively support R3D files

Now for the million dollar question, does ANYONE know if Vegas is doing a full debayer when you choose highest quality for final output???