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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 :)

REDLine Docs woefully out of date

redline --help gives a fairly comprehensive list, doesn't it? That is more up to date than the pdf doc. What else do you need to know?
 
Thanks! I was trying to figure out the flags for REDGamma3 and REDColor3.

For the sake of future generations and google searches:

Code: 
File Settings:
--i <filename>        - input file (required)
--o <filename>        - output basename
--pad <int>           - filename padding [default = 6]
--outDir <path>       - output directory path
--audio [ <filename> ]- input audio file
--makeSubDir          - Make a subdirectory for each output
--exportPreset <name> - Load settings from an export preset: [default = none]


                
--presetFile <filename> - The file to load export presets from: [default = C:/Users/renderadmin/AppData/Local/Red/RedCineX/Presets/UserExportPresets.xml]
--advLutRender <int>  - Write out lut information to a file in the output directory. Then procede to render the Clip with the pass through gammaCurve


            The file will have the same name as the output file with a .lut extension.


            1 = Assimilate 16bit LUT


            2 = Shake 12bit LUT


            3 = CSP 1D (0.0-1.0) [default: Assimilate 16bit LUT]




3D Settings:
--i3d <leftEyeFilename> <rightEyeFilename> - Left eye and right eye input files (required instead of --i for 3D export)
--3dmode <int>        - 3d Export Mode: [default = PixelInterleave]                                                   


                 1=PixelInterleave                                                   


                 2=Side By Side                                                   


                 3=Right Top, Left Bottom                                                   


                 4=Left Top, Right Bottom                                                   


                 5=Row Interleave                           
--3doffset <int>      - Offset in frames of the left eye from the right (or right eye from the left if negative) [default = 0]




Format Settings:
--format <int>        - output formats, DPX=0, Tiff=1, OpenEXR=2, JPEG=3, SGI=4, QT wrappers=10, QT transcode=11, R3D Trim=102, [default = DPX]
-w <int>              - See format
--res <int>           - Render resolution: full=1, half high=2, half normal=3, qtr/fast=4, eighth=8 [default = 1]
-R <int>              - See res
--colorSciVersion <int> - Color science version: current version=0, version 1=1, version 2=2 [default = 0]


            Note: the current version will always be used if the clip was created with a Mysterium-X sensor or later




Frame Settings:
--start <int>         - start frame
-s <int>              - See start
--end <int>           - end frame
-e <int>              - See end
--frameCount <int>    - Number of frames to output, takes precendence over --end
--startTC <timecode>  - start TC as "00:01:00:00"
-S <timecode>         - See startTC
--endTC <timecode>    - end TC "00:01:00:00"
-E <timecode>         - See endTC
--useEC               - use EdgeCode instead of TimeOfDay/EXT TC
--renum <int>         - new start frame number or -1 for timecode as frame count from 00:00:00:00


                i.e. 00:00:02:00 = frame 48 @ 24fps
-V <int>              - See renum




Crop and Scale Settings:
--resizeX <int>       - resize to X dimension [default = none]
--resizeY <int>       - resize to Y dimension [default = none]
--fit <int>           - fit src to dest: 1=fitX, 2=fitY, 3=StretchXY, 4=fitX 2x desqueeze, 5=fitX .9, 6=fitY .9 7=fitX 1.46 8=fitX 1.09 [default = fitX]
--cropX <int>         - crop demosaiced source before resize using origin X  [default = no crop]
--cropY <int>         - crop demosaiced source before resize using origin Y  [default = no crop]
--cropW <int>         - crop demosaiced source before resize using Width [default = no crop]
--cropH <int>         - crop demosaiced source before resize using Height [default = no crop]
--filter <int>        - filter using: [default = 5 (CatmulRom)]                                                   


                 1=Bell (smoother)                                                   


                 2=Lanczos3 (sharper)                                                   


                 3=Quadratic (smoother)                                                   


                 4=Cubic-bspline (smoother)                                                   


                 5=CatmulRom (sharper)                                                   


                 6=Mitchell (smoother)                                                   


                 7=Gauss (smoother)                                                   


                 8=WideGauss (smoothest)                                                   


                 9=Sinc (sharpest)                                                   


                 10=Keys (sharper)
--forceFlipHorizontal <int> - 0 = Disables any horizontal flip setting in metadata.


    1 = Forces the image to be flipped horizontally
--forceFlipVertical <int> - 0 = Disables any vertical flip setting in metadata.


    1 = Forces the image to be flipped vertically
--rotate <float>      - Rotates the image only 0, -90 and 90 degrees are currently accepted.
--preventNegativePixels <int> - Prevents the scaler from generating negative pixel values. 0=off 1=on [default = 1].




Metadata Settings:
--useMeta             - Use look metadata and frame guides in R3D as defaults (overridden for each value explicitly set)
--metaIgnoreFrameGuide - Use in conjunction with useMeta. Ignores frame guides.
--loadRSX <filename>  - Use look metadata in RedAlert RSX file.
--loadRMD <filename>  - See loadRSX
--useRSX <int>        - Use RMD for defaults (falls back to RSX if no RMD exists):


                1=color+in/out,


                2=color only (overridden for each
                        value explicitly set. If both useMeta and useRSX are selected,
                        RMD/RSX takes priority. In/out doesn't impact QT wrappers)
--useRMD <int>        - See useRSX
--masterRMDFolder <directory> - Specify a master RMD folder where RMDs should be loaded from.
--printMeta <int>     - Print out metadata settings, 0=header, 1=normal, 2=csv, 3=header+csv
--ALE <filename>      - Saves an ale file with given filename.
--reelID <int>        - 0=full name, 1=FCP 8 Character




QuickTime Settings:
--noClobber           - Do not clobber an existing QT file. Add an _Sxxx for each new file.[default = clobber]




QuickTime Transcode Settings:
--QTcodec <int>       - QT codec to output [default = ProRes HQ]                                                   


                 0=Apple ProRes 422 HQ                                                   


                 1=Apple ProRes SQ                                                   


                 2=H264                                                   


                 3=MJpegA                                                   


                 4=MJpegB                                                   


                 5=ComponentVideo                                                   


                 6=H263                                                   


                 7=RawCodec                                                   


                 8=Pixlet                                                   


                 9=DVCPROHD720P                                                   


                 10=JPEG                                                   


                 11=Animation/RLE                                                   


                 12=Uncompressed 8-bit 4:2:2                                                   


                 13=Uncompressed 10-bit 4:2:2                                                   


                 15=Black Magic RGB 10bit                                                   


                 17=AJA Kona 10bit Log RGB                                                   


                 18=AJA Kona 10-bit RGB                                                   


                 20=AVID 1080P DNxHD 36 8-bit      (23.98, 24, 25)                                                   


                 21=AVID 1080P DNxHD 115/120 8-bit (23.98, 24, 25)                                                   


                 22=AVID 1080P DNxHD 175/185 8-bit (23.98, 24, 25)                                                   


                 23=AVID 1080P DNxHD 175/185 10-bit(23.98, 24, 25)                                                   


                 24=AVID  720P DNxHD 60/75 8-bit   (23.98, 25, 29.97)                                                   


                 25=AVID  720P DNxHD 90/110 8-bit  (23.98, 29.97)                                                   


                 26=AVID  720P DNxHD 90/110 10-bit (23.98, 29.97)                                                   


                 27=AVID  720P DNxHD 120/145 8-bit (50, 59.94)                                                   


                 28=AVID  720P DNxHD 185/220 8-bit (50, 59.94)                                                   


                 29=AVID  720P DNxHD 185/220 10-bit(50, 59.94)                                                   


                 30=Apple ProRes 4444                                                   


                 31=Apple ProRes 422 LT                                                   


                 32=Apple ProRes 422 Proxy
 
Code: 
Text Burn-In Settings:
--burnIn              - Turn on burn in.
--burnFrames <int>    - Do burn in on: 0=all frames, 1=first, 2=first+last, 3=last [default = all]
--burnFramesCount <int> - Number of frames to burn in. [default = 1]
--burnFont <int>      - LetterGothic=1, Monaco=2, Courier=3, LucidaType=4, AndaleMono=5, OCRA=6, OratorStd=7 [default = 6]
--burnSz <float>      - Height of text in percent of output height [default = 5]
--burnBase <float>    - Burn in Y location in percent of height [default = 20]
--burnLL <int>        - 1=Reel/Filename, 2=Frames, 3=Frames in Edit, 4=Frames in Src, 5=EdgeCode, 6=EXT/TOD TC [default = none]
--burnLR <int>        - 1=Reel/Filename, 2=Frames, 3=Frames in Edit, 4=Frames in Src, 5=EdgeCode, 6=EXT/TOD TC [default = none]
--burnUL <int>        - 1=Reel/Filename, 2=Frames, 3=Frames in Edit, 4=Frames in Src, 5=EdgeCode, 6=EXT/TOD TC [default = none]
--burnUR <int>        - 1=Reel/Filename, 2=Frames, 3=Frames in Edit, 4=Frames in Src, 5=EdgeCode, 6=EXT/TOD TC [default = none]
--burnAtLL <text>     - Text at lower-left, can include variables such as |edge timecode|, |TOD timecode|, etc [default = none]
--burnAtLR <text>     - Text at lower-right, can include variables such as |edge timecode|, |TOD timecode|, etc [default = none]
--burnAtUL <text>     - Text at upper-left, can include variables such as |edge timecode|, |TOD timecode|, etc [default = none]
--burnAtUR <text>     - Text at upper-right, can include variables such as |edge timecode|, |TOD timecode|, etc [default = none]
--burnTxtR <float>    - Text red channel (0-1.0) [default = 1.0]
--burnTxtG <float>    - Text green channel (0-1.0) [default = 1.0]
--burnTxtB <float>    - Text blue channel (0-1.0) [default = 1.0]
--burnTxtA <float>    - Text alpha channel (0-1.0) [default = 0.8]
--burnBgR <float>     - Background red channel (0-1.0) [default = 0.5]
--burnBgG <float>     - Background green channel (0-1.0) [default = 0.5]
--burnBgB <float>     - Background blue channel (0-1.0) [default = 0.5]
--burnBgA <float>     - Background alpha channel (0-1.0) [default = 0.5]




Watermark Settings:
--watermark           - Turn on watermarking.
--watermarkFont <string> - Watermark font
--watermarkText <string> - Watermark text
--watermarkSz <float> - Height of text in percent of output height [default = 5]
--watermarkBase <float> - Watermark Y location in percent of height [default = 20]
--watermarkTxtR <float> - Text red channel (0-1.0) [default = 1.0]
--watermarkTxtG <float> - Text green channel (0-1.0) [default = 1.0]
--watermarkTxtB <float> - Text blue channel (0-1.0) [default = 1.0]
--watermarkTxtA <float> - Text alpha channel (0-1.0) [default = 0.8]



Color/Gamma Space Settings:
--gammaCurve <int>    - gamma curve: lin=-1, rec709=1, sRGB=2, REDlog=3, 


            PDLog985=4, PDLog685=5, PDLogCustom=6, REDspace=14, REDgamma=15, REDLogFilm=27, REDgamma2=28, REDgamma3=29  [default = 14]
-G <int>              - See gammaCurve
--gammaCustom <float> - custom gamma value [default off]
-v <float>            - See gammaCustom
--colorSpace <int>    - color space: REDspace= 2 or 11, CameraRGB= 0 or 12, rec709= 1 or 13, REDcolor=14, sRGB=15, Adobe1998=5, REDcolor2=18, REDcolor3=19  [default = 2]
-c <int>              - See colorSpace
--detail <int>        - detail: leadingLady = 1, medium = 4, high = 8 [default = 8]
-d <int>              - See detail
--OLPF <int>          - OLPF Compensation: post sharpen low = 1, med = 50, high = 100 [default OFF]
-D <int>              - See OLPF
--NR <int>            - Noise reduction off=0, very mild = 1000, milder = 500, mild = 250 medium = 100, strong = 50, max = 10 [default mild]
--SMPTEColorRange <int> - Restricts colors to the SMPTE range. 0=off 1=on [default = 0].




Color Settings:
--iso <int>           - ISO  [default = 320, range = 100 to 2000]
-I <int>              - See iso
--flut <float>        - FLUT [default = 0.0, range = -8.0 to 8.0]
-F <float>            - See flut
--shadow <float>      - shadow [default = 0.0, range = -2.0 to 2.0]
-W <float>            - See shadow
--kelvin <int>        - kelvin  [default = 5600, range = 1700 to 50000]
-k <int>              - See kelvin
--tint <float>        - tint  [default = 0.0, range = -100 to 100]
-t <float>            - See tint
--exposure <float>    - exposure  [default = 0.0, range = -12 to 12]
-x <float>            - See exposure
--saturation <float>  - saturation <float>     : saturation [default = 1.0, range = 0.0 to 2.0]
-T <float>            - See saturation
--contrast <float>    - contrast [default = 0.0, range = -1.0 to 1.0]
-C <float>            - See contrast
--brightness <float>  - brightness [default = 0.0, range = -10 to 50]
-B <float>            - See brightness
--redGain <float>     - red gain [default = 1.0, range = 0.0 to 4.0]
-r <float>            - See redGain
--blueGain <float>    - blue gain [default = 1.0, range = 0.0 to 4.0]
-b <float>            - See blueGain
--greenGain <float>   - green gain [default = 1.0, range = 0.0 to 4.0]
-g <float>            - See greenGain
--drx <float>         - DRX: Dynamic Range Extender [default = .5, range = 0.0 to 1.0]
-X <float>            - See drx




Lift Gamma Gain Settings:
--lggRedLift <float>  - Red Lift [default = 0.0, range = -1.0 to 1.0]
--lggGreenLift <float> - Green Lift [default = 0.0, range = -1.0 to 1.0]
--lggBlueLift <float> - Blue Lift [default = 0.0, range = -1.0 to 1.0]
--lggRedGamma <float> - Red Gamma [default = 1.0, range = 0.0 to 4.0]
--lggGreenGamma <float> - Green Gamma [default = 1.0, range = 0.0 to 4.0]
--lggBlueGamma <float> - Blue Gamma [default = 1.0, range = 0.0 to 4.0]
--lggRedGain <float>  - Red Gain [default = 1.0, range = 0.0 to 2.0]
--lggGreenGain <float> - Green Gain [default = 1.0, range = 0.0 to 2.0]
--lggBlueGain <float> - Blue Gain [default = 1.0, range = 0.0 to 2.0]




Print Density Settings:
--pdBlack <int>       - Black point [default = 95, range = 0-511]
--pdWhite <int>       - 90% White point [default = 685, range = 512-1023]
--pdGamma <float>     - Gamma [default = .6, range = 0.0 to 2.2]




Curve Settings:
--black <float>       - black level [default = 0, range = 0 - 100]
--white <float>       - white level [default = 100, range = 0 - 100]
--blackX <float>      - (deprecated. see lumaCurve) curve black point X value [default = 0, range = 0 - 100]
--blackY <float>      - (deprecated. see lumaCurve) curve black point Y value [default = 0, range = 0 - 100]
--toeX <float>        - (deprecated. see lumaCurve) curve toe point X value   [default = 25, range = 0 - 100]
--toeY <float>        - (deprecated. see lumaCurve) curve toe point Y value   [default = 25, range = 0 - 100]
--midX <float>        - (deprecated. see lumaCurve) curve mid point X value   [default = 50, range = 0 - 100]
--midY <float>        - (deprecated. see lumaCurve) curve mid point Y value   [default = 50, range = 0 - 100]
--kneeX <float>       - (deprecated. see lumaCurve) curve knee point X value  [default = 75, range = 0 - 100]
--kneeY <float>       - (deprecated. see lumaCurve) curve knee point Y value  [default = 75, range = 0 - 100]
--whiteX <float>      - (deprecated. see lumaCurve) curve white point X value [default = 100, range = 0 - 100]
--whiteY <float>      - (deprecated. see lumaCurve) curve white point Y value [default = 100, range = 0 - 100]
--lumaCurve <int list> - luma curve point values. [default = 0:0:25:25:50:50:75:75:100:100]
--redCurve <int list> - red curve point values. [default = 0:0:25:25:50:50:75:75:100:100]
--greenCurve <int list> - green curve point values. [default = 0:0:25:25:50:50:75:75:100:100]
--blueCurve <int list> - blue curve point values. [default = 0:0:25:25:50:50:75:75:100:100]




HDR Settings:
--hdrMode <int>       - HDR Mode: [default=1]


                1=A Frame


                2=X Frame


                3=Simple Blend


                4=Magic Motion
--hdrBias <float>     - HDR bias (for Simple Blend and Magic Motion modes only) [default=0.0, range = -1.0 to 1.0]




DPX Settings:
--byteOrder <int>     - DPX Byte Order: LSB=0, MSB=1 [default = 0]
--bitDepth <int>      - DPX Bit Depth: 10, 16 [default = 10]
--maxWriters <int>    - DPX Max Simultaneous Writers [default = 10, range = 1 - 16]




OpenEXR Settings:
--exrCompression <int> - OpenEXR Compression: NONE=0, RLE=1, ZIPS=2, ZIP=3, PIZ=4 [default = 0]
--exrMultiView <int>  - OpenEXR MultiView: Dual Channel=1, Single Channel=0 [default=0]
--exrMaxWriters <int> - OpenEXR Max Simultaneous Writers [default = 10, range = 1 - 16]
--exrACES <int>       - OpenEXR ACES: On=1, Off=0 [default=0]




R3D Trim Settings:
--trimRMDSidecar      - Include RMD Sidercar
--trimQTWrappers      - Include QT Wrappers
--trimFCPXml <int>    - Include FCP XML: Full=1, Half=2, Quarter=3, Eighth=4 [default = 0 (No FCP XML)]




Misc Settings:
--help [ <command> ]  - Retrieve information about commands.
-? [ <command> ]      - See help
--verbose             - Enables verbose output.
--errorsOnly          - Only displays errors.
--silent              - Disables all output except the most vital.
--logFile <filename>  - File to log output into.
--noRocket            - Turn rocket support off even if it's available.
--singleRocket        - Limit REDline to a maximum of one Rocket.
--forceRocket         - Forces the use of Red Rocket.  If NO rockets are available the export will abort.
--noRender            - Forces redline to abort before any rendering occurs
 
Yeah --help is really always the most up to date way to get help. That being said the manual situation is something we plan on fixing soon.

David
 
Is there a thread number flag?

I'm only seeing about 15% CPU usage. If I run two REDLines I get about 30% so I don't think I'm network limited. If I render out of REDCine I seem to get multi-thread rendering.
 
Gavin Greenwalt said:
Is there a thread number flag?

I'm only seeing about 15% CPU usage. If I run two REDLines I get about 30% so I don't think I'm network limited. If I render out of REDCine I seem to get multi-thread rendering.
Click to expand...

Good question, Gavin. On my HP Z820 with 16 cores, I get about 14% CPU usage, while my Dell M4700 laptop with single quad core i7 runs at about 34%. And the Dell renders same r3d file faster. Am I missing some setup parameter on the Z820? BTW, it has 32G ram, fast RAID, Quadro 4000 video.
 
You have to run multiple threads in background yourself to be able to saturate your cores.
Premiere does this for you behind the scenes. RCX does not.
 
Thank you for the info, Les. Hope Red adds a bit of threading intelligence soon.
 
secret sauce...

secret sauce...

Maybe this will help you guys, I had it stuffed in an obscure corner of my web archives. I wrote this about 12 years ago (yeah, I know...). Anyway, it's a Win32 app that lets you launch any app you want with any desired priority and affinity for whichever CPU you want to bind it to.

I have a Win64 update to this, that's still at least 6 years old (haha), but won't be able to post it for a few days until I can get back to the appropriate systems. At any rate, this Win32 version should let you assign REDLINE (or any other app) to any combination of CPUs/ threads on up to a 16-core system (32 threads), as that is the limit for this app. Hope it works as good as it used to (or as good as the 64bit version does). Let me know if it does or doesn't... I have my own render manager software we use in-house, so don't use the individual loader apps like this one anymore, especially the 32bit oldie. It was just somewhat handy and I found it in an online archive of sorts. Ignore the email/ web addresses in the info, those are no longer valid. They were for my old animation company from back then, which shut down in '08. Ah, memories...

XCPU affinity/priority loader utility:
http://www.appliedvisual.com/software/xcpu10.zip
 
I'm not even able to find a RedLine manual… I have six 3930k machines in a render-rack, my primary workstation is a MacPro 12-core. Am I able to utilise the 3930k machines running Windows, or are Linux needed?

Where do I start? :)
 
Here are some threads on Reduser where I explain Redline a little and give some examples of scripts using Redline. This stuff is all very old and some things in Redline might have changed, but this should get you started.

http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?14572-Batch-proxy-generate

http://www.reduser.net/forum/showth...l-AND-re-generate-QT-proxies-for-full-project

http://www.reduser.net/forum/showth...tch-processing&p=241582&viewfull=1#post241582

http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?15499-RED-Line-Batch

http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?13875-Batch-Processing-from-Redline-with-AUDIO


Hopefully that is enough to get you started with Redline.


Dusty
 
Jon MIchael Puntervold said:
Thank you very much Dustin! Do you also know where I could find the original manual?
Click to expand...
Under the help menu in REDCINE-X

Gavin's posts above contain the text of the embedded help file in REDline, with the more up to date options.
 
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