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Color Will Read R3d Files !

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Apple Color support - same way last year there was a demo of Redcode import into FCP, they are demonstrating native R3D support in Color. You can work with up to 2K resolution from 4K footage (only extracting the 2K layer from the wavelet). You can then work with that footage at 2K, 1080, 720, 480, whatever res you want that is below the 2K source extraction. But YES, you can bring your 4K Redcode RAW files into the future version of Apple’s Color and work with the full frame, but only at up to 2K deliverable. You can also access the source RAW metadata, just like on camera and in Red Alert/Redcine, to adjust Saturation, Exposure, Tint, Black Level, Exposure, RGB gains, etc. (No Brightness (gamma really) or Contrast (S-curve really), but you can do those with Color’s tools). Merely a technology demo, no ETA on ship date from Apple - so I’d GUESS in next major release, which could be what - NAB next year? Dunno, my guess, not based on hard data.

Red One Redcode RGB mode is still under development - read that two ways if you will - pessimistic - “darn, still not done/shipping!” or optimist - “GOOD - they are still working on it, it IS coming.”
 
If they are demonstrating it and it works, let's have that update on Apple's ftp today, even if it's still beta. Yah, I know, I'm dreaming.
 
Adding this support should just be a update. I am so thrilled that this is coming though. Maybe they will up support to 3k native as well :biggrin:
 
That's great that color will support R3Ds... but sounds like its only doing a 2k debayer from the 4k...
 
Hmm...I hope that part about being limited to 2k extraction is wrong. There is a clear advantage image quality wise when you do the full 4k decompression and debayer, when going for 2k mastering. Could it be that playback is realtime for 2k debayer like on the scratch, but there is still optional full 4k debayer for final render?

We need some screenshots :-)
 
nightmare would be if COLOR could read only the Proxies and not the RAW files---- always expecting the least after such an anouncement
 
well, those 4k proxies are meant for something...

I'm not sure what for. They're scaled up from the 2k proxies.

Full size quicktimes are a scale up, so they have the same actual resolution of the Half size. Just a way to get a proper size quicktime without needing to do the work, for when your recording smaller resolutions (ie 2k)
 
And of course the proxy workflow is moot if your clients are demanding 16:9, like the last 4 out of 5, of mine.

Until that gets fixed, hopefully you'll be able to reference the R3D file with any clip, proxy or not, that shares the same name/number, etc.

I'm just looking forward to the true non-destructive coloring of the RAW, with outputs to an external monitor.
 
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