Files too big!!! Multi Clips needed,need a solution!!!

[curtis_liquid9]

So here is what's going on:

I am editing a music video shot on Red, and I need to use multiclip groups.

The Pro Res files are still too big to edit a Multi clip Sequence.

I loaded in the _m proxy and set the compressor to redcode. I want to obviously not have to render out all the footage. It is telling me that I don't have that codec (I downloaded it and installed it).

How do I do this so that the files are small and I don't have tons of render time, but yet I can match back to the original 2k files and online with crimson and Redcine.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Jeff Brown]

You can not write to the redcode codec - only playback and cut (Hence no transitions etc). By trying to multiclip you are effectively rendering a new shot.

You can either:

Batch compress the proxies to another codec using compressor.

Use log and transfer plugin to import.

Render out through redcine/redalert

...to avoid renders and maintain edl compatibility.

Regards

Jeff Brown
RED708

 

[curtis_liquid9]

I used log and transfer to bring them in, but they are still too huge.

So if i re-render them in compressor as QTs, will they match back to the original 2k and 4k files files with Crimson?

 

[Scott Simmons]

I've had success with multiclips at ProRes resolution. I'm on an octo-3 gig Mac Pro. they were made from the _H size and it plays back fine. But yes if you "re-render" them, though you're not re-rendering you're creating new QTs, all the info will come across in the new clips if you are rendering to the proper codec like ProRes.

 

[William Wedig]

I though that using the L&T for red footage would break the associations needed for Crimson to function properly.

I'm more than likely wrong and it's probably been updated as I remember this from a few weeks ago when the L&T first came out.

 

[curtis_liquid9]

Nope that's all worked out. I got that to work out fine. It just blows that you can't set what the compression rate should be on the way in to L & T. Oh well, hopefully a future release.