imported_michael_mann
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Hi all,
My first post so be kind ;-)
Have browsed the forum for a solution to my problem but no luck.
Here's my delemer:
When using FCP's log & transfer to transcode the R3D files to proresHQ for offline/online editing, I noticed the transcoded QTs were either looking extremely over or under exposed. After discussions with the DOP he advised that he had made a number of tweaks to the camera to achieve his desired look and that this info was then stored as metadata in the R3D files.
After opening one R3D file in Red Alert and selecting the 'metadata' tab, I could see the look he had shot. However this was not the look my proresHQ files were showing in FCP, even after following the below instructions:
According to Red FCS whitepages:
The Color, Color Temp, and View RED camera settings in use while shooting are stored as metadata within each recorded R3D file. When you transcode R3D media to ProRes 422, this metadata is used to preprocess the color and contrast of the transcoded media as long as the “RED FCP Log and Transfer plugin” submenu of the action menu is set to Native, which is the default setting. The result is that each transcoded clip visually matches the image that was monitored during the shoot. This preprocessing is “baked”
into each ingested clip.
So my question: has anyone else experienced this colour/gamma discrepancy between the transcoded files and the R3D files and if so whether you have found a workable solution to using log & transfer whilst maintaining the metadata?
BTW - I have installed all the latest plugins from red.com and am running FCP studio 2 v6.0.5
Many thanks for any assistance.
cheers
MM
My first post so be kind ;-)
Have browsed the forum for a solution to my problem but no luck.
Here's my delemer:
When using FCP's log & transfer to transcode the R3D files to proresHQ for offline/online editing, I noticed the transcoded QTs were either looking extremely over or under exposed. After discussions with the DOP he advised that he had made a number of tweaks to the camera to achieve his desired look and that this info was then stored as metadata in the R3D files.
After opening one R3D file in Red Alert and selecting the 'metadata' tab, I could see the look he had shot. However this was not the look my proresHQ files were showing in FCP, even after following the below instructions:
According to Red FCS whitepages:
The Color, Color Temp, and View RED camera settings in use while shooting are stored as metadata within each recorded R3D file. When you transcode R3D media to ProRes 422, this metadata is used to preprocess the color and contrast of the transcoded media as long as the “RED FCP Log and Transfer plugin” submenu of the action menu is set to Native, which is the default setting. The result is that each transcoded clip visually matches the image that was monitored during the shoot. This preprocessing is “baked”
into each ingested clip.
So my question: has anyone else experienced this colour/gamma discrepancy between the transcoded files and the R3D files and if so whether you have found a workable solution to using log & transfer whilst maintaining the metadata?
BTW - I have installed all the latest plugins from red.com and am running FCP studio 2 v6.0.5
Many thanks for any assistance.
cheers
MM
