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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 :)

Avid native R3D support...

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Great news from Avid.

Now you can directly access and edit RED files through AMA, without transcoding (images are scaled to HD frame size). Work directly with RED using the newly improved AMA. With Media Composer 5, AMA (Avid Media Access) has been completely reengineered, so you can work natively with more file-based media formats now and in the future. With the new and improved AMA, you can speed up RED workflows by directly accessing RED files (.R3D) in Media Composer without having to prepare them through MetaFuze (all footage is scaled to HD frame size). Plus, you have access to its full metadata and color management data too.

http://www.avid.com/US/products/Media-Composer-Software/features

Jim
 
how is the perfomance?
does it work like premiere?
(My editor just screamed of joy)

starting tomorow part two of a feature and all i do is thinking about the new toys!
 
Does Avid Media Composer 5 will support .R3D from the new sensor MX ?
 
Yes on new color science and support for RMD files. It will also support ROCKET card if in the system and will kick in automatically if debayer is set to FULL for all transcodes and renders. Source settings are available on a per clip basis or to a selection of clips. Apply RLX, RSX, or RMD to one or all. All farther modifications to parameters in window are tracked in Avid bin on a per clip basic including RSX, RSX and RMD filename used. Histogram allows for solo RGB channels, zoom, and guides for SMPTE black and white levels. Apply button updates clip in monitor for proper viewing on an attached client monitor, etc.

Michael
 
MichaelP said:
Yes on new color science and support for RMD files. It will also support ROCKET card if in the system and will kick in automatically if debayer is set to FULL for all transcodes and renders. Source settings are available on a per clip basis or to a selection of clips. Apply RLX, RSX, or RMD to one or all. All farther modifications to parameters in window are tracked in Avid bin on a per clip basic including RSX, RSX and RMD filename used. Histogram allows for solo RGB channels, zoom, and guides for SMPTE black and white levels. Apply button updates clip in monitor for proper viewing on an attached client monitor, etc.

Michael
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What debayer will it use natively without the rocket?
 
MichaelP said:
Yes on new color science and support for RMD files. It will also support ROCKET card if in the system and will kick in automatically if debayer is set to FULL for all transcodes and renders. Source settings are available on a per clip basis or to a selection of clips. Apply RLX, RSX, or RMD to one or all. All farther modifications to parameters in window are tracked in Avid bin on a per clip basic including RSX, RSX and RMD filename used. Histogram allows for solo RGB channels, zoom, and guides for SMPTE black and white levels. Apply button updates clip in monitor for proper viewing on an attached client monitor, etc.

Michael
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ok, rocket is for transcodes and renders, but NOT for realtime playback?
is multistream possible?
 
For real time performance, it will always use whatever debayer is just above 1920 x 1080. Then you can go to yellow/yellow mode in timeline for more performance. Aspect ratio is scaled to 1920 x 1080 and defaulted to letterbox. You will have control as a batch process to change aspect ratio via a new "format" menu on a per clip basis as needed.

Michael
 
I need to get final word on real time single stream playback when Rocket Card is online. I don't believe that made it in this release. It really is for accelerated transcode and render when set to FULL in debayer settings.

Michael
 
Wooohooooo!!! That is great news. I would have HATED to have to use premier to get native R3Ds. Avid you rock! (As does Red.)

:party:
 
Sanjin Jukic said:
I'm "still" not an AVID guy but that's a great news for RED community.
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It's really great for both Red & Avid. Anything that makes Red easier to work with couldn't have come at a better time. I'm really impressed with Avid's aggressive support of the Red.

Hopefully this will also light a fire under Apple's ass.
 
Jannard said:
Great news from Avid.

Now you can directly access and edit RED files through AMA, without transcoding (images are scaled to HD frame size). Work directly with RED using the newly improved AMA. With Media Composer 5, AMA (Avid Media Access) has been completely reengineered, so you can work natively with more file-based media formats now and in the future. With the new and improved AMA, you can speed up RED workflows by directly accessing RED files (.R3D) in Media Composer without having to prepare them through MetaFuze (all footage is scaled to HD frame size). Plus, you have access to its full metadata and color management data too.

http://www.avid.com/US/products/Media-Composer-Software/features

Jim
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WOW! A post from you Jim about Avid support.

This is welcome change from the Red user group days at Kappa Studios when the subtext of what Ted was saying was "Avid? Avid? We don't need no stinking Avid."

THANK YOU!
 
If this works like it is supposed to, I think this is a HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT. As an Avid guy, this is probably the biggest announcement for the week. One of the biggest advantages that Final Cut Pro had over the Avid was that you did not have to transcode the footage for basic editing and could cut using proxies. At first, I didn't think it would be such a big deal transcoding RED footage to the mxf file format that Avid required. However, after an hour of 4k took almost twenty hours to transcode in RED Cine-X, I was positive the only way to go was to buy a RED Rocket card which I couldn't afford. I understand that the preferable way to do things is to still transcode out of Cine-x with the color correction abilities and the faster editing speeds, but this gives us an option to actually view dailies in the Avid system and start making initial cuts without the long transcode times. I have been waiting for this moment since the RED cameras first came out. I'll reserve judgement until I see it actually work, but for now. GOOD JOB AVID, GOOD JOB RED!
 
Peter Moretti said:
WOW! A post from you Jim about Avid support.

This is welcome change from the Red user group days at Kappa Studios when the subtext of what Ted was saying was "Avid? Avid? We don't need no stinking Avid."

THANK YOU!
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Avid has been very helpful with getting MXF DNxHD support in our tools and it's fantastic to have R3D support now directly in MC5.
 
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