free online workflow tools updated : consolidate, conform, roundtrip w/ redcine

[Michael Cinquin]

Hi

I wanted to let people here know that the my tools for RED have been updated.

Now you can
* consolidate the r3ds used in an FCP timeline (so as to keep/backup only the used media)
* send to redcine an FCP timeline, render, and go back in Final Cut Pro
* conform to Red quicktimes an FCP timeline editted from transcoded Red rushs : prepare for online output or color-grading
* repair the r3d bug in Color

all the tools are free, and come with a demonstration video. You can use learn more about them here : www.michaelcinquin.com/tools/red

How do they compare with
* Crimson Workflow ?
they are free. 'Send to Redcine' is not as powerful as Crimson Workflow, but it does do the round-tripping work
* ClipFinder ?
The conform tool and the tool to repair the looping r3d bug worked for me in a situation where ClipFinder did not (though ClipFinder is a very impressive free app)

Hope some of you will find these useful

cheers

 

[MichaelHalsell]

thanks for sharing. Cool tools

 

[Charles Angus]

Going to check these out - they look quite good.

 

[N_Villers]

Any chance the tools can be downloaded for offline use? Thnx for sharing !!!!!

 

[N_Villers]

Never mind, I saved the page and it works offline fine. Thnx again !!!!

 

[Michael Cinquin]

Any chance the tools can be downloaded for offline use?

No, you need the processing power of the web site for the logic. What you have downloaded and save can't process anything ; but there are a few static components that you can download and keep (eg. 'list timecodes of red media').

 

[Kaku Ito]

wow, finally, consolidating tool for R3D. Thanks.

 

[David Battistella]

Michael,

I checked to see if there is some way to add "handles" to the consolidated media.

Is there a way to add 2 second handles to each shot?

 

[Michael Cinquin]

Michael,

I checked to see if there is some way to add "handles" to the consolidated media.

Is there a way to add 2 second handles to each shot?

When you use the consolidate tool, you get all the media for each shot. The "consolidation" is that you can get rid of unused shots, not of the unused part of each shot.

 

[Kaku Ito]

Oh, so it is not as I hoped.

 

[Michael Cinquin]

Oh, so it is not as I hoped.

sorry about that... perhaps I should rebrand the tool... Any suggestion ?

Still, it does save a lot of space !

 

[Kaku Ito]

Michael,
English is not my native language but since David thought the same thing, maybe renaming might be good.

But you have good thing going there. Thanks.

 

[I Bloom]

Cool, what scripting language are you using?

 

[Ido Karilla]

Cool, what scripting language are you using?

It is almost Valentine. ....... . any news to share?

 

[Jeff Kieffer]

Hey Michael,

Two thumps up on that one, I'll check these out and let you know ;-)

Cheers

 

[David Battistella]

When you use the consolidate tool, you get all the media for each shot. The "consolidation" is that you can get rid of unused shots, not of the unused part of each shot.

Ok.

So the tool copies all the shots that you used in the timeline. If a shot does not appear in teh timeline then it is eliminated from the copy.

That makes sense.

You could call it "Consolidate used media" to be a bite more clear. It's a smart archiving tool for sending to a Color Grading session so that you only send over the shots and takes they would need.

David