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[Ben Rojas]

Editors are the SLOWEST in the world to pick up new skills, or update their systems... so help us on the imaging end by letting us coddle them...
I know it's a Digital Cinema Camera blah blah blah... RAW blah blah blah... but...
Please? Help?
Cheers,
Harry

Friend, it's got much less with being "slow" or taking longer to accept, adapt or change... It's about "time" -- specifically the lack of it. I've been very impressed w/RED! The workflow, on the other hand, not so much :blink: But like any new format, we have to develop our own workflows and work-arounds to accomplish projects in the time frames allotted... Right now, the RED workflow makes that very very challenging. I'm currently cutting an Indie film shot entirely on RED and I'm under the gun to get the rough cut to Sundance. The film was shot in an amazing 20 some odd days! They wrapped roughly a week ago and while I've been cutting scenes throughout production, the speed I can cut at is slowed significantly w/the QT Ref. files. First and formost, I've got to import and organize the QT files. OK, first up, importing. No biggie, but tidious as hell. Say I'm working on Scene 1, which has 5 wides, 4 meds, 3 cu's, etc. etc. I have to go into that folder, then go into every other folder in there and pluck out the file. Once done, I now go through what I normally do when logging or digitizing, which is watch and evaluate the footage. You're probably thinking now, why don't you just use RedCine or RedAlert... Nope, export hell! No prob, I push forward and continue w/the QT Ref.'s. Now that they are organized I can find my footage, no sweat right? Wrong. Now I'm working at a turtles pace 'cause FCP's response time is slooooooow :ranting2: Fine, you get used to it and push forward; but a big issue looms down the line when I'm done cutting... Conforming in RedCine is out of the question: no time! Conforming in Scratch is out of the question: no money! And conforming in my Avid Nitris aint happening 'cause it's only coming in DPX or TIF via RedCine, which, like I mentioned, NO TIME. The rough cut is going real rough and the final, because of time and budget constraints will be an FCP cut, w/simple color correction, output.

So, I'll continue to pioneer and push forward 'cause I love RED's look and eventual advantages, but for now, if you don't have time or money for post, I'm recommending you shoot with something else.

Now, all that being said, if Apple get their shite together and let's us conform in Color so we can grade, correct, etc., I for one, will jump for joy :sorcerer:
That will not only make things easier but faster and ultimately cheaper.

 

[JanneJansson]

Crap, This thread it too long, i forgot my input by reading it all :/
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Now I remembered, many recent test of RED on the net, talks about the poor quality of the SDI output. I guess this is for the preview purpose, but people will hook a big high quality display and compare it to ordinary 1080 cams and think "hmm, the 1080 cam look better then RED, I go with that". I think a real high quality SDI or dual link SDI is a very good way to charm old school guys.

Cheers