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R3D workflow for FCPX in 2019

Alan Greene said:
This sounds very handy, but I can't find any info on how to do it. The most I know how to do is assign a default effect, which can then be applied with a shortcut. Can you enlighten me?
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Hey Alan, no problem-

1. Apply the effects stack that you want to a clip (I leave the settings on those effects generically set)
2. Click 'Save Effects Preset' at the base of the Video (Inspector) Tab
3. Name your custom effects stack, i.e. "Master R3D Stack 2019"
4. Choose your category to save the new combined effect stack under as a single thumbnail (I place mine under 'Color')
5. You can also set this to be your default effect, if you'd want, but it's not necessary.

Cheers,
Dusty
 
Thanks again Dustin. You're right, the Raven does not support IPP2 preview in camera, but I can shoot in REDWideGamutRGB / Log3G10 and use IPP2 in post. The image on the Raven monitor is flat and devoid of color - surprisingly that's helping me compose better!
 
Dipanka Sarma said:
Thanks again Dustin. You're right, the Raven does not support IPP2 preview in camera, but I can shoot in REDWideGamutRGB / Log3G10 and use IPP2 in post. The image on the Raven monitor is flat and devoid of color - surprisingly that's helping me compose better!
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No problem. Once you get going in FCPX with shortcuts and timeline fluidity- it's unbelievably fast and efficient for editing and color, even in long format projects w/ R3Ds in mixed timelines. Enjoi. :) Working with 8K, I have also continuously tested downscaling quality between RCX and Premiere and right now, and FCPX Spatial Conform is on par with anything else. I still love that RCX allows us to choose our downscaling algorithms, but truth be told, you'd be choosing maybe between two of what is available, 99% of the time.

Cheers,
Dusty
 
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Dustin Hoye said:
No problem. Once you get going in FCPX with shortcuts and timeline fluidity- it's unbelievably fast and efficient for editing and color, even in long format projects w/ R3Ds in mixed timelines. Enjoi. :) Working with 8K, I have also continuously tested downscaling quality between RCX and Premiere and right now, and FCPX Spatial Conform is on par with anything else. I still love that RCX allows us to choose our downscaling algorithms, but truth be told, you'd be choosing maybe between two of what is available, 99% of the time.

Cheers,
Dusty
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Hi Dustin,
This may seem like too basic a question, but I'm only starting out with R3D files on FCPX. Unfortunately editing the 4.5K files from my Raven has been very painful on my mid 2017 Imac 21.5" 4K using FCPX (dropping frames, freezing up). Tried optimized media but that didn't help.
What computer/configuration are you using for your 8K editing on FCPX? Any tips would be hugely appreciated!
 
Dipanka Sarma said:
Just watched, and liked what I saw! That was my original question, I found the popup RAW modifications in FCPX too limiting. This seems like just the right answer for me, thank you!
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Hey Dipanka,

Another easy, but effective trick is to select all in FCPX's browser (CMD+A) and then open your Apple Workflow plug in in the Inspector and adjust your color to RedRGBWideGamut and your Gamma to Log3G10 to affect all assets at once. So simple. Then proceed with the outlined color workflow, that includes the end of chain placement of the IPP2 LUTs.

Just keep your media external and you'll be fine, in case you want to grant access to the RMDs to RCX or other apps. Keep in mind the majority of options in RCX aren't RAW related, they are additional to RAW, so aside of the Apple Workflow Plugin desperately needing an update for it's naming conventions, it has pretty much has all you'd need to work with what's actually RAW data. For example, FLUT shouldn't be there anymore. It should just be Exposure Adjust, now, which FLUT was rolled in to.

Cheers,
Dusty
 
Dipanka Sarma said:
Hi Dustin,
This may seem like too basic a question, but I'm only starting out with R3D files on FCPX. Unfortunately editing the 4.5K files from my Raven has been very painful on my mid 2017 Imac 21.5" 4K using FCPX (dropping frames, freezing up). Tried optimized media but that didn't help.
What computer/configuration are you using for your 8K editing on FCPX? Any tips would be hugely appreciated!
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Hey Dipanka,

I would need more information than this- but I work off of:

iMac Pro (2017)
64GB Memory DDR4
16GB Radeon Pro Vega 64
3GHz 10-Core Intel Xeon W

and also a:

MacBook Pro (2017)
16GB Memory LPDDR3
Radeon Pro 560 4GB /Intel GPX 630 1536 MB
3.1 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7

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Where you store your media is also a big factor- I usually work off of USB-C to solid state G-Tech drives (2TB G Drives) or at the very least Thunderbolt 1 or 2 attached to something like a Pegasus storage array. Main thing is it's best to have your media on a separate drive from your library/project.

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As Daniel mentioned, check your performance settings (set to better performance for playback and better quality for coloring) and also, if absolutely necessary, optimizing/or proxy transcodes should work.. if it doesn't, it's likely where the files are being read/written from. Or it's a limitation of your hardware config. I honestly never transcode, I always work with the R3Ds in timeline, unless I am doing something very specific in terms of downscaling or compositing.

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Also, go into FCPX preferences and set Background Rendering to OFF. (CMD + ,)

Best,
Dusty
 
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Thanks Dusty, that's very helpful as I see the difference in my setup right away. I'm working on a 2017 Imac 21.5" 3.6Ghz i7, 1 TB fusion drive (only 32GB is flash) - and only 16GB of RAM. The Graphics card is AMD Radeon Pro 560 4GB VRAM.

I'll see if I can upgrade my RAM to 64GB, have ordered a Thunderbolt 3 SSD external drive to work on. Will consider adding an eGPU if that doesn't work. Please advise if that sounds right, and if you have any better ideas or tips. Its awesome to get expert advice so easily on this forum, this is hugely appreciated!
 
Got that. Would love to work with the RAW files in FCPX as soon as I have my computer upgraded to handle it. Very useful tips, thank you.
 
Hello Dusty and others,

I have always used FCP and do not want to ditch it - for now. I am not an advanced user, but want to learn more.
Using the built-in RED RAW modification is very easy to use.
But I want to use RCPX in the seamless way I suppose it could work. But it doesn´t work for me.
Found this link on Youtube and tried all the advice to no avail.
Maybe the advice is to old (2012).

TIA
Sverker
 
Hey Dustin, I've been searching around for a bit of help & found this thread - Hoping you can help me out?
I just started experiencing a weird problem in FCPX 10.4.8 - I'm importing new R3D files from a helium and they are showing up as Rec. 2020PQ instead of the usual 709. Camera setting are the same [I think] RWG & 310.
Is there a new update that causes this that I didn't know I was updating to?
Thanks for any help.
 
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