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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 :)

RED Alert!

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Emanuel said:
For those @PC side and who shall wait for their cameras on October or November, we don't need RED Alert app, right? Or am I missing something?
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Correct. Mac = Red Alert for now.
PC = SOL for at least a few weeks or longer as software development can never be guaranteed to a schedule.

Not all lenses will be available till end of year at earliest and 4k displays and projectors to acutally see what you're working on in 4k are still just wistfull concepts on someone's CAD file. Time and patience will sort everything out.
 
Is Red Alert Intel Only or Universal?

Is Red Alert Intel Only or Universal?

It has been some time since Intel mac requirement has been discussed. When I spoke with Graeme at NAB he said it may be possible to compile it universal but time would tell.

Since my number isn't up until Nov, I have been waiting to upgrade my G5 to a mac pro until the last possible moment to maximize its features, but I don't think I can resist playing with the footage.

Intel Mac only or can it run on a G5 as well?
 
The Third Man said:
PC guy is too fat and is not so heathy for him to ingest and digest REDCODE.
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No pun intended, third man, but
a) red need osx x86 pc operation system - it wont run on the discontinued apple/ibm powerpc.
b) windows and linux play back 4k with several systems.
c) OSX/Fcp doesn´t plays back 4k. 2k is the maximum resolution which the OS handles in realtime as of now.

So, in order to view 4k, a windows or linux system like DVS Clipster / Hydra is mandatory.
Or an additional discrecorder as the ones from Quvis or Keisoku Giken.

Im my humble opinion, its half a miracle that red indeed is able to ship -before- IBC.
Congratulations from everyone at laguun and redrental!

That said, i sincerly hope that we won´t only have to rely on our single FCP here as primary editing system. We have one FCP seat, and many other Windows NLE and DI systems, and these workflows can do 2K and 4K.

However, with RedCine and Redquick around the corner for windows, the other applications should get the necessary support soon.

On OSX, as far i understand, the 4k workflow would be 2k FCP edit -> EDL -> RedCine -> 4k online on Adobe Premiere pro?
 
Let's not turn this thread into an Apple Macintosh v. Windows PC debate. (not saying you were, but lets just make sure it doesn't happen)

What I think is important is to find out the questions people have so far

1. Will Pc people have access to the codec so that we can view other peoples qt proxies?

2. Will Red Alert require a Mac always? or will it be on PC in the future?

3. Is red alert Permanent or just to hold us over until Redcine is done?

4. Will Red alert run on a G5?
 
Craig Bowman said:
Correct. Mac = Red Alert for now.
PC = SOL for at least a few weeks or longer as software development can never be guaranteed to a schedule.
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This is not what I could read right on the front page: ONE OR TWO WEEKS tops.
 
kinobairn said:
2. Will Red Alert require a Mac always? or will it be on PC in the future?

3. Is red alert Permanent or just to hold us over until Redcine is done?
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Both these questions are of extreme interest to me as well as I won't be using either a Mac nor FCS for my work flow.
 
khmuse said:
Both these questions are of extreme interest to me as well as I won't be using either a Mac nor FCS for my work flow.
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is it necessary to say there are a lot of people worried and worrying now..

we're seven people here.. at least
 
What I am most curious about concerning RED right now is what speeds it will transcode from RED RAW to another resolution like 1080p (prores), I have never seen any figures. Will a minute of RED RAW take an hour to transcode, or maybe just 2 minutes... I am so curious to get some feedback on speed from the inital users.
 
For those not on a Mac, there's light for you either, according to Jim in this post:

[...] RED Quick is moving from a mini-app directly into the camera. It wraps .r3d files (our REDCODE RAW format) in a Quicktime wrapper so they can be played and ingested into FCP.
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It is speculation on my part, but if you've got QuickTime installed, you should be able to play it, right? Not sure about editing, but for basic playback, you should be alright.

Might depend on when this feature will be enabled, thought...
 
Dominique Grenier said:
For those not on a Mac, there's light for you either, according to Jim in this post:



It is speculation on my part, but if you've got QuickTime installed, you should be able to play it, right? Not sure about editing, but for basic playback, you should be alright.

Might depend on when this feature will be enabled, thought...
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This really isn't an acceptable work flow when your editorial is a completely separate entity from your production. Having to have another camera body sitting around to handle conversion from raw to an editable format doesn't seem like a viable concept at all.
 
Jannard said:
Since REDCINE is being rebuilt and won't release for a week or two,

More to come...

Jim
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So where is the problem? Unless you got one of the first 50 cameras and you are only on PC, I don't see what the problem is.

Relax and take a deep breath.
 
khmuse said:
This really isn't an acceptable work flow when your editorial is a completely separate entity from your production. Having to have another camera body sitting around to handle conversion from raw to an editable format doesn't seem like a viable concept at all.
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I don't think that's the point of REDQUICK. I think that the QuickTime wrapper will be done in-camera, on the set. So, once you get the media in your working station, you already have the wrapper on hand. No need to bring the camera. Or at least, that's the way I understood it...
 
Jannard said:
Since REDCINE is being rebuilt and won't release for a week or two
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Jim, if you guys need some formal QA work on REDCINE, just let me know. I was recently laid off from Intel (as a QA Analyst for Viiv - their media center app) and I'm just sitting around reading the Reduser forums all day. Feel free to put me to work. :)
 
kinobairn said:
2. Will Red Alert require a Mac always? or will it be on PC in the future?

3. Is red alert Permanent or just to hold us over until Redcine is done?
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With the RED CINE, is this RED ALERT! necessary for what?
 
Drizzt said:
So where is the problem? Unless you got one of the first 50 cameras and you are only on PC, I don't see what the problem is.

Relax and take a deep breath.
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yeah, what he said.
Aloha
-A
 
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