Red to HD Cam and...

[Jase]

If I was wanting to make a HD Cam edit of a film I shot on the Red, how do I handle this in post?

Do I do an edit at 1080P, then bring in the hard drive to a HD suit to do my HD edit? And what is the maximum resolution I can print my final edit at, besides going to film?

As well, If I was wanting to shoot something and make a 35mm print of it, what are the steps I must take after I have my 1080P edit in final cut?

Sorry for asking so many questions. We need to know the options for our shoot coming up!

Thanks,

Jase.

 

[Jase]

does anyone know?

 

[Keith Putnam]

If I understand your intentions, you want to shoot RED (at 2K or 3K or 4K?), and ultimately wind up with a 1080p HD master in addition to, potentially, a film-out. If you're really intending to wind up with a film print, then the FIRST thing you should do is get in touch with the facility that will be doing this for you and find out what deliverables they require. This will affect decisions all the way back up the line (for example, choosing 2K, 3K, or 4K, 2:1 vs 16:9, etc.)

Then, you'll need to generate clips from your .r3d raw files at a resolution and frame size that's convenient for you to work with in your offline edit. Do you have a system that can handle full-res 1080p in multiple layers with effects? If not, you'd better create a compressed version of your footage using, for example, the Apple ProRes codec to save space and data throughput. Your editor should be consulted as to what media he or she is best capable of working with for the offline.

When the offline edit is complete, you will need to conform the full-res HD media you generated from your .r3d raw files to your offline edit. Your editor may be able to do this, or you may need to go to a post facility, but either way you'll probably need to be able to make a videotape master unless whoever you've got showing your program can do so from a digital file.

As far as going for a film-out, you are now at the point where you should apply the knowledge you gained from talking to the facility who will be printing your digital video to film. They will likely want Cineon or DPX files. These will be created after you do another conform to your offline edit, this time from the lovely 2K, 3K or 4K full-resolution video that have been rendered from your .r3d raw files.

You can, of course, simply give your properly-color-graded (again, ask your film-out house what kind of grading they require) 1080p master tape to the film-out folks and have them work their magic from that, but when you have access to your higher-resolution footage it seems a shame to blow up from HD.

 

[dino g]

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[Jason Sinclair]

read lots of posts or pay lots of money... The answers are there in-between all the complaints fanboyism etc.. but the answers are there. Obviously talk to the people who will be doing your print. If you don't know who they are and you are going festival circuit and printout on response (with a future proof) then do a search for crimson. The search features here aren't the best.