redcode quicktime availability

[John Tissavary]

I've got a major gripe about the quicktime component only being downloadable for camera owners.

I just produced a spot where I hired a Red camera and crew, and was still making final decisions on the post workflow the day after the shoot: to FCP or not to FCP (we're not traditionally mac here).

So once we made the decision to go FCP, got all our gear shipped to us and software installed we find out Redcode is not native in the current FCP build, nor is it possible to download the quicktime component from Red.com! :ranting2: (look what I've been reduced to... I NEVER use $%$#@'ing emoticons!)

We spent an entire day sitting on our behinds waiting for someone to help us. Turns out the person we needed to get the code from was legitimately tied up without an internet connection and there was simply nothing that could be done to get us the code in the time frame we required.

I'm now a full day behind on our post production because I couldn't, at will, download a measly (oh god... not again... :ranting2 quicktime component!

Red, please make it so something like this never happens to people who are using your cameras to make a living.

The camera owner is not the only one dependent on this code.

thanks,

jt

 

[Mike Prevette]

I heartily second this! Even though the software is work in progress, there is no reason to keep it locked up. If Red wants to get this thing out there more they need to demystify the post end a bit, and the only way to do that is get it out there.

On the other side of things, your guys should have bulletproofed the post workflow long before even shooting. Depending on your output there are some pretty solid workflows that are dead simple.

_mike

 

[Cail Young]

On the other side of things, your guys should have bulletproofed the post workflow long before even shooting. Depending on your output there are some pretty solid workflows that are dead simple.

_mike

This is one reason why full-service houses can justify their massive fees - when you're on a deadline and you haven't fully thought through your workflow they generally have not only the answer but the staff and gear to handle it.

RED is not different, just a new way of working, and like everything new, one should make damned sure one fully understands the entire process before starting to use it. Hindsight is great for us, but at least it's another example others can take heed of. Glad to hear it's under control now.

 

[John Tissavary]

Mike: To me, bulletproofing something without _MY_ footage and software is an exercise in assupmtions. There are several workflows that are dead simple, but they're not necessarily something that suits our needs. I've been doing digital pipelines for a lot of years, and I'm all about building them to suit my needs rather than using what happens to be available (unless that suits my needs, of course!).

I never expect hardware and software vendors to downright _withhold_ vital stuff from my production when I've gone through the trouble of paying for and using their stuff. That never goes down well with me.

jt