Tom Gleeson
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Commercial reality
Commercial reality
Tim,
Even if the new Mac Pro was able to play R3Ds in real time (that would be awesome) the reality is that post facilities are not going to throw away their existing hardware. Over time these new machines will replace older towers but it will be years and by the time everybody has these machines Red will have released their Epic replacement. Post facilities will be reluctant to change out towers just to deal with Red footage when all the other camera formats play. Look at the lack of penetration of the RR card.
I deal with the whole gamut of clients from TVC to Network TV to corporate and they all have different needs. It is rarely the camera Dept. determining the post workflow. Please Red give us a choice that reflects the commercial reality I deal with everyday. Some clients will embrace RAW others won't. I need my Epic to do both as brilliantly as possible.
Note
When i use the term "pro Res module" I mean it generically. Ideally it would include a couple of flavours of popular codecs. Maybe even be firmware up-dateable?
PS Mark sorry for hijacking your thread
Commercial reality
Tim,
Even if the new Mac Pro was able to play R3Ds in real time (that would be awesome) the reality is that post facilities are not going to throw away their existing hardware. Over time these new machines will replace older towers but it will be years and by the time everybody has these machines Red will have released their Epic replacement. Post facilities will be reluctant to change out towers just to deal with Red footage when all the other camera formats play. Look at the lack of penetration of the RR card.
I deal with the whole gamut of clients from TVC to Network TV to corporate and they all have different needs. It is rarely the camera Dept. determining the post workflow. Please Red give us a choice that reflects the commercial reality I deal with everyday. Some clients will embrace RAW others won't. I need my Epic to do both as brilliantly as possible.
Note
When i use the term "pro Res module" I mean it generically. Ideally it would include a couple of flavours of popular codecs. Maybe even be firmware up-dateable?
PS Mark sorry for hijacking your thread