Transcoding from RedCineX for editing in Vegas

[William Kee]

Hello, I'm wanting to transcode some R3D files using RedCineX to be edited in Sony Vegas.

Usually, in the Mac world, I would transcode to ProRes, but because I'm using a PC, I am unable to transcode to ProRes in RedCineX.

I just did a test, transcoding to H264, but each of my files is ridiculously large (17GB for a 3 minute 3K-res take).

Does anyone know a good format to transcode to, which provides a nice balance between quality and file size? Or if there are any codec plugins to download that will allow me to transcode tyo a suitable file for editing.

I look to transcode to 1080.

Thanks,
Will

 

[Werner Jauch]

Sony Vegas can edit R3D files natively, at least since V11, possibly earlier. Vegas 12 I believe can create it's own proxies as needed

 

[Paramon Ivanovich]

Sony Vegas can edit R3D files natively,

not the Dragon though, pityingly

 

[Paul Russell]

For transcoding in PC world I like to use the Cineform codec, but there are other free options, notably the AJA and Avid DNXHD.

 

[William Kee]

Werner Jauch, true, but Vegas does not support the Redgamma3 as far as I can see.