Working PC only workflow

[Christoffer Glans]

After a couple of threads of despair for the lack of a good working and reliable PC only workflow with avid I can present one that does.

After some collaboration with Michael Phillips and Jörgen (rebusfilm) I managed to have a R3D - EDIT- DPX output workflow within my laptop PC.
What is needed is the newest version of filmscribe (version 3.0.6), avid, redcine, metacheater and rebusfilm's program cineXML.

This is the workflow in detail:

1. Export footage from Redcine (name should be #C and output DNxHD)
2. Import into metacheater and create an ALE of choice (don't forget to add the r3d filename to each clip in the ALE)
3. Import ALE in Avid and batch import the files.
4. Import sound and autosync them with video footage.

5. EDIT

6. Export an XML list through filmscribe 3.06.
7. Import the XML into CineXML and create a Redcine XML
8. Import Redcine XML into Redcine and render out DPX in resolution of choice.
9. Import DPX in online station together with exported EDL from your offline timeline.

I'm about to go in as an editor on a feature film with this workflow and so far this seems to be the easiest PC only workflow yet.
I recommend it...

 

[Bruce Allen]

Have you tested to make sure RedCine behaves properly when bringing in 200+ clips at once? Sometimes I get issues on this. I'm doing a 15min short though so this won't be a problem. If you're doing a whole feature I imagine it would be.

I'd probably do it reel by reel?

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com

 

[Sean]

Have folks got audio working on RedCine on the PC?

 

[Christoffer Glans]

Have you tested to make sure RedCine behaves properly when bringing in 200+ clips at once? Sometimes I get issues on this. I'm doing a 15min short though so this won't be a problem. If you're doing a whole feature I imagine it would be.

I'd probably do it reel by reel?

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com

I don't know yet, because we don't have those 200+ clips at this time. Either way we do it reel by reel or there's a new redcine version that supports it by the time we do it.

Audio doesn't work with redcine yet, but this workflow is for those times there's a soundtechnician recording to separate media.

 

[Jörgen Persson]

Have you tested to make sure RedCine behaves properly when bringing in 200+ clips at once? Sometimes I get issues on this. I'm doing a 15min short though so this won't be a problem. If you're doing a whole feature I imagine it would be.

I'd probably do it reel by reel?

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com

Next version of cineXML will have a subdivide feature to create Redcine projects with less media.