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Setting shot metadata in a shoot to REDcolor2/REDgamma2

One of my shooters shoots in REDcolor/REDgamma on the RED One, but prefers that it be post-processed as REDcolor2/REDgamma2. This is how I batch change the meta-data for all clips in REDCine-X before exporting.

1) Add all of the clips (from multiple folders) to a bin in REDCine-X
2) Create a new look, checking only color and gamma.
3) Double click on the look, then change the settings to REDcolor2/REDgamma2.
4) Ensure "Bin(all clips)" is selected in Look window, and click Apply.

Corrupted frames from Color 1.5 with RED footage.

When working with the new RED quicktime codec, I've had an issue where rendering in Color would produce quicktime files that are full of gobbledeegook. After much searching, I found the solution in the Apple forums. It seems to be related to having two monitors set up. If you do your grading, save, close Color, unplug the second monitor, open Color again, and Render, it works perfectly. Must be a video card issue, but what?

FCP Log and Transfer for RED footage

A few days ago RED quietly released a beta plug-in for the Log and Transfer tool in FCP that makes the RED workflow very similar to the P2 workflow. I tried it out yesterday, and it worked well.

Once it's installed, you can drag in a RED clip directory and it will automatically bring up that clip and all other clips in the same hierarchy, along with what you'd expect from a P2 import (thumbnail, "proxy", ability to mark in/out, etc, and a bunch more information. The Editblog has a bit of a rundown on it.

Editing RED footage

I'm in pre-production on a 30 minute short film being shot this upcoming weekend on a new RED camera. We did a camera test yesterday, and the editing side of things looks to be a bit more complicated than I imagined. Here are some of my notes, along with my thoughts on how I plan to tackle the project.

More after the jump...