Warning: These are not intended to be comprehensive Red Workflow solutions

These papers are intended to provide information to help solve one small but significant piece of the RED workflow puzzle, namely how to do an online inside Final Cut Pro keeping the highest possible quality that FCP is capable of. Eg not accidently truncating your colour information and keeping as much as possible the full 12 bit RGB color range that comes from a RED ONE camera.

For general RED workflow overviews and help we recommend the following:

CoreMelt Workflow Papers

(Updated 9 Sep 08/ Mac OS X 10.5.4 / RedAlert 3.5.0 / RedCine 3.1.2)

Red 10 Bit YUV ProRes FCP Online Workflow

Making sure you get the maximum potential out of footage shot with the RED ONE camera is still very much a work in progress. This article doesn't aim to be a comprehensive workflow solution but just to focus on one aspect, how to get the best possible finish if your final online tool is Final Cut Pro, and how to ensure that you keep your 10 bit Color information all the way through the pipeline.

RED Cineform FCP Online Workflow

Cineform's Digital Intermediate Codec can help you overcome some of the limitations in Final Cut Pro. The tools are still not as plished on the Mac platform as they are on Windows, but with a little more time, the Cineform workflow promises to become the easiest workflow which will enable you to preserve the full 12 bit color from a RED camera while finishing in Final Cut Pro.

Codec and Effects Limitations for 10 Bit online workflow with FCP 6

Many editors dismiss Final Cut Pro for high end online workflows preferring much more expensive solutions. For those who don’t have access to a six figure online system, its useful to understand the limitations of exactly what you can achieve with FCP. Some people might not realise that you can do a 10 bit color online (or even 12 bit online) by working around some of the restrictions of FCP.

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