Autodesk and RED

[lionel2p]

Hello,

I just tested the new RED workflow with Smoke 2010 today in my resseller office. I was suprised by the wiretap thing at the beginning, but the way to go is a very good addition for autodesk stations. There's a lot of parameters control for debayering on stonefs import, with real-time preview. With one or two cheap linux stations, the debayering could be very short.

My question now is what's the problem with non real-time debayering on autodesk systems ?. When working on a movie, documentary or whatever, using quicktime proxies is the way to go on all edting systems.
From what I tested today, i can conform a 1 hour movie in 3 or 4 hours with backburner, and clip are updated real-time in the smoke.

It means we can start working 10 minutes after the beginning of the import. And it's going to be quicker in a few month from what I understood (SDK problem with quad core). For color grading, from what I saw today, we can do a fantastic job with the imported media. So I'm really happy.

I decided to install smoke 2010 next week on the station and stay autodesk at all. Thanks to the the Autodesk developpement team for the good support.

[Igor Ridanovic]

Scalability is the big benefit of the Autodesk's solution. You can throw in as many processing nodes as you need.

[Marc-Andre Ferguson]

Salut Lionel,

Thanks for the good words. As HDhead wrote, the key to quicker debayering using WiretapCentral is to add more render nodes. Since the MIO component is free, any 64-bit, Intel-based Linux box will do, the faster the better of course.
Don't forget network bandwidth. The best performance we saw in house was a few nodes connected to a SAN via Infiniband.

Au plaisir!

[jake blackstone]

you have to know mistika system can do the real time and work native r3d in real time even with color process. you can get in 2k system or 4k system, i have one. 1 hour of red film is one hour for mistika. i just great, like i told you i already have one 4k system realtime and is like a dream. Has a lot of settings too, is like a red alert inside the software.
look this web www.sgo.es

Are you working for Mistika by any chance? I'm asking, because your every post is exactly same theme promoting wonderful abilities of the system. Just wondering:)

[lionel2p]

Salut Lionel,

Thanks for the good words. As HDhead wrote, the key to quicker debayering using WiretapCentral is to add more render nodes. Since the MIO component is free, any Linux box will do, the faster the better of course.
Don't forget network bandwidth. The best performance we saw in house was a few nodes connected to a SAN via Infiniband.

Au plaisir!

You welcome !!

I'll look for some linux box to accelerate the process. In this way, do you think it will be possible to integrate RED ROCKET to the workflow in the future ?

[Marc-Andre Ferguson]

On est en contact avec RED à ce niveau.
Nothing is official about the Red Rocket, but we are definitely looking into it, and will look at ways to integrate it into the workflow.

Au plaisir!

[lionel2p]

Merci Marc André,

Post-Logic update notre smoke cette semaine, nous avons plusieurs projets RED au mois de juin. On va entrer dans le vif du sujet.

On se verra peut etre à L'IBC ?

Lionel