How stable is it right now?

[Uli Plank]

With a larger project coming up, we are considering the FCP/Clipfinder/REDCine-X route.

How stable is the current beta for those who already did more than a short sequence with it? What's your hardware, in particular your GPU? BTW, I'd like answers from those without RED Rocket™, we can't afford one yet (just a public arts university with low funding).

TIA

[Patrick Demers]

Mac version 104 is very stable. Working on a feature, transcoding to DPX sequences, shot by shot (the script to get EDLs in wasn't ready when I started and I'm almost finished now). Redcine-X has been very stable up to now, even when other applications are opened and processing. I'm working at 1/8 resolution.

[Michael Thornton]

I love RocketCine-X.

I know you don't have the budget to purchase.

Just get some one to do it for you.

Save time and money.

RedCine-X Still does not have all the critical features of Red Rushes integrated yet.

Build 158 still is buggy.

So needed too.

Just wait until after NAB if you can.

Good luck.

Michael T.

[David Battistella]

Uli,

Why not go with Apple Color for the finish. You will grade with R3D and you can still create good looking offline media with clipfinder.

Apple color takes full advantage of the New Color Science....


David

[Uli Plank]

Yes, I know. But this project is loaded with VXF and we still use Shake a lot. So, I'd rather go ProRes after a first-light in REDCine-X. No film-out anyway.

[Hans von Sonntag]

Hi Uli,

I find RedCineX pretty stable. Just converted for a project with a tight schedule 120GB of R3Ds on a 2008 MacPro with Nvidia 5600 into very usable ProRes files for offline.

No RedRocket involved. Takes some time and the batch renderer is not squeezing all power out of the box but no unexpected quitting.


Hans

[David Battistella]

Uli,

If you used the purchased version of clipfinder for this you should be fine. Redcine X will render consistenty but it will just take a while. In the new version you can speed up renders by using Half deybayers as well.

Just as an aside, don't you grade "before" vfx anyway? Color is great for that because you can expost shots with handles and they get their own folders. I think this is a onelight, best light, onlylight job you are talking about though.

david

[Uli Plank]

Of course we are gonna buy Clipfinder, it's worth it.

We'll need to make lots of fine tuning between layers, so it's first-light plus "grading" inside the VFX path.

Thanks for all the encouraging answers, time is not so much of an issue, since it's a university project.

[David Battistella]

Of course we are gonna buy Clipfinder, it's worth it.

We'll need to make lots of fine tuning between layers, so it's first-light plus "grading" inside the VFX path.

Thanks for all the encouraging answers, time is not so much of an issue, since it's a university project.

Uli,

Just for the record, I was not suggesting that you would not buy clipfinder. I just know that the only version that supports EXPORT to redcine X is the version which can be purchased.

I can see why you would go that workflow route.

All good.

David

[chrislayhe]

Hi Ui

If you can find a bit of budget just send us your r3d files and we'll run them through RED Rocket and give you back corrected 4k pro res files and matching 1080p files to work with - edit with the 1080p and then switch out the directories so FCP reads the 4k with the same name instead... no messing about with relinking and clipfinder!

chris
chris@clai.tv