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There's a number of reasons why you might be getting these freezes. The most common is the spanned-clip bug, which happens if you've got a big file that ends up being multiple R3Ds. It's fixable by...

I think the divergence occurs between Apple's idea of "Camera Plugins" and RED/Everyone else's expectations of "Native".

I haven't looked at the Camera Import SDK (Not a Dev) so I can't say for...

Mark's suggestion is the way to go if you decide to use RC-X. I've done all my projects thus far with Clipfinder, and it's as simple as pointing it at an XML file you've exported from FCP and letting...

My personal opinion is that you should always go ProRes. Just because you *can* use the native/wrapped files doesn't make it a good idea. Generally speaking I've found that the results are better...

This brings up a point I've been trying to hammer home in the post community for a while: You have to build your product for your deliverables. You can't take the same video, slap it on a BR,...

It's still a pretty decent machine. And several companies have already announced that they will be making Thunderbolt PCIe enclosures, so in theory you might even be able to run a Rocket on an iMac...

If you're waiting until July the new models *might* be out, in which case any advice you get now may well be null and void.

Assuming you've got the current version of Adobe (CS5 or 5.5) you'll...

FCP can handle (For certain values of "Handle") 4k. What it can't do is handle 4k *REDCODE*. Don't ask me why. So if you L&T a 4K clip into FCP, you'll get 2K. Send it to Color, shift it up to 4K,...

I do too. And it's the best for judging color against and such. But knowing Apple, they'll throw a gradient in there or something.

I guess it depends on how you break down "Users of FCP". For your average editor/freelancer/whatever having the basic functionality of Color in a plugin form inside FCP (Like Colorista or whatnot)...

As a Colorist, I'm gonna have to take a minor exception to that. Not gonna pull out the "Not professional" card, but...

I'm of mixed minds about the idea of rolling Color into a plugin. On one...

Try just dragging and dropping the files from Clipfinder to your new folder. Drag&Drop vs Copy&Paste in CF is a little odd sometimes. For the most part the rule is: If you're moving *files*...

I would suggest rendering your ProRes out of RedCine-X or similar at whatever your final delivery resolution is. That way you're not working with mixed-resolution footage and dealing with render...

That's also a pretty decent idea. Probably the best course of action if you haven't rendered anything yet. Annoying, but that's a given when trying to move a Color project.

Unfortunately you're pretty much SOL. Color's ability to remember the grades is pretty iffy. It took a couple of patches before it would remember that it had rendered things *without* moving them.
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Color gets a bit janky when you mix resolutions. Your safest bet (Though it involves more work) is to conform the edit into RC-X, maybe do a quick one-light, then render out to 2K DPX or ProRes4 for...

Yep. Color has *NO* default sharpening, so it looks softer than any of the other programs that have sharpening on by default.

From what I've read, the display channel on TB is just displayport piggybacked on top of the data channels. So I would say it's a safe bet that no, TB/DP is not going to be a good choice for a...

I've heard it used both ways. I, personally, use 'correction' as matching shots to each other (Correcting differences/flaws) and 'grade' as the artistic changes I make to the piece overall.

Oof. Yeah, if you're using 4.5K you're gonna have to get creative. I would do a one-light in RC-X and then the final grade on those renders.

Note that FCP *CAN* read 4K files. Just not 4K RED....

A couple things to be aware of:
1) Like Jake said, check your "Render Proxies" setting. It defaults to some odd settings.

2) Color applies *NO* sharpening in the debayer. So if your issue is...

Color's a bit funky when it comes to this stuff. My experience is that, in general, if the project is round-tripped through FCP's 'Send to' command Color will render *full resolution* material and...

Ahah. That's good to know. Isn't FXPlug basically depreciated though?

I personally have two issues with the BL plugin, at least as far as the information currently available:

1) The UI in the screenshots looks *PAINFUL*. Like they basically took the BL interface and...

Except the warranty you lose on your software. Personally the thing that's keeping me from going the Hackintosh route is the fact that none of the software companies will give you support on a hack....