What is the best workflow?

[feeonac]

Thanks. I'm using a MacBookPro so not much hope of getting the files in any faster.

I am creating quicktime files using RedAlert and then Metacheater to create and EDL and then import into avid as DNxHD 36. I've noticed though that the files in Avid look about a stop brighter than the original quicktimes?

Is there any way around this?

Thanks

Fiona

[M Most]

Is there a faster workflow? I can't seem to get faster than about 7 times real time into AVID?

Sure. Use standard def for the offline. Exporting using Redcine to 720x480 standard def, using Avid DV codec, on an 8 proc Mac is faster than real time. With Avid's new XML tools in MC3.0, you can then go back and create a pull list for the HD exports when you're done cutting. You can then bring them in and relink by time code.

[MichaelP]

Make sure you are set to 601/709 in the Import settings for color space. if it set to RGB it will raise blacks if anything is below 16|16|16 RGB.

[Paul Rosckes]

I have gotten 3.2x real time importing into an octo Mac. Make sure you are on fast drives when doing so as the read/write can add some hefty overhead. I was going from _H to DNxHD36.

Michael

I want to be able to use Compressor to batch the _H proxies to DNxHD36. But I also want to do a quick color-correction in REDALERT first. Unfortunately, I haven't found a way to generate color-graded proxies from REDALERT (everything always comes out with the ungraded gamma curve).

Is this even possible? Or do I need to render to an intermediate codec first?

Also, I tried REDCINE, but the codec options for DNxHD were very cryptic (low, normal, high, lossless), and they ALL produced QT files with a 176Mbs bit-rate which is not usable.

It seems like every current Avid workflow is plagued with roadblocks.

Thanks,
Paul

[MichaelP]

Many of the workflows have issues - it is a bit if a maze right now to get ones that work. It is a bit easier on Mac. RedCine defaults to 115 in NTSC related formats and 175 in PAL related formats. Hopefully things will change soon. I know a lot of it is in the works, but is about lining up Avid, RED, Assimilate engineering roadmaps and priorities.

Michael

[Paul Rosckes]

Many of the workflows have issues - it is a bit if a maze right now to get ones that work. It is a bit easier on Mac. RedCine defaults to 115 in NTSC related formats and 175 in PAL related formats. Hopefully things will change soon. I know a lot of it is in the works, but is about lining up Avid, RED, Assimilate engineering roadmaps and priorities.

Michael

Thanks for the reply Michael. I guess if I want color-corrected dallies in DNxHD36, it will have to be a two-step process. I'll probably just go out or REDCINE as uncompressed 1080P and either batch those in Compressor or import them directly into the Avid.

-Paul