4K REDCODE™ RAW + Final Cut Studio 2 red.com announcement

[Tonaci Tran]

Just noticed this at red.com

4K REDCODE™ RAW video can be opened directly in the upcoming release of Final Cut Studio 2. Additionally, REDCINE™ can export files to the Apple ProRes Codec 10-bit codec for broadcast quality production.

So I wonder if this confirms immediate support out of the box?

[Graeme Nattress]

No, not in FCS2, but a post-shipping update for full functionality. FCP, being a quicktime app, will work with REDCODE data today. Remember "crossing the line" was cut on FCP 5.1.4.

Graeme

[Antoine Baumann]

Hello Graeme,

I don't really get the difference between what you can do now in FCP 5.1 (apparently edit directly with the 4k REDCODE RAW files) and what you will be able to do with FCP 6.x

Thanks,
antoine.

[Graeme Nattress]

RT enabled, FXplug for RAW control & import interface. Things like that.

Graeme

[Antoine Baumann]

Thanks a lot Graeme,

But just to play real time and edit (cut) one stream 4k REDCODE RAW, you can do it in FCP 5.x?

antoine.

[Graeme Nattress]

Sure - Thats what they did for Crossing the Line.

Graeme

[Emery Wells]

It has been a source of confusion for myself as well, thanks for clearing this up Graeme.

[Stephen Gentle]

I thought that the QT file doesn't have the partial decompression (where it automatically makes a 1 or 2K proxy at playback time), but FCP 6.x will. So you'll be able to edit 4K on a laptop with FCP 6, but you'll need a pretty beefy machine to edit with 5.1.4. And the FXplug gives you the kind of image control you get in REDCINE.

Is this right?

[Graeme Nattress]

No. Remember that Crossing the line was done in 5.1.4 with the rapid 1k downconvert in Quicktime.

Graeme

[Stephen Gentle]

No. Remember that Crossing the line was done in 5.1.4 with the rapid 1k downconvert in Quicktime.

Does that mean that we'll be able to, say, use RED footage in After Effects.. on a laptop?