Fastest workflow for Scarlet -> HD Broadcast?

[Håvar Karlsen]

Hi!

Nov. 3 stirred things up a bit in my thoughts on what cam to get. Heres my (and I guess many others) problem.
Scarlet has the technical advantage over the C300 (on paper), but for my work the current post-workflow is a bit worrying.
Im a shooter/owner who delivers a lot to HD Broadcast (1080p 25p) sometimes editing, sometimes delivery of footage only.

Im looking for the best way of getting to QUALITY Prores or similar files, which might as well be used for grading. Its not always the case that production companies here will go through a professional grading house, so I can't have an offline which looks bad. I will always keep my 4k data as a backup and as a way to get back to the R3D files for proper online, but sadly, this is not always the case. Preferably, the workflow will include a way of applying a fast first look (s-curve), and then transcode to Prores.

Is this what people use R3D Data Manager for? I know RedCine has all of these options, but for most of my delivery only it feels too time consuming

What are your thoughts, what are people doing towards HD Broadcast?

Thanks
Regards
Howard

[Subhadip Sen]

R3D > Premiere Pro CS5.5 media bin > Source Settings for basic look parameters, including curves > PP timeline > Export to Quicktime ProRes. It's as simple as it can get, and the Source Settings dialog makes it even simpler than C300.

If you don't need to cut, you can use Media Encoder CS5.5. It's very simple to transcode batches of R3Ds quickly with the same export settings. Just drop all the R3Ds, select-all, and Export Settings. You can access Source Settings for individual R3Ds within ME too.

If you need to quickly transcode all R3Ds on a drive, what I do is type *.R3D in Explorer/Finder, select-all, drag and drop to Media Encoder, select-all, Export Settings, click start - that's all there is to it.

[Andy White]

Get an external recorder - like the Pix or Aja & go HD-SDI out.

Then you'll get QT files, ready to edit... with your R3D's as backup/higher quality source material.

[Enrique Blein]

Quick questions about external recorders: do you get a flat image, or can you send to the HDMI output, a RedLog version of what you are recording, in order to have an approximate of what you want

[Håvar Karlsen]

R3D > Premiere Pro CS5.5 media bin > Source Settings for basic look parameters, including curves > PP timeline > Export to Quicktime ProRes. It's as simple as it can get, and the Source Settings dialog makes it even simpler than C300.

If you don't need to cut, you can use Media Encoder CS5.5. It's very simple to transcode batches of R3Ds quickly with the same export settings. Just drop all the R3Ds, select-all, and Export Settings. You can access Source Settings for individual R3Ds within ME too.

If you need to quickly transcode all R3Ds on a drive, what I do is type *.R3D in Explorer/Finder, select-all, drag and drop to Media Encoder, select-all, Export Settings, click start - that's all there is to it.

Nice, Ill look into this further. Sounds like Media Encoder would be the way to go if I'm not editing myself. And Media Encoder would also be able to adjust the look parameters and apply them to the the batch before exporting?

[Carey Lee Coffey]

R3D > Premiere Pro CS5.5 media bin > Source Settings for basic look parameters, including curves > PP timeline > Export to Quicktime ProRes. It's as simple as it can get, and the Source Settings dialog makes it even simpler than C300.

If you don't need to cut, you can use Media Encoder CS5.5. It's very simple to transcode batches of R3Ds quickly with the same export settings. Just drop all the R3Ds, select-all, and Export Settings. You can access Source Settings for individual R3Ds within ME too.

If you need to quickly transcode all R3Ds on a drive, what I do is type *.R3D in Explorer/Finder, select-all, drag and drop to Media Encoder, select-all, Export Settings, click start - that's all there is to it.

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