red camera useless?

[xstimux]

iF i cant get to the footage does that mean RED is useless? I think so. Red is not a real workable production camera if these silly post hurdles are'nt worked out.

I am having major issues with Redcine frozen frame issue. I just got a new mac pro 8-core and I am trying to export but I am getting freeze frames right from the beginning. Absolutely nothing usable. Even with TIFF export. Before with my older mac pro I would at least get a few minutes of usable material before it froze the shot. But now its frozen from the very beginning. Any ideas?

[Ivan G]

I would start by using the search tool. Welcome to reduser and congrats on your 1st post.

[Fergus Meiklejohn]

lol.. nice answer Abu Reno

Edit with the proxy files created by the camera, or make your own in RED Alert, then trouble shoot your REDCine workflow.

[Craig Bowman]

Hopefully you are still running QuickTime 7.3.anything and not QuickTime 7.4 or beyond as everyone has been warned.

[John Tissavary]

iF i cant get to the footage does that mean RED is useless? I think so. Red is not a real workable production camera if these silly post hurdles are'nt worked out.

I am having major issues with Redcine frozen frame issue. I just got a new mac pro 8-core and I am trying to export but I am getting freeze frames right from the beginning. Absolutely nothing usable. Even with TIFF export. Before with my older mac pro I would at least get a few minutes of usable material before it froze the shot. But now its frozen from the very beginning. Any ideas?

Any digital post workflow based on bleeding edge technology that pushes software & hardware to its limits is going to present challenges... it surprises me that people are so caught off guard by this.

I'm assuming your thread title is born of frustration, but...

There are plenty of people (including me) getting their footage finished, so even though it can be incredibly frustrating to work out the problems initially, rest assured there is a way. This doesn't mean it's easy, or even cheap/free, but getting r3d to work in post is extremely do-able.

If you would like me to transcode via Scratch, pm me and I'll see what I can do to help. I have transcoded & finished several Red projects since firmware build 6.

I may regret this, but...

That goes for anybody. PM me if you are having problems. If I have time I will process a (reasonable/limited) amount of footage for free as a thanks to the Reduser community for making our project(s) possible. I'll even throw in some basic color work. This is a free offer, but please understand... I can only do this work in what little spare time I have so if you have a sensetive deadline this probably won't work for you.

jt

[JFirestone]

Maybe this has been covered elsewhere, but I haven't seen it. How much does Scratch cost? I'm guessing it's really expensive, since people are not considering it to be an option except for big post houses. I checked their site, and it was one of those, call us for a quote type things. But if anyone knows, I am curious about how much it would run to get a Scratch licence.

[Fergus Meiklejohn]

There was lots of discussion about this with Lucas on REDuser; months ago now I suppose..
The upshot of every such discussion was that it depends entirely on what you need hardware-wise; so that is why Lucas would like to deal with cost enquiries on an individual basis.
Of course someone may PM you what their system cost ;-)

I understand it's a wee bit more than a MacPro and Color..:)

[John Tissavary]

Maybe this has been covered elsewhere, but I haven't seen it. How much does Scratch cost? I'm guessing it's really expensive, since people are not considering it to be an option except for big post houses. I checked their site, and it was one of those, call us for a quote type things. But if anyone knows, I am curious about how much it would run to get a Scratch licence.

Although Scratch is extremely inexpensive considering the competition, it is not really 'desktop' category software like Color, definitely in a professional price category. Its designed for and marketed to post facilities for high end conform & DI, where demands for speed & reliability outweigh low entry price, and rates charged make economic sense with the original investment in software & hardware.

But, it's amazing software, and I think more and more people are going to be looking into it for various applications, not just Red.

Anyway, my offer stands. If someone's having problems with their R3D footage and current beta version of Redcine, PM me and I'll see what I can do.

cheers,


jt

[BASSAM MSSALATIE]

xstimux you have the first negative feedback :angry2:

[Deanan]

Since you have a MacPro, I recommend trying RedAlert also. Because RedCine is GPU based AND crossplatform, there are numerous issues with drivers and system setup which can break things.