AVID MC5 & r3d Scarlet Workflow

[Shane Ross]

https://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?46442-AMA-RED-gt-Transcode-gt-Edit-gt-Relink-to-AMA-RED

https://community.avid.com/blogs/mediacomposer/archive/2010/12/02/mc-019-streamline-your-red-workflow.aspx

https://www.red.com/learn/workflow/workflow-downloads

https://avidscreencast.com/red-workflow-for-avid-the-complete-guide/

I got that by googling “Avid Media Composer 5 RED workflows.” I hope they help. And yes, you will need the RED AMA plugin.

https://www.avid.com/US/products/Avid-Media-Access/plug-ins

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[Michael Phillips]

https://www.avid.com/red

video is about 1 hour but has all workflows covered including double system, RXCPro, AMA, and round trip.

There is a Red AMA Plug-in you need to download:

https://www.avid.com/AMA

Michael

[Olaf Steel]

Thanks for your help guys.
The plugin you both send me a link to is the one I had already downloaded, but when I try to install it, I get the following error message:

No suppported editors
The installation failed!
No compatible Avid editor could be found.
This AMA plug-in installer is compatible with:
Avid Media Composer 5.5.1~7.0.0
Avid Symmphony 5.5.1~7.0.0

That message seems to be saying that the plugin only works for AMC 5.5, even though above the link where I downloaded it on the Avid website, they say it’s compatible with AMC 5.0
Not sure what’s going on here…

[Job Ter burg]

I think v5 did not need the plugin, but had R3D AMA built in to the application. However, that’s way before there was a Scarlet, so I suspect that your MC5 would AMA Red One files, but not Red Scarlet or Epic files.

[Pat Horridge]

Epic and Scarlet AMA support came with V6 of MC.
On a Mac you could AMA to the QT Ref files and that would work but you don’t get access to the RAW metadata like you do with AMA to the R3D files direct.

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[Olaf Steel]

Thanks for all your help, everyone.
Pat – where can I find the QT ref. files? Do I have to create them in RED Cine X?

If I’m doing an offline – online workflow and want to work first in DNX36, then revert back to the original 4K footage, what’s the best workflow?
Would those QT ref. files relink without any problems to that original footage, or should I use RED Cine X to covert to DNX36?

Thanks again for all your help. It looks like a lot of research still needs to be done, but at least now I know there is no direct AMA workflow with AMC 5 and RED Scarlet footage – it’s not just my computer.

[Brendan Maghran]

This Redcine X workflow works. I’ve done it before on MC 5.5 with EPIC.

https://filmcutter.blogspot.com/2012/06/red-epic-avid-workflow.html

[Olaf Steel]

Thanks Brendan. That looks really helpful.
I assume this workflow will work similarly for AMC 5.0.3?

[Michael Phillips]

Yes, it should work in 5.0.3 as well.

Michael

[Olaf Steel]

Thanks again everyone for your input on this.

I did a test today by exporting MXF files from RED Cine X, then copying them to the Avid MediaFiles folder, then using the Media Tool inside Avid to add them to the project.

Now I’m stuck. How do I then relink the footage back to the original 4K material for online?
All the tutorials and forums I’ve found talk about the process using AMA, which I can’t do with this version of Avid.