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My World of Pain! What would you do?
Hello!
I am starting to edit a project that will mix footage from Red Epic, Blackmagic Camera & Pana AF100. Delivery will be a 1080P master for web and an MPG master for DVD.
My question is two-fold — part one:
This is my first time working with R3D files. My plan is to create a 1080 sequence and “scale to fit” the Red clips into the timeline. I have already tried this and it works fine. I need to play back the files at 1/4 for smooth playback, but everything works so far. Is this the best possible way of working with this footage? If you were to edit all of these files together – is this way you would do it? I want to make sure I am setting myself up to work the quickest and most efficient way possible. Any advice is greatly appreciated from folks who’ve already done this.
Part 2:
Once I get everything edited, I want to color grade the final. Previously, I would use Colorista + MB Looks. I can always go that route, but I’d like to try something different – especially since I have the flexibility of the R3D files. I’ve been playing with the files in Resolve and getting amazing results, but everything I am reading about round-trip work with Premiere is scaring me, specifically if your edit contains more than just straight cuts & dissolves. Speedgrade (as it currently works) is a nightmare. If any of you have used the newer version due to drop sometime this month, can you weigh in on if you think it will be a viable option. Obviously, if Speedgrade becomes more user-friendly, it would be great to stay in the Adobe ecosystem.
Ok – sorry for the length of this post, but I believe in asking for advice before making mistakes. =)
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[Edan Cohen] “Is this the best possible way of working with this footage?”
No. Transcoding it to another format, at 1080p, is the best way. For example, ProRes or DnxHD…an easier codec to work with. Working RAW, mixed formats, isn’t always the best way…and takes a lot of system resources, like RAM, a killer GPU card, fast processors.
[Edan Cohen] ” If you were to edit all of these files together – is this way you would do it?”
Transcode all to ProRes with Prelude…or DNxHD.
As for part 2…I can’t comment as I don’t know the issues of round tripping. But if you want to use Resolve, you can even edit with offline proxy format, and export an AAF or XML that will allow Resolve to relink to the raw files. Then again, I haven’t done this, so don’t know squat.
Shane
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Thanks for your input, Shane.
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