[Bryon Middleton]

i am formatting mine with disk utility. for use with my mac.
should i being formatting journaled or not or something else?

Bryon Middleton
Director of A/V Services
Media One Inc.

[Bryon Middleton]

I’m interested Marshall.

Bryon Middleton
Director of A/V Services
Media One Inc.

[Bryon Middleton]

I experimented with Using the Red in Media 100 about a year ago. After many trials I gave up on it.
Since then my main camera is on it’s last leg and I would like to primarily start using the RED and am going to try again. I was wondering if there has been any breakthroughs or insights in the last year on workflows that seem to work better than others.

I have the latest Redcine x build and am running Media 100 12.1.1

any help is greatly appreciated.

Bryon

Bryon Middleton
Director of A/V Services
Media One Inc.

[Bryon Middleton]

The highest quality would be Uncompressed 10 bit, which usually is overkill due to its heavy performance requirements in HD. I would recommend using ProRes HQ in 1920*1080 for most projects (if you are planning to master to a HD format; for a 2k DPX workflow you would do that in a different way).

You definitely should check that you are working in Rec709 gamma, and you should do a light color/brightness adjustment there to make sure you don´t clip or waste any color and luminance info during the conversion.
If you want to batch-process your clips, you should have a look at RedRushes, which actually allows you to do convert a series of clips into the format of your choice.

Framerate depends on your shooting framerate, but most of the time probably will be 24fps (if you are planning to go to Film) or 23.976 if you are working for video delivery.

FLOH:

Upon doing what you’ve suggested in Red Rushes i am getting nothing but black for video when i try the ProRes HQ setting. I’ve tried some of the others just to see if the footage was good and it’s there, just not showing up with the Pro Res or Uncompressed 10 bit. Any ideas?

Bryon Middleton
Director of A/V Services
Media One Inc.

[Bryon Middleton]

Upon doing what you’ve suggested in Red Rushes i am getting nothing but black for video when i try the ProRes HQ setting. I’ve tried some of the others just to see if the footage was good and it’s there, just not showing up with the Pro Res or Uncompressed 10 bit. Any ideas?

Bryon

Bryon Middleton
Director of A/V Services
Media One Inc.

[Bryon Middleton]

i forgot to say thanks floh…worked like a charm.

Bryon Middleton
Director of A/V Services
Media One Inc.

[Bryon Middleton]

could you email them to me as well? my settings got messed up.
Thanks bryon@m-1.com

Bryon Middleton
Director of A/V Services
Media One Inc.

[Bryon Middleton]

This post answered some of the questions I have below, but thought I’d post them anyway for any additional info you may provide. Thanks Flo.

I have the newest download of RED Alert. I was curious of what setting I should be using when rendering to get the best quality. Which Debayer Quality, Which Codec will work for me and be the highest quality?
Some don’t work with M100. And to any Media 100 experts out there, are there any specific preferences I should pay attention to in my M100 projects? Video Source settings and frame rates?
Sorry if some of this stuff is elementary. I’m not the most experienced editor.

Bryon Middleton
Director of A/V Services
Media One Inc.

[Bryon Middleton]

Thanks for the input guys. Pretty much as i suspected.

Bryon Middleton
Director of A/V Services
Media One Inc.

[Bryon Middleton]

Bob, i appreciate your straight forward answer. And making me feel dumber than before. …Don’t worry I’m over it. Perhaps I don’t need a course, but I am applying myself, I do make phone calls, and ask questions. Like the one’s I ask here. And I will figure it out on my own. As always. Unfortunately, unlike playing in a band, if I mess this up it’s not just another song gone awry, it’s my job.

Well…into the spaghetti room to start pullin’.

Bryon Middleton
Director of A/V Services
Media One Inc.