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RED DSMC OPERATION GUIDE

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RED workflow is quite easy to understand, especially if you have experience with photographic RAW image

processing, or shoot 16mm or 35mm film followed by a telecine transfer to video for non-linear video editing

and on-line conform.
The RAW data captured by RED cameras has wide dynamic range and color space, so you can freely change

the white balance, adjust exposure and alter highlight and shadow tonality in post-production.
The RED DSMC camera records RAW sensor data using wavelet based REDCODE RAW compression to RED-

MAG 1.8” SSD. The compressed RAW data is then transferred from the digital media to a Macintosh OSX or

Windows XP workstation running REDCINE-X PRO post-production software. These applications do not directly

edit or conform the RAW data themselves, but prepare the RAW data for editing and conforming by RGB do-

main post-production software applications.
In film processing terms, REDCINE-X PRO act as an integrated film laboratory, telecine, and one light color cor-

rector. It converts recorded REDCODE RAW data to RGB video, and provides basic one light image processing

and color correction. Using REDCINE-X PRO, footage can also be cropped, resized, or repositioned.
REDCINE-X PRO can also encode 4K or 2K RAW footage into a variety of uncompressed RGB and compressed

4:2:2 video formats. For film out, multi-media or special effects applications, REDCINE-X PRO may export a

sequence of 2K or 4K image files in TIFF, Open EXR, DPX, JPEG, or Photoshop PSD file formats.
Provided the appropriate QuickTime codecs are available on the host computer workstation, compressed video

choices include ProRes, DNxHD, DV100 and M-JPEG QuickTime movies at 1080p or 720p resolution, providing

compatibility with the majority of non-linear editing systems.
Depending on the QuickTime movie resolution, material may be taken directly to a broadcast delivery videotape

format, or after the editorial decisions have been made, video can be conformed at full image resolution by

replacing the lower resolution edit proxy with a high resolution 4K, 2K or 1080p image file.

MONITORING

When using RED Digital Cinema software tools it is recommended your monitor should be set to Adobe 1998,

or to SMPTE-C display profile. If you use the HD Cinema display profile, adjust the gamma to 2.2.

REDCINE-X

PRO

REDCINE-X PRO is available for Intel based Mac OSX and Windows XP platforms. The application performing

white balance and one light color correction, image pan/scan, crop and scaling operations.
The application can export either a single clip, or a sequence of clips, as 4K or 2K resolution 10-bit DPX or 16-

bit TIFF files. REDCINE-X PRO can also render clips into standalone QuickTime movies using a variety of video

codecs including H.264, Apple ProRes and Avid DNxHD
REDCINE-X PRO is available for download at

www.red.com/downloads

. The REDCINE-X PRO Operation Guide

is included with the download package.

POST-

PRODUCTION