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Premiere Pro C4 and After Effects CS4 Workflow Using the NEW Native RED R3D Plug-in

The RED Importer plug-in provides full native support of RED raw files including the ability to work with RED media at resolutions from 256 up to 4k. RED files can be imported directly into Premiere Pro and After Effects and worked with in a variety of frame rates, aspect ratios and resolutions. Dynamic Link can be used to serve frames directly from Premiere Pro to After Effects and sequences can then be exported using the Render Queue in After Effects.
Resolution can be assigned for RED footage as desired by accessing a global RED Source Settings dialog in Premiere Pro. For example, a low-resolution setting such as 512 or 1k can be assigned to RED media with higher native resolution. Lower resolutions provide increased playback performance during editing. Later, when editing is completed, a higher resolution sequence can be created and clips can be reset to higher native resolutions, such as 4k, for high quality export, grading and effects workflows .

Minimum Windows and Mac Desktop System Requirements

• 3.0 GHz Quad core system with 8GB RAM
• Hard drive with 40MB/sec sustained throughput is required; RAID striped array recommended
• Windows Vista 64 Service Pack 1 or Mac OS 10.5
• Premiere Pro 4.0.1 update
• After Effects 9.0.1 update
• RED Importer plug-in available at http://www.red.com/support
• High end notebook computers should support real time playback in Premiere Pro using 512 sequence settings and 4GB RAM and a fast 7200 rpm hard drive with a separate partition or video. Laptop users with a FW800 port can use drives like the G-Raid Mini (worked great for me)

** Vista64 users should “tune” Vista for Video Editing.The main advantage for Windows users is access to more memory in Premiere Pro & After Effects.

Here are a few tips I use:

Things to turn off:

• Control Panels:
• User Controls
• Security Center>Auto Updates
• Windows Updates (check them manually)
• Windows Defender
• Appearance and Personalization>Change Theme>Windows Classic

When your done “tuning”, your Vista should look more like WIndows NT. You’ll see a much snappier interface. Also remember to close all open windows when not using them. This includes all open folders and drives on the desktop.Vista uses RAM to keep these windows open.

Please review the Known Issues in the Read Me file bundled with the RED Importer plug-in

Premiere Pro CS4

Editing in Premiere Pro CS 4.01

For these workflows, you’ll need Premiere Pro 4.0.1, After Effects 9.0.1 and the RED Importer plug-in


To create a new RED Sequence, open Premiere Pro, specify a project name and select Sequence settings that match your desired working resolution. 1k, 2k, 3k and 4k presets at various frame rates and aspect ratios are provided for working with all common RED file types.

RED Presets are available inside Premiere Pro after the RED importer plug-in has been installed.

It is generally recommended to edit RED media in 1K sequences as this typically provides an optimal editing experience in Premiere Pro.

Native RED media can be imported directly into Premiere Pro without the need for additional logging or transcoding. To import RED media into Premiere Pro, choose File > Import or drag media directly into the Project Window. 

Modifying global RED settings

To access global settings for RED media, select a RED clip in the Premiere Project panel, right-click to bring up the contextual menu and select: Source Settings. (The Source Settings menu item is also available in the Clipmenu)

The RED Source Settings dialog applies a global setting to RED media for playback. This allows users to switch to a “working resolution” for optimal performance during editing. At any time, the settings can be restored to the RED media’s native (higher) resolution for final export.

For example, to work with native 4K footage at 1/4 resolution, or 1K, select 4K in the Format popup menu at the top of the Red source settings dialog, and select 1/4 for the Resolution setting. (For 2K source footage, select 2K in the Format popup menu and set the Resolution to Half for 1K resoloution)

For RED sequences with resolutions greater than 1920 x 1080, all unrendered segments in the sequence will remain red and cannot be rendered to a preview file. However, scrubbing and playback is supported, and Dynamic Link will correctly export these frames to After Effects. Unrendered yellow sequence segments can be rendered using the Render Entire Work Area command in the Sequence menu.

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