Crimson - third party Red application to help with workflow

Just so’s I’m first to call it - what we’ve been waiting for - Crimson - a helper app to help get conformed clips from Final Cut to Redcine and back, with just the parts we want and need in order. I’m doodlin’ with it, will have a report.

Huh? Whazzat? Whachoo talkin’ bout, Willis? Here’s how he describes it:

Crimson Workflow™ is a tool for transforming sequences created in popular Non-Linear Editing Software, such as Final Cut Pro, Avid and Premiere. It allows proxies, and offline material to be replaced by higher quality material, by efficiently managing the use of two software products distributed by the Red Digital Cinema Camera Company, namely Redline and Redcine.

Crimson Workflow™ leverages many tools for troubleshooting less than perfect metadata and file structures giving the user tools to properly reconnect to original material. It also facilitates the use of Redcine after, rather than before editing a project.
Crimson Workflow™ is targeted at smaller productions and individuals. But you might find it useful, no matter how large your production.

What the software will EVENTUALLY do for you (under development, not feature complete yet, this from Ian Bloom’s site):

If you buy this software today, you can expect the following features to be enabled in the near future:

Loading and Saving Workflow Templates
Undo and Redo enabled
Support for AVID XML sequences
Support for Premiere XML sequences
Support for CMX 3600 EDLs
Blind Color Correction Tools Completed
Blind Framing Tools Completed
Support for GlueTools™
Support for the application formerly known as RedTools
Proper handling of speed changes and reverse in XML sequences.
Trimmed R3D Intermediates (as soon as a tool is available)
Timecode and R3D Metadata awareness.
Python Scripting Enabled

Verr Verr Promising.

I first saw it at the Los Angeles Red User Group, as demo’d by Mark and Aldey from OffHollywood, my friends from the East Coast that you may recall I went with when they got the very first Reds ever shipped. They worked with Ian quite a bit to get this software developed, giving feedback and spending a lot of time to get this done.

-mike

-mike

Quick update - Red One now shoots 2K at 120 fps - sample included

Just a quick note - Red released firmware build 15 last Thursday, which included a BUNCH of new features like multiple simultaneous video outputs (finally!), Look import and export (camera settings can be moved camera to camera and backed up on computer), and OH YEAH BABY - an increase of the maximum frame rate at 2K resolution from 75 to a whopping 120 frames per second!

The above is just a quickie timeline export from proxies on the timeline - I shot it “plain,” not tweaking the on camera settings, nor adjusting them in Red Alert - consider this a flat transfer - so no kvetching about the contrast and saturation, mmmkay?

: )

OK - SO HOW ABOUT 480 FRAMES PER SECOND?

Well, Red can’t do that - we’ve already achieved maximum framerate possible at this resolution. So how do we push further?

I then doodled with retiming it, to slow it down even further - here’s a shot (ignore the clipped highlights, result of some LUT doodling I was doing):

Note that this shot is used in the above cut as well - gives you an idea how far things can be pushed for saturation and look. The LUT I was messing with clipped highlights, I didn’t bother to go back in and try to retrieve them.

...and here’s the same shot, using After Effects’ pixel motion vector juju, to make it 4 times longer, effectively 480fps.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!

: D

I also attended the first Los Angeles Red User Group meeting, I’ll write up all the cool 3rd party hardware and software I saw in another post.

UPDATE - here’s a different bigger better longer one, 1000 pixels wide

Personal update - I’m moving to Los Angeles

Hey all - this isn’t industry news, just personal. I’m moving to Los Angeles to be more of a part of what I’ve been writing about for the past four years - digital moviemaking. I talk about it here, if you’re interested.

Red One Unboxing - Part 1

Fedex delivered my Red, #417, on Monday to my friend’s house since I was out of town (as pre-arranged with Red). The plan had been for me to drive over, set it up, and shoot some 4K footage of his kids (twin boys). Didn’t quite work out that way, but read on.

I got over there and started unpacking everything - and there’s lots to it! I had three boxes of stuff from Red.

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