Apple Color 1.5 User Manual
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For more information on editing programs that will be printed to film, see
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Stage 3:
Preparing Your Final Cut Pro Sequence, Sending to Color, Grading, Rendering,
and Finishing
Because you’re already working with native RED QuickTime media, no reconforming is
necessary. At this point, the workflow is identical to
Stage 5: Preparing Your Final Cut Pro
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Use Unlimited RT When Editing Native RED QuickTime Media in
Final Cut Pro
As mentioned previously, RED QuickTime media is processor-intensive to work with in
Final Cut Pro. For the smoothest editing experience, choose Unlimited RT from the
Timeline RT pop-up menu, set Playback Video Quality to Low or Medium, and set
Playback Frame Rate to Full.
RED Metadata Versus Color Processing in Transcoded Media
The Color, Color Temp, and View RED camera settings in use while shooting are stored
as metadata within each recorded R3D file. If you ingest or reconform using native RED
QuickTime media, this metadata remains intact, and is accessible via the RED tab of the
Primary In room. This is the most flexible way to work, as this image metadata has no
effect on the actual RAW R3D data that the camera has recorded, and, in fact, if you’re
unhappy with how the current metadata settings are processing the image, you can
change them to retrieve additional image data from the RAW source.
When you transcode R3D media to one of the Apple ProRes codecs using the Log and
Transfer window, this metadata is used to preprocess the color and contrast of the
transcoded media as long as the RED FCP Log and Transfer plugin submenu of the Action
pop-up menu is set to Native, which is the default setting. The result is that each
transcoded clip visually matches the image that was monitored during the shoot. This
preprocessing is “baked” into each ingested clip. If you want to later reapply a different
type of image preprocessing to a clip, you need to reingest it from the original source
media.
If necessary, you can choose other color processing options from the RED FCP Log and
Transfer plugin submenu of the Action pop-up menu. For more information, see the
Final Cut Pro 7 User Manual.
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Chapter 2
Color Correction Workflows