V-raptor™ 8k v v operation guide – RED DIGITAL CINEMA V-RAPTOR 8K VV DSMC3 Camera (RF, Black) User Manual

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R3D FILE FORMAT AND REDCODE

All videos and frames are recorded to the R3D

file format. The R3D file format was developed by RED to provide an

efficient and manageable RAW video data format that promotes advanced post production editing capabilities. In the
R3D file format, the digital image received from the sensor is formatted as a pixel-defect corrected (but in all other
aspects unprocessed) 16-bit per pixel RAW data frame. Each RAW frame, or sequence of RAW frames in a clip, is
compressed using proprietary REDCODE

RAW compression, then stored to media.

RAW data is recorded independently of any RGB domain color processing such as ISO, White Balance, or other RGB
color space settings. Instead, color parameters are saved as reference metadata; that is, color is not burned into the
recorded RAW data. This innovative recording technique promotes flexibility in RGB color processing. It allows you to
defer color correction to post production, or to adjust the image color in the field, without changing the recorded RAW
data image quality or dynamic range.

REDCODE is a compression codec that reduces R3D RAW files down to a manageable size, allowing the media to
record longer. The ability to compress RAW data is one of the significant technological advances that RED has brought
to the motion picture industry.

IMAGE PROCESSING PIPELINE

This camera uses RED's Image Processing Pipeline 2 (IPP2). In IPP2, the advanced RED color space
(REDWideGamutRGB) allows the camera to use every color that the sensor can generate up to the clipping threshold.
Then the camera encodes the image using Log3G10, a gamma curve that retains extreme highlight and shadow detail.
Using the advanced color space and gamma curve, RED IPP2 allows you to grade and make color adjustments in post
production, instead of in-camera. IPP2 also allows the camera to use a

CDL

for grading. For more information about

IPP2, refer to the

RED IPP2

support page.

SHOOT FOR VIDEO AND STILLS

High resolution video, such as the digital footage captured by the camera, has surpassed the detail necessary to
produce professional full-sized prints. Because of the ability to record at high frame rates and resolution, this camera is
ideally suited to capture video and still images, simultaneously.

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