Re: FCP Workflow: RED 2K @ 78fps & 4K @ 24 fps

You ingest one R3D clip typical for a series of shots (one location or one angle) into RA and grade it roughly (if needed at all) but avoid curves. Save the grade (it's a .RLX file and should be in /Library/Application Support/REDAlert/Presets).

Now you open your directories in FCP's L&T and choose that grade for ingest. Mark all the clips with the same lighting for the batch and import them as ProRes HQ. This will give you pre-corrected versions of those clips.

Repeat as needed for other clips and lighting conditions. Edit in FCP and grade in Color without ever looking back.

I consider this one of the easiest workflows. There are more efficient ones you'll learn over time.

Hope this gets you going, since I'll go to bed now …

But please tell me how it worked for you.

Uli



Director of the Institute of Media Research (IMF) at Braunschweig University of Arts