I had a conversation with RED engineers last week about RED Rocket. It is a pretty amazing piece of hardware in comparison to what we can do, in terms of time + quality, even with today's top-of-the-line Mac Pro and software only. The conversion and time savings go down from a 18:1 - 20:1 down to a 1:1 ratio (real-time) for a Full Res Debayer Quality which to me is the
only way to go for color, compositing and/or finishing.
Real-time 4K to DPX at full quality is AMAZING!
The investment for a dedicated system is high though. A Mac Pro, Red Rocket, 8GB RAM and a monitor will add quickly to $11,000 - $12,000. That's not counting fast servers, video card and video monitor. The faster the entire system the faster the debayer. Speeds faster than real-time are very achievable.
Stuart Ferreyra
Timecode Multimedia
Colorist / Post Supervisor
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