RedCam Central :: View topic - Avid Announces RED Support (updated 03/09)

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Avid Technology, Inc. announced that it has signed a R3D Software Developer’s Kit (SDK) License agreement – as part of the company’s continued commitment to enhancing its RED Camera workflows.

Here is the full article:

http://www.avid.com/company/releases/2008/080929_red_avid.html

Also, Avid has dedicated an area of it's website to the RED / Avid workflow making available a Step by Step Guide in .pdf format as well as several conforming tools.

http://www.avid.com/red/

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After several months of development an all new Avid RED workflow has been released on March 5th 2009.

The new RED workflow for Avid takes a radical departure from what has been available until now.

The RED post production options can be daunting for a producer but there is good news if you are considering the Avid platform for your next RED job.

What’s New in DS v10

* New platform – HP xw8600, Nvidia FX 3700, Dual-link I/O card & Avid VideoRaid SR storage
* New high-performance host GPU based real-time processing pipeline of primary & advanced color correction, DVE effects, transitions, color limiting, and application of 1D & 3D LUTs
* Color management system with 1D & 3D LUTs, including Thomson, Kodak, and Iridias LUT formats
* Support for .R3D (RED) files, with link and import, and conform from Avid AFE and ALE when used with Avid Metafuze and Avid Media Composer
* DPX conform from Avid Media Composer with Avid AFE
* Symphony style secondary color correction
* Video I/O Support for 1080p50, 1080p59.94, and 1080p60 (including new DNxHD formats: DNxHD 90, 290 & 440), and 2K DCI
* Support for Avid Interplay
* Stereoscopic containers

Avid MetaFuze automates the conversion of formats such as DPX, RED R3D, or QuickTime to Avid DNxHD media for HD offline or finishing workflows. Free up your editors for revenue-driving creative work by offloading file conversion to other CPUs. Preserve, add, or correct metadata throughout the conversion process.

More info on these developments can be found here:

http://www.avid.com/products/DS/index.asp?cmpid=164

http://www.avid.com/metafuze/

http://www.editorsguild.com/FromTheGuild.cfm?FromTheGuildid=58

http://www.hdhead.com/?p=161