In his continuing interviews with the Red camera staff, Mike Curtis interviews two important people on the software side of things: Graeme Nattress and Stuart English. Very interesting read even if you have been following everything like I have. My favorite question and answer is this:Mike: It has been said that with Redcine, you can convert to offline, edit, then come back and convert for online - but other than manually coming up with a list to re-convert (which could be ridiculously daunting on a feature), how will conform be more realistically doable? As in automated? I see this as a HUGE potential stumbling block to the proposed workflow."
GN: We're looking to automate this with RED Pull List, which will take a NLE EDL or XML file, and create a new project in REDCINE with just the clips you need to tweak or re-render out to a higher resolution. RPL is still in early stages of development, but I think you can see how this will help enormously.
Another indication of how good the Red team is about giving what filmmakers need.
1. Anyone who's tried to use EDLs between NLEs knows how much of a pain the process can potentially be. I am thrilled with the RED camera staff, and can't wait for them to be released.
Posted at 3:54PM on Dec 1st 2006 by John of Played Films