Working with RED camera clips

RED ONE®, EPIC®, SCARLET®, and WEAPON® cameras record 4K footage as REDCODE™ RAW (.r3d) files that you can add directly to the VEGAS® Pro timeline and edit like any other supported media type.

Using RED camera clips in a VEGAS Pro project

  1. Use the Device Explorer to browse and import clips from your RED camera's memory card or hard drive to your local hard drive.

    For more information, see Using the Device Explorer

  2. Set your project properties to match the format of your final output:

    For more information, see Setting project properties

    • To output a 4K still image sequence, use the 4K 16:9 24p (4096x2304, 23.976 fps) template.

    • To output a 2K still image sequence, use the 2K 16:9 24p (2048x1152, 23.976 fps) template.

    • To output to Blu-ray Disc™, use the HD 1080-24p (1920x1080, 23.976 fps) template.

  3. Drag the clips from the Explorer or Project Media window to the timeline to create events.

    NOTE RED cameras create new "rollover" files for each clip each time a file reaches 2 GB on disk. For example, a 10-minute clip recorded in 4K will be approximately 20 GB on disk, divided among 10 .r3d files. You can drag any one of these files to the timeline to place the entire clip on the timeline.

  4. Edit your project as needed.

    For more information, see Editing events on the timeline

  5. Render your project for your destination format.

Modifying R3D decode properties

You can modify the decode properties of your RED camera files in the R3D Decode Properties window. These settings are applied nondestructively to the raw .r3d file as metadata.

To access this window for one or more .r3d files, select the files in the Project Media window, right-click them, and choose File Format Properties from the shortcut menu.

IMPORTANT The decode properties are stored in a .SfDecProp file that is saved using the same base name as the clip. Do not edit the contents of this file.

Modifying properties for multiple files

  • When multiple files are selected, check boxes appear for slider settings that do not match across all selected files. When you drag the slider or type a new value, the checkbox is automatically selected, and the new value is applied to all selected files when you click OK. Clear the checkbox to leave the setting unchanged for the selected files.

  • If values already match for a slider setting, no checkbox is displayed, and any changes made to the setting are applied to all selected files.

  • If values do not match for a drop-down setting, the setting is blank. If you choose a value for a blank drop-down setting, that value is applied to all selected files.

Restoring default values

  • Double-click a slider to restore the setting to the clip default.

  • Click the Clip Default button to restore all settings to the clip default.

  • Click the Factory Default button to restore all settings to the default settings of the camera.

For more information about the settings in the R3D Decode Properties window, refer to your RED ONE camera documentation or http://www.red.com/support. These settings map directly to settings on the RED cameras.