User Manual

Using AMA Plug-Ins
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Using the RED AMA Plug-In
The RED ONE camera generates a 4K (or 2K - 4.5K) full resolution REDCODE™ RAW (.R3D)
file. Media is stored on a REDFlash card or a RED drive. You can link to a specific R3D file on
the volume or link to the entire volume. RED ONE cameras record metadata which displays in
an Avid bin. The metadata includes: edge code, timecode, lens parameters, audio settings and
any video image processing information.
Your Avid editing application supports RED R3D files as high quality HD media. Once you link
the clips through AMA, you can change and fine-tune the clip color settings through the Source
Settings dialog.
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You cannot consolidate the RED media in your Avid editing application.
The RED Camera records a unique clip name and additional files that include the REDCODE
RAW files and an optional QuickTime reference file placed in a clip folder (.RDC). The system
names clips by Camera Letter + Reel Number + Month + Day + a two digit alphanumeric
random number.
For example: A001_C002_0502A6.RDC
Each clip folder (.RMD) is at the root directory. In each of these folders is the .RDC folder which
contains the video, audio, and metadata files:
• (Windows) drive:\camera+reel_date.RMD\camera+reel_clip_date+random number.RDC
• (Macintosh) Macintosh HD/camera+reel_date.RMD/camera+reel_clip_date+random
number.RDC
Avid's RED workflow allows you to work with RSX, RLX, and RMD files to manage a clip's
color. You have access to all the metadata and color values in the raw RED files as well as the
above mentioned “look” files associated with this media. You may also make non-destructive,
custom color adjustments to the R3D clip. These adjustments can be made at any stage of the
process.
AMA detects folders named with RMD and RDC and files named .R3D.
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Audio is included in the RED files, and will display as .wav files in the bin.
You cannot span media across multiple cards. Each clip is recorded as a separate clip, regardless
of how many cards you use. There is a 2GB limit on a single master clip. As you record footage,
once a 2GB file is captured, an R3D file is created (.001). The camera continues to record and
the next 2GB (or less) of media creates another R3D file (.002) until you end recording. So, you
can have several R3D files in one clip folder but they are all associated with one master clip.
When you link these files/folders through the AMA method, one master clip appears in your bin