Working with redcode media – Apple Cinema Tools 4 User Manual
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The advantages of choosing the Cinema Tools database are:
• You can easily correct any issues there might be between the EDL and the actual clips.
For example, if a reel name does not match, you can change the reel name in the
Cinema Tools database to match the name listed in the EDL.
• Once you have created the Cinema Tools database, choosing it when importing an EDL
into Color can be faster than choosing the folder with the clips. Choosing the database
becomes especially useful if you end up importing the EDL into Color multiple times
as additional clips become available.
• If the EDL refers to clips on more than one volume, a Cinema Tools database can connect
to all of the clips. Color can automatically connect to the clips on only one volume, and
you must manually connect to the clips on the other volumes.
Stage 8:
Finishing the Project in Color
Once you have imported the EDL into Color and matched it to the source clips, the clips
are conformed to match the edits, and you can proceed with the usual color correction
process. Color is then used to render the final output video.
Working with REDCODE Media
Working with media recorded using the RED ONE camera requires that your computer
have RED Final Cut Studio support software installed. See the RED Digital Cinema Camera
Company website at
for more information.
Each REDCODE media file is made up of several files inside a folder with an .RDC extension.
For example, you can have a folder with the name H046_C001_1002VL.RDC that contains
the following files:
• H046_C001_1002VL_001.R3D
• H046_C001_1002VL_F.mov
• H046_C001_1002VL_H.mov
• H046_C001_1002VL_M.mov
• H046_C001_1002VL_P.mov
The file with the .R3D extension is the actual media clip—the other files in the folder with
.mov extensions are QuickTime movies that are optionally created by the RED ONE camera,
providing different resolutions of the media file.
To add a record that is connected to a REDCODE clip to a Cinema Tools database, you
need to drag the .RDC folder that contains the media files or any of the .mov files in the
folder to the Cinema Tools List View window. Alternatively, you can drag a folder that
contains multiple .RDC folders (representing multiple REDCODE clips) to the Cinema Tools
application icon to create a new database based on the clips.
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Chapter 3
Cinema Tools Workflows