R3D Format Settings - Import

Tape Name box

Select an option to determine how the tape name is set for the imported clips.

Select:	To:
Enter Tape	Activate the Tape Name field so that you can manually enter the tape name. When selecting multiple files for import, this tape name is used for all imported files.
Tape from Filename	Use the name of the imported file as the tape name.
Tape from Directory	Determine the tape name from the detected directory structure. A Level field appears below the Tape Name box. Use this to configure the relative path to the directory from which the tape name can be determined.
Tape from File Header	Read the tape name from the header of the imported file.

Level field

Select an option to set the relative file path to the directory from which the tape name can be determined. Although it is available for all file types, the Level field is specifically designed to work with the directory structures that are output by film scanners. A typical file structure would look like: ./<tape>/<resolution>/clip.######.dpx. In this case, selecting Up 2 Levels in the Level field identifies the directory that corresponds to the tape name (./<tape>). Enabled if Tape Name is set to Tape From Directory.

Tape Name field

Set the name to use as the tape name of the imported clip. Enabled if Tape Name is set to Enter Tape.

Timecode box

Select an option to specify how the timecode information for the clip is set.

Select:	To:
Timecode from Header	Set the source timecode of the imported clip based on the timecode information in the image file header.
Timecode from File Name	Use a numerical filename (for instance, 100000.dpx) and translate it into timecode for the resulting clip (based on the selected framerate ). This is useful when working with files that do not have embedded timecode.

Flip Settings box

Select the image orientation to apply to the media of the imported clip.

Select:	To:
Flip Flop	Flip the media vertically and horizontally.
Flop	Flip the media horizontally.
Flip	Flip the media vertically.
Camera	Use the flip/flop parameter defined on set on the camera.
Disable Flip	Not apply any flip/flop to the media.

Debayering box

Select the level of quality required from the debayering algorithm. Higher resolutions are significantly more processing intensive.

NoteThe debayering setting is the most resource-intensive setting. Try using the level of debayering the most appropriate for your work.

Bit Depth box

Set the bit depth of the imported image. If you set Debayering > HDRx box to High Dynamic Range, HDRx footage is always imported as a 16-bit floating point clip, even if Bit Depth is set to 12bit Integer.

Detail box

Select the level of detail extraction required.

Denoise box

Select the level of noise reduction applied to the debayered clip.

OLPF Compensation box

Select the level of Optical Low Pass Filter (OLPF) compensation to use. OLPF is a type of sharpening used to compensate for the optical anti-aliasing filter, which can induce softening of the image during recording.

Colour Settings box

Select how Smoke uses the colour information stored within a R3D file.

Save as User Settings button

Enable to make the Colour, Image, Advanced, and Curve menus editable in the Import History. Save as User Settings is implicitly enabled when the Colour Settings box is set to User, or RSX or User.

Colour Science box

Set the version of the RED codec to use. Using the version 3 of the codec gives you access to the FLUT and the Shadow options in the Image menu, as well as version 3-only colour spaces and gamma curves.

NoteAs a rule, always set Colour Science to Codec 3.x, unless you are working with a footage shot using a RED camera with firmware 30, and that file was imported in Smoke prior to version 2011.

Colour Space box

Set the colour space of the imported clips.

Gamma Curve box

Set the value of the output gamma curve that is applied to the imported clips. If you select Scene Linear, the Bit Depth of imported clips are always set to 16-bit floating point. If you set Debayering > HDRx box to High Dynamic Range, HDRx footage is always imported as Scene Linear, even if Gamma Curve is set to something else.

HDRx Settings box

Select which track of a RED HDRx file to import, or how to merge the two tracks together. A RED HDRx media file is made of two tracks, track A (the main exposure) and track X (the highlight protection exposure). Use HDRx Settings to set how you want to use those two tracks.

Select:	To have:
Primary Exposure	Only the main exposure (A track).
Highlight Exposure	Only the highlight protection exposure (X track).
Blend Exposures	A single clip resulting from blending together the Primary and Highlight tracks. Blend Exposures behaves similarly to the option of the same name found in REDCINE-X by RED. Use the Blend field to set the blend value to use.
Magic Motion	A single clip resulting from the merge of the Primary and Highlight tracks using an algorithm provided and developed by RED. This algorithm tries to match and blend together the motion blurs of the two tracks.
High Dynamic Range	A single clip resulting from the merge of the Primary and Highlight tracks using an HDR merging algorithm developed by Autodesk. It converts the two exposures into a single 16-bit float image. Importing an HDRx clip as High Dynamic Range forces the Bit Depth of the imported clip to 16-bit floating point, and the Gamma Curve to Scene Linear. Use the Blend, Highlight Threshold, and Exposure Offset fields to refine the blend.
RMD	A clip using blending options read from the RMD file. If there is no RMD file, the Smoke loads the main exposure (A track).

Blend field

Set how to blend the two exposures of a RED HDRx clip.

With HDRx Settings set to Blend Exposures, this field behaves like the blend in REDCINE-X; the blend also attenuates the artifacts created by the scene operation, which is a blend of the two exposures: -1 shows only the Highlight (X frame), 1 only the Primary (A Frame), and 0 a 50-50 mix.

With HDRx Settings set to High Dynamic Range, Blend also attenuates the artifacts created by scene motions; set to 1 unless you are troubleshooting motion artifacts.

Highlight Threshold field

Set the threshold when pixels from the Highlight exposure are used instead of the over-exposed pixels from the Primary exposure. Only available when HDRx Settings box is set to High Dynamic Range. Set Highlight Threshold last because import options such as ISO or FLUT lighten or darken the image. Too high and you get clipping (often including a magenta-coloured cast), too low and the midtones and shadows have noise leaking in from the Highlight track.

Exposure Offset field

Set how much greater the Primary exposure was when compared to the Highlight exposure, in units of stops. Only available when HDRx Settings box is set to High Dynamic Range. The Exposure Offset should be set to match the setting on the camera for how many stops separate the Primary and Highlight tracks. This is typically 2 or 3 stops.

Offset From File button

Enable to use the Exposure Offset read from the R3D file. Enabled when HDRx Settings is set to High Dynamic Range.

ISO

Select the value of the linear gain operation.

Saturation

Set the saturation value.

DRX

Set the Dynamix Range Extension, which sets how much pixel data is copied from non-saturated channels into saturated channels.

Tint

Set the tint value.

FLUT

Set the FLUT to refine of the ISO level. As FLUT units are in stops, a +1 FLUT value is the same as doubling the ISO.

Exposure

Set the exposure value, an equivalent to f-stops.

Brightness

Set the brightness value.

Contrast

Set the contrast value.

Kelvin

Set the perceptual colour temperature of the image, in Kelvin.

Shadow

Set the Shadow level.

Use the Advanced Colour menu to set the RGB Lift, Gamma, and Gain of RED clips.

Use the Legacy Gain options if you import clips shot with a RED codec that uses a pre-3.0 Colour Science.

Use this menu to set the RGB and Luma curves for RED clips.