Software Tools
RED Digital Cinema provides a variety of software tools to aid postproduction. For proper color
rendition using a Macintosh OSX computer, your monitor should be set to Adobe 1998, or to
SMPTE-C display profile. If you use the HD Cinema display profile, adjust the gamma to 2.2.
REDCODE RAW QuickTime Component
The REDCODE RAW QuickTime component permits REDCODE RAW footage to be displayed
on Macintosh OSX or Windows XP personal computers with QuickTime Player V7.0 or higher.
QuickTime player
The render performance of computers will vary based on CPU speed, number of cores and disk
speed. Therefore the RED ONE camera RED ALERT! and REDCINE offer QuickTime reference
movies at _H high 2048 x 1152, _M medium 1024 x 576, and _P proxy 512 x 288 resolu-
tions for 4K and 4K 2:1 RAW recordings, and _H high 1024 x 576, _M medium 512 x 288
and _P proxy 256 x 144 resolutions for 2K and 2K 2:1RAW recordings.
Choose the resolution that is most appropriate to your requirement for resolution or playback
frame rate on your specific computer. If the footage is to be viewed at distant location – e.g.
dailies - export the footage as a standalone movie using MPEG-4 or other low bit rate codec.
Note: The QuickTime reference movies work by partially decoding the wavelet data, which
means that the original 4K or 2K REDCODE RAW recording must be available on a drive ac-
cessible to your computer. For remote use, conversion to a standalone movie avoids this issue.
