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.
RED QuickTime Codec (Use V3.5.0 or higher for Build 17 footage)
The RED QuickTime codec permits REDCODE™ RAW footage to be displayed on Macintosh
OSX personal computers running QuickTime Player V7.4.5 or higher.
Render performance of computers will vary based on CPU speed, number of cores and disk
speed. The RED ONE™ camera, RED Alert!™ and RED-CINE™ offer QuickTime reference mov-
ies at _F full, _H half, _M medium and _P proxy resolution. Choose the resolution that is most
appropriate to your requirement for 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 RAW recording must be available on a drive accessible to your computer.
For remote use, conversion to a standalone movie avoids this issue.
